Approximate Purchase Date: March 2015
Budget Range: $1000-$1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 24/7 web server, file sharing, game server
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: Sacramento CA, USA
Parts Preferences: Xeon processor, at least 16GB Memory…prefer ECC (but if that’s unnecessary let me know)
Priorities:
1. Reliability
2. Capable of running up to 2 VMs with a min. of 4GB RAM each.
3. A case with good cooling, that’s decently quiet and isn’t a nightmare to install parts in.
4. Relatively low power consumption.
Purpose:
- Web hosting with no streaming video.
- Cloud storage / file sharing accessed by approx. 15 people. Space needed still TBD, but likely no more than 20GB total.
- Hosting various game servers with 8-12 users peak.
- Flexible budget. Less money would be great, but not at the expense of more reliable parts.
- No one’s job depends on 100% uptime. RAID 1 is probably sufficient.
Build Experience:
Not much! I have a Raspberry Pi doing home media tasks. The last PC I built was in 2008, and I have no idea what brands/parts are best today. I’ve never built a dedicated server before but administered one for a school.
Any help would be greatly appreciated - even just a case or mobo suggestion would help tremendously as I'm drowning in options. Thank you!
Edit: clarified a few points.
Budget Range: $1000-$1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 24/7 web server, file sharing, game server
Do you need to buy OS: No
Location: Sacramento CA, USA
Parts Preferences: Xeon processor, at least 16GB Memory…prefer ECC (but if that’s unnecessary let me know)
Priorities:
1. Reliability
2. Capable of running up to 2 VMs with a min. of 4GB RAM each.
3. A case with good cooling, that’s decently quiet and isn’t a nightmare to install parts in.
4. Relatively low power consumption.
Purpose:
- Web hosting with no streaming video.
- Cloud storage / file sharing accessed by approx. 15 people. Space needed still TBD, but likely no more than 20GB total.
- Hosting various game servers with 8-12 users peak.
- Flexible budget. Less money would be great, but not at the expense of more reliable parts.
- No one’s job depends on 100% uptime. RAID 1 is probably sufficient.
Build Experience:
Not much! I have a Raspberry Pi doing home media tasks. The last PC I built was in 2008, and I have no idea what brands/parts are best today. I’ve never built a dedicated server before but administered one for a school.
Any help would be greatly appreciated - even just a case or mobo suggestion would help tremendously as I'm drowning in options. Thank you!
Edit: clarified a few points.