- Sep 12, 2011
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I have a 6U rackmount case with server fans and a Corsair CX-430 PSU. I'd like to put together a bare-bones system that would be folding 24x7, serving and backing up files from my home network, acting as a mounted share drive, and occasionally transcoding and serving up video files to my Roku. I have a gigabit network, so it will be hardwired.
This will be in my basement, so noise level is not important. Video performance is not important, so I am ok with the on-chip video. Likewise, the on-board sound is fine. Probably run Windows 7 home premium. I don't care about performance too much, except for feeding the Roku.
So I'm looking primarily for advice on: motherboard, cpu with on-board video, memory, cheap sata HDD. Want to keep it cheap, like less than $300 if possible. I imagine more cores would be better to handle work while constantly folding.
ETA:
I should have mentioned... For a starting point, I am looking at an Intel Pentium 3.0 GHz LGA 1150 with intel graphics, Asrock H81M-DGS, Crucial 4GB DDR3 1600. Probably a WD Black 1TB.
This will be in my basement, so noise level is not important. Video performance is not important, so I am ok with the on-chip video. Likewise, the on-board sound is fine. Probably run Windows 7 home premium. I don't care about performance too much, except for feeding the Roku.
So I'm looking primarily for advice on: motherboard, cpu with on-board video, memory, cheap sata HDD. Want to keep it cheap, like less than $300 if possible. I imagine more cores would be better to handle work while constantly folding.
ETA:
I should have mentioned... For a starting point, I am looking at an Intel Pentium 3.0 GHz LGA 1150 with intel graphics, Asrock H81M-DGS, Crucial 4GB DDR3 1600. Probably a WD Black 1TB.
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