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ZIONFREETIME · May 5, 2015

Approximate Purchase Date: this month
Budget Range: 300-600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: cheap server machine :pt1cable:

to handle with windows server 2012 r2 to study
Are you buying a monitor: no
Parts to Upgrade:CPU,RAM,MOTHERBOARD (just need these parts)
Do you need to buy OS:no
Preferred Website(s) for Parts:no
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Europe /Portugal
Parts Preferences:im open to all suggestions
Overclocking:no
SLI or Crossfire:no

Hello my fist post ...well i actually just need some advice how to build a machine capable of handling with windows server 2012 r2 for study purposes to experiment and to try and maybe study for MCSA my budget is 300-600...i just need some advice basicly.

Thanks a lot.

USAFRet · May 5, 2015

ZIONFREETIME :

Start with this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice

...then post back here. I'm sure a few people will be along to assist.

wuubb · May 5, 2015

Could you be more specific about what types of things you'll be using it for for "studying".

Could make a difference in how much RAM/kind of CPU you'd want...

USAFRet · May 5, 2015

DO you currently have another, good PC?
Maybe just run that Server2012 in a VM. No need for a whole extra box.

Saberus · May 5, 2015

Per Microsoft, the minimums for Server 2012R2 are as follows:

1.4GHz 64-bit processor
512MB RAM
32GB hard drive space.

Virtually anything you can build for 400 bucks will meet this, and quite easily exceed the minimum specs. Get something with even a 2GHz dual core and 2GB of RAM and it should work, if sluggishly. (This could be a benefit as it might make it easier to watch what's happening as you do your training exercises.) Anything more you can throw at the hardware will help, with RAM and processor being your major concerns for performance increases.

ZIONFREETIME · May 5, 2015

i have other computer with AMD FX8350 ,ASUS 7970 and 16gb of ram...i could use vm here and have multiple operative systems that would be a solution thanks for remind me
still i would like to have some advice specially in a CPU and BOARD for a server cheap ones between 300-600 range honestly i just need some advice in models since i read here on tomshardware about intel xeon e3 1200s series i got curious to try it
thanks a lot for the replys fast replys : )

wuubb · May 5, 2015

Unless your doing builds for business/computations that require/would benefit from business/computation- specific features, you can often leave out Xeons and server-grade boards. Xeons are more expensive even for 4-core E3's than most i5's are. Server boards (and Xeons) also support ECC/buffered/registered memory, which you don't need usually unless your application requires the single bit memory corrects that ECC provides (also more expensive).

Creating a server for you business-Xeon/server board
Creating a build for scientific calculations-Xeon/server board
Anything that is mission-critical (important to the success of you business)-Xeon and server boards

For a home server, game server, file server, or anything generally not commercial related you can build systems with standard consumer components for much cheaper and will usually be better suited to what you want.
i.e. game servers usually benefit from higher clock speeds/single core performance(i3/i5/i7), not having more cores(Xeon).

ZIONFREETIME · May 6, 2015

so the most cheap solution is to install vmplayer on my computer and run from there the windows server 2012 r2 to start "playing " and learn from there...thanks a lot for your opinions people.
THANKS

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