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Hi I've put together a build for a small web server to host a few sites one has quite a large datatbase on a £350 budget and I will be running Debian Linux, I'm pretty new to servers and debian ect, here's what I put together http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BZHKQ7, are there any changes that i could make that would make it cheaper but still poweful enough for what I want or changes that would just be better in general. I'd also like to keep it to low power use and a more compact case if possible. my internet speeds are very fast so that won't be a problem either

Thanks- Jack
P.S- English isn't my first language sorry if If I've made mistakes
 
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This is what you would be looking at, and this is with DVD removed because there is no spot for it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£150.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£69.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£44.28 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Silverstone ML05B HTPC Case (£37.96 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£41.94 @ Scan.co.uk)...
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The build looks pretty good for a budget.

You could always go for a smaller case, your parts are not going to generate that much heat.
The SSD is a necessity for the database. Now just make sure your websites are not going to be so big that drive space becomes an issue.

If these are websites for public use then you should check with ISP to make sure that port 80 and 53 is not blocked for inbound traffic. You should also have a decent enough router to setup the webserver on a spate VLAN or at least DMZ. If the pages are just for private use then you can always just use an offbeat port number and manually put that in URL.
 
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JStar123

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Do you know of any smaller cases, I couldn't find any?
 
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This is what you would be looking at, and this is with DVD removed because there is no spot for it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£150.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£69.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£44.28 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Silverstone ML05B HTPC Case (£37.96 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£41.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £383.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-01 17:31 BST+0100
 
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JStar123

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Ah thanks a lot for all the help I have one more question, would i go for this build or on another forum i was told to go for this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BOXD54250WYK3-Compact-Barebone-SO-DIMM/dp/B00HP1C8S4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1433178897&sr=8-4&keywords=INTEL+I5+NUC & http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT102464BF160B-PC3-12800-Unbuffered-NON-ECC/dp/B006YG8X9Y/ref=pd_bxgy_147_text_y I think the xeon build i better than getting a nuc but just wondering what your opinion on this is?
 
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The NUC will require you to purchase an SSD drive as it is missing both RAM and Hard Drive.

The i5 is not bad, the Xeon is much better though. Your Xeon is a desktop grade processor with 4 cores + hyperthreading (so 2 theads per core) which makes it "8 cores". The i5 in the Nuc is a mobile CPU with 2 cores + hyperthreading so "4 cores".

Since the cost of NUC + SSD + Memory does not save you any money then you might as well go for the Xeon build with basically double the performance.
 
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Yeah i thought the xeon would be better thanks for all the help! I'll order all this later tonight, the only option for the xeon is to pre order it?
 
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