- Feb 9, 2009
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Hello,
I would like to have a Home Server in my house to organize all of my cluttered files that are scattered about my network. I was looking at the HP MediaSmart Home Servers and although they are very nice, they seem quite expensive for what they have to offer. Over $500 for 512MB of RAM and a Celeron? I was considering building a server. Popular Mechanics has already suggested this and it can be a pretty cheap process. So, I was wondering if you, the Tom's Hardware community can take a look over what I have in mind and bring forth any suggestions or ideas about this potential setup. I would like to keep the entire build under $500.00
Additionally I will not be needing as much storage as I would have thought, but I still need about 500GB worth so that is still plenty of files.
I am looking at a way to possibly drop the price tag by around $50. I am going to need a aftermarket cooler because aparently the E5200 is horrible and it will be running for long periods of time.
Specifications:
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Rosewill RCX-Z300 92mm Ball CPU Cooler
Thermaltake WingRS 201 VJ60001N2Z Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
(2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Thermaltake A2492 120mm Case Fan
Thanks again
I would like to have a Home Server in my house to organize all of my cluttered files that are scattered about my network. I was looking at the HP MediaSmart Home Servers and although they are very nice, they seem quite expensive for what they have to offer. Over $500 for 512MB of RAM and a Celeron? I was considering building a server. Popular Mechanics has already suggested this and it can be a pretty cheap process. So, I was wondering if you, the Tom's Hardware community can take a look over what I have in mind and bring forth any suggestions or ideas about this potential setup. I would like to keep the entire build under $500.00
Additionally I will not be needing as much storage as I would have thought, but I still need about 500GB worth so that is still plenty of files.
I am looking at a way to possibly drop the price tag by around $50. I am going to need a aftermarket cooler because aparently the E5200 is horrible and it will be running for long periods of time.
Specifications:
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Rosewill RCX-Z300 92mm Ball CPU Cooler
Thermaltake WingRS 201 VJ60001N2Z Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
(2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Thermaltake A2492 120mm Case Fan
Thanks again
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