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vibe   10-14-2009 at 09:39:19 PM

Hi all, having trouble finding options for this,

Looking at building a "silent as possible" AD server for home use. Will also run a few light apps

I'm thinking an AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2.0Ghz CPU because of it's low power draw but reasonable processing power.

I'll be making my own SSD using SDHC cards

Just cant find a suitable mobo, desirables are...

Gigabit LAN (2 would be evenbetter but not needed)
low power need / heat output
4 or more memory slots
cheap
as it's a server, dont care about USB, sound, video outputs

Not that it probably makes much difference but, server will be rack mounted in a 4U case.

Oh, and any input on low noise output CPU coolers will be we'll received.

V

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Shadow703793   10-15-2009 at 12:46:11 AM
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SSD using SDHC cards


That will NOT work very well.
See: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4255
A 2.5" HDD pwned it.

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Shadow703793   10-15-2009 at 01:03:08 AM
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Btw, this is the AM2 CPU and NOT the 939 right?

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vibe   10-15-2009 at 03:25:37 AM
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Shadow703793 wrote :

Quote :

SSD using SDHC cards


That will NOT work very well.
See: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4255
A 2.5" HDD pwned it.



Thanks for the concern but I'm not looking for performace, I'm looking for quiet and cheap. Given that I have spare SDHC cards a setup cost of £10 makes this the idea option for me.

Yes AM2 not 939, please correct me if I'm wrong but I see no bonus for a 939 setup over AM2 for my requirments.

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Shadow703793   10-16-2009 at 03:12:28 AM
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^No. It's just that 939 is dead, and I was going to recommend you upgrade to AM2 if you did have a 939.

As for motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128376
$65 after MIR
Comes with RAID,etc. But only got one Ethernet.

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vibe   10-19-2009 at 08:59:02 AM
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Thanks for the link, this was one of the ones I was looking at.

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