Web server build

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: About 2 weeks, current server is dead and school starts september 7th so it will be soon
BUDGET RANGE: As low as you can go for good performance, its for a college activities board with a limited budget so under 400 would be good

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Web server, it hosts PHP, HTML, and a MySQL database, reliability is of the utmost importance, a RAID 5 setup would be appreciated if possible.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: The dead one was an old dell, so nothing is being reused, however we only need the tower, no optical drive, i will rip that from the dead hulk.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: IGP to keep costs down, if someone can suggest a prebuilt that would work too that will work

OVERCLOCKING: No, stability is paramount SLI OR CROSSFIRE: onboard graphics likely so i doubt it

MONITOR RESOLUTION: Its a server, so it doesnt really matter

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Im not up to date with what i would need for a server, so anyone who can help please do

Thanks guys

since I know squat about servers , but assume that multithreading at pretty low power levels is a good idea
then something based on an intel Q8200 + G31 or G41 board
or phenom X4 810
or to save even more and fit the budget an x3 710 for $99
780g mb
some ddr2 ram for cost reasons
a decent sub 400 watt psu
and the raid array

but I think you will have problems with your budget if you want a RAID 5 array

I'll be away from a computer for a while, so I'll let somebody else jump in. I just wanted to start the conversation off.

I got access to a computer for a couple minutes.

You could take out the OS in my build, add another two WD3200AAKS drives for a RAID 5 setup, and put in a Phenom II X3 710. That would put you just over the $400 budget.

I haven't played with Fedora for a couple years, but from what I've read it seems like the Linux ATI drivers are much better now. It should work fine, but hopefully someone with direct experience will confirm this.

Well keep in mind this server wont have a monitor permanently attached to it, it will only have a display when something goes awry, most of the time it will be remotely accessed anyway, so it doesnt really matter how crappy the IGP driver support is as long as it can show the desktop and run reliably. So if an opteron really isnt going to get much of a benefit over a low end phenom this falls back into desktop part picking land, thats something i can work with!