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I'm currently using an 8 year old pc, probably a pentium 3 or 4 with about 3/4s of a gig of ram as a torrent download box
my mom wants to get rid of it and I'm thinking that a new torrent box would probably perform better and consume less power than this 8 year old pc
I'm wondering if it would be more cost/performance efficient to just grab one of those $200 nettops (foxconn and zotec makes them) from newegg vs. building my own from scratch
if building from scratch is better, I'm also wondering if you guys have some hardware suggestions for a budget of $300 or less
buying time: in a few weeks
main considerations in order of importance are the following: 24/7 stabiltiy, low power, low heat, fast network file transfer
nice to haves: low noise, small form factor, storage space
main uses: torrent downloading/seeding and transferring downloaded files to network pcs
my primary hardware thoughts:
processor: atom dual core, celerom, sempron, athlon II. costs about $30 to $70 i think (not sure if one these would be enough for my needs)
mobo: depends on cpu. micro-atx or smaller. I saw a few atom + mobo combos for less than $100
psu: 300watts - 400 watts might be enough maybe. i'll try to look for psu+case combos
gpu: none, cpu/mobo with built in graphics is my target
ram: 1 or 2 gb of ddr2 or ddr3, depends on mobo
hd: 500gb spinpoint or an ssd maybe if budget permits
optical: none
nic: gigabit if mobo doesn't have one
case: something small, don't really care as long as my stuff fits
os: lightweight linux distro, crunchbang or lubuntu maybe
parts not needed: keyboard, mouse, monitor (I'm planning accessing it only through vnc)
suggestions are welcome, thanks
my mom wants to get rid of it and I'm thinking that a new torrent box would probably perform better and consume less power than this 8 year old pc
I'm wondering if it would be more cost/performance efficient to just grab one of those $200 nettops (foxconn and zotec makes them) from newegg vs. building my own from scratch
if building from scratch is better, I'm also wondering if you guys have some hardware suggestions for a budget of $300 or less
buying time: in a few weeks
main considerations in order of importance are the following: 24/7 stabiltiy, low power, low heat, fast network file transfer
nice to haves: low noise, small form factor, storage space
main uses: torrent downloading/seeding and transferring downloaded files to network pcs
my primary hardware thoughts:
processor: atom dual core, celerom, sempron, athlon II. costs about $30 to $70 i think (not sure if one these would be enough for my needs)
mobo: depends on cpu. micro-atx or smaller. I saw a few atom + mobo combos for less than $100
psu: 300watts - 400 watts might be enough maybe. i'll try to look for psu+case combos
gpu: none, cpu/mobo with built in graphics is my target
ram: 1 or 2 gb of ddr2 or ddr3, depends on mobo
hd: 500gb spinpoint or an ssd maybe if budget permits
optical: none
nic: gigabit if mobo doesn't have one
case: something small, don't really care as long as my stuff fits
os: lightweight linux distro, crunchbang or lubuntu maybe
parts not needed: keyboard, mouse, monitor (I'm planning accessing it only through vnc)
suggestions are welcome, thanks
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