This is probably a little different advice seeking than you probably see but please, bare with me.
Approximate Purchase Date: In 2 months
Budget Range: 500-800€
System Usage from Most to Least Important: small to medium server
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, CD/DVD-Drive, video card??
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: needs to ship to EU
Country: EU
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Asus mobo
Overclocking: No
Additional Comments:
1. I plan to use the server mainly to run apache, mysql, some web services, game bots, could be some smaller game server and stuff like that.
2. Mysql will probably be the most demanding service running, so I am thinking it might be a good idea to use an SSD disk. Since I need some redundance too, maybe it's a good idea to have 2 SSDs in RAID (which one?). It is not file server so I do not need a large storage. 250-500GB would be fine. If I needed more storage I wouldn't even think of SSD but this way it's very tempting (also to reduce the noise). Need an advice on that.
3. 8GB of RAM for start, expandable up to 32 if I ever need it. What brand would be the best for durability? Server will be running 24/7.
4. I am thinking of i5 CPU but not sure which one. 3.0+ GHz, tried to compare them on Intel website but the specifications of all the different versions (2550, 2500, 2400, 2450, ...) are almost identical. I need an advice which one to pick because I don't see any difference between them except a few hundreds of MHz which doesn't really mean anything.
5. I'd prefer an ASUS mobo, probably some mid class that should survive for years.
6. Do I even need a video card since I'll be using the monitor just to install the OS and probably never use it again (once SSH is up and running)? Does mobo have integrated graphic that would be enough for this or do I need at least a cheap video card or an Intel graphic that comes with their CPUs?
7. Server might be located in my room so I'd need it to be silent if possible.
I thank you for your advice in advance.
Approximate Purchase Date: In 2 months
Budget Range: 500-800€
System Usage from Most to Least Important: small to medium server
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, CD/DVD-Drive, video card??
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: needs to ship to EU
Country: EU
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Asus mobo
Overclocking: No
Additional Comments:
1. I plan to use the server mainly to run apache, mysql, some web services, game bots, could be some smaller game server and stuff like that.
2. Mysql will probably be the most demanding service running, so I am thinking it might be a good idea to use an SSD disk. Since I need some redundance too, maybe it's a good idea to have 2 SSDs in RAID (which one?). It is not file server so I do not need a large storage. 250-500GB would be fine. If I needed more storage I wouldn't even think of SSD but this way it's very tempting (also to reduce the noise). Need an advice on that.
3. 8GB of RAM for start, expandable up to 32 if I ever need it. What brand would be the best for durability? Server will be running 24/7.
4. I am thinking of i5 CPU but not sure which one. 3.0+ GHz, tried to compare them on Intel website but the specifications of all the different versions (2550, 2500, 2400, 2450, ...) are almost identical. I need an advice which one to pick because I don't see any difference between them except a few hundreds of MHz which doesn't really mean anything.
5. I'd prefer an ASUS mobo, probably some mid class that should survive for years.
6. Do I even need a video card since I'll be using the monitor just to install the OS and probably never use it again (once SSH is up and running)? Does mobo have integrated graphic that would be enough for this or do I need at least a cheap video card or an Intel graphic that comes with their CPUs?
7. Server might be located in my room so I'd need it to be silent if possible.
I thank you for your advice in advance.