I need to replace my old Q9550 rig. It's been running 24/7/365.25 since 2009 and has become unstable--multiple mysterious restarts per week. I replaced the PSU and tried different GPUs, and also remounted the CPU to ensure there wasn't a hot spot on the spreader thanks to old TIM. I've also ruled out memory and all peripherals. In conclusion, it's the mainboard and I don't want to replace it with a NOS P45 board, and I can't just put up with the inconvenience because spin-up/spin-down cycles are what kill HDDs--this rig will cost me a lot of money with its instability, far more than simply building a new one.
My budget is around $300. This PC will only be used for local and remote file serving, plus a bit of casual browsing and office stuff--nothing hardcore going on with it. I want integrated graphics, either on-board or APU-based. I also have to have 8 internal SATA ports.
Right now I'm leaning towards an AM4 board. Any specific recommendations?
This rig doesn't have to be a monster, but I'd like long-lasting caps on the board. It will be running 24/7 for many years. I'd rather have a nice board than a slightly faster CPU.
Am I going down the right road in assuming AMD is more appropriate for this build? My more serious workstation is Intel-based (X99 i7-5820k) and perhaps I'm just old, but I'm guessing AMD still wins bang for the buck on the lower end...?
Edit: I should include that when I say "my budget is around $300" that all I have to budget for is a board, processor, and 16GB RAM. I'm good on case, storage, PSU. I can exceed the budget if I have to for a board with durable caps, but I do not need to go enterprise server-grade--the Q9550 rig was, in its day, a gamer rig and the Gigabyte P45 UD3R in it was more than sufficient until this last year. This is the first time I'm explicitly building a file server considering every other time my gamer rig has retired into that role...
My budget is around $300. This PC will only be used for local and remote file serving, plus a bit of casual browsing and office stuff--nothing hardcore going on with it. I want integrated graphics, either on-board or APU-based. I also have to have 8 internal SATA ports.
Right now I'm leaning towards an AM4 board. Any specific recommendations?
This rig doesn't have to be a monster, but I'd like long-lasting caps on the board. It will be running 24/7 for many years. I'd rather have a nice board than a slightly faster CPU.
Am I going down the right road in assuming AMD is more appropriate for this build? My more serious workstation is Intel-based (X99 i7-5820k) and perhaps I'm just old, but I'm guessing AMD still wins bang for the buck on the lower end...?
Edit: I should include that when I say "my budget is around $300" that all I have to budget for is a board, processor, and 16GB RAM. I'm good on case, storage, PSU. I can exceed the budget if I have to for a board with durable caps, but I do not need to go enterprise server-grade--the Q9550 rig was, in its day, a gamer rig and the Gigabyte P45 UD3R in it was more than sufficient until this last year. This is the first time I'm explicitly building a file server considering every other time my gamer rig has retired into that role...
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