$600.00 web server build

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My friend is starting up a small webhost company, no more than 40-80 users. Mainly apache serving Html,CGI, and PHP.

I remember trying to run a lot of CGI on one of my older PII's, it broke its balls in no time compared to doing html. For around $300.00, I peiced together this at newegg:

$19.99Linkworld beige mid tower case
$54.50 - WD800JD 80gb SATA
$44.99 - PC CHIPS M860 socket 754
$32.00 - sparkle 300W power supply
$43.94 - Kingmax super-ram 512mb ddr400
$59.00 - AMD sempron 64 2500+

Total : $254.42

Yeah, yeah I know. Im going to get flamed for not getting an nforce 4 asus with SLI. But The chipset the Pc chips uses isnt that bad, and this computer wont need a fancy motherboard.

Im not sure exactly where the mhz/+'es/$$ tradeoff is, but I assume a sempron can do better than an equally priced celeron system.

He can do a few things. Order a dirt cheap system like above, and save money. Order two cheap systems like above and still be within budget. Or spend it all on one box with a P4 or athlon XP or something.

40-80 users, CGI/HTML/PHP... not a huge load, but it might be wise to get two comptuters to spread the load.

Anyone else who knows what their doing (i dont), have something to add?
 
Since you're well under budget, I would make one change.

It's been a while since I've been into computer hardware (back when 9800 XT and 3.2C were king), so my knowledge might be a tad outdated, but I wouldn't put a PC chips motherboard in a server. I'd spend 10 or 20 bucks more and get something more stable, even if it's an MSI or something.

Just my 2 cents though.
 
Actually, PCChips now isn't what it used to be. I have run one in a server and it actually was quite stable, believe it or not. I also put them in workstations with great success. Of course there was a time not long ago when they weren't worth a dime.
 
bob said:
$44.99 - PC CHIPS M860 socket 754
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$59.00 - AMD sempron 64 2500+
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Sempron 2500+? Isn't that Socket A? I thought the K8-cores start at 2600.
Otherwise looks great, since you don't need much along the lines of a case or graphics. Consider getting a larger hard drive, though, since you want to leave room for backups and growth. If you still have money in your budget, your server might be fine with 512MB, but it would still be wise to install 1GB. If it does well, your sites will get popular very quickly, and the extra RAM will go a long way.
 
The good people over in the disk storage subforum recommended SCSI with raid

So basically, junk the IDE drives, get a good SCSI raid, and some sort of reliable backup?
 
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