Hi guys,
Im looking at building a server for when i head off to uni next year to host files and a website, as well as a bit of game hosting. So it doesn't have to be lightning fast, but it cant be sluggish.
I was originally looking at a E5300 (2.6Ghz) and an Intel DQ45CB (the cheapest small board i could find with RAID 5 for the 3 1Tb caviar blacks that im looking into) which is $220NZD here.
But then i found that a AMD Athlon X2 7750 (2.7 Ghz) and an Asus M2N68-AM together are around $160NZD.
Which is the best way to go? The AMD mobo is a lot cheaper which makes me think that it's missing something but i cant see any problems with it.
Any ideas?
P.S. What sort of ram and PSU would i need for this? I figured 2Gb of ram for the games and a 400-500W PSU would be sufficient.
Im looking at building a server for when i head off to uni next year to host files and a website, as well as a bit of game hosting. So it doesn't have to be lightning fast, but it cant be sluggish.
I was originally looking at a E5300 (2.6Ghz) and an Intel DQ45CB (the cheapest small board i could find with RAID 5 for the 3 1Tb caviar blacks that im looking into) which is $220NZD here.
But then i found that a AMD Athlon X2 7750 (2.7 Ghz) and an Asus M2N68-AM together are around $160NZD.
Which is the best way to go? The AMD mobo is a lot cheaper which makes me think that it's missing something but i cant see any problems with it.
Any ideas?
P.S. What sort of ram and PSU would i need for this? I figured 2Gb of ram for the games and a 400-500W PSU would be sufficient.