Fileserver / Main PC - HELP

[S.p.i.r.i.T]

Hello everybody, im finaly collect some money for purchase my firs PC oriented as fileserver/main PC
So, this PC will be primary use as a fileserver, connected to the net 24/7 and even as a main PC
Running on windows7 x64


This is my alternative:

CPU - INTEL Core 2 Duo E7400 - 2,80GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB cache, socket 775, BOX (Penryn, Wolfdale) - 101 €
FAN - SCYTHE Ninja 2, socket 754/ 775/ 478/ 939/ 940/ AM2/ 1366, 6x heatpipe, 116x116x152mm, 20,9dB - 40 €
MOBO - GIGABYTE EP45-DS3P - P45/ ICH10R, PCIe x16, DDR2 1200, SATA II RAID, USB2.0, 2x GLAN - 98 €
VGA - ASUS EN9400GT SILENT/DI, 512MB DDR2 (800MHz), NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT (550MHz), PCIe x16, 128bit, DVI, HDMI - 39 €
RAM - KINGSTON 4GB (KIT 2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz PC6400 CL4 Low Latency HyperX Box - 49 €
SYSTEM HDD - im already own WD 74GB 10k rpm raptor
HDD - 8x SAMSUNG SpinPoint F1 1000GB, SATA II NCQ, 32MB cache, 7200rpm., 8.9ms, HD103UJ - 592 €
DVD - LG GH22LS SATA (black) - DVD±R 22x, DVD±R DL 16x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD-RAM 12x, SecurDisc, LS, bulk - 23 €
CASE - CHIEFTEC Bravo BigTower BA-01B-B-B, (black) - 139 €
RAID - RocketRAID 2320, PCI Express x4, RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD - 268 €
PSU - FORTRON Everest 700W ATX 2.2, active PFC/ EPS, 2x PCIe, 9x SATA, 120mm - 115 €

TOTAL ~ 1464 €


My maximuml cost is ~ 1600 € so choose something about this limit
Im open for all your ideas, so please help me choose right HW

 

[Blue Fox]

Do you plan on running RAID 5 with that setup? If so, I would get a different controller card. If not, I would still get a different controller card. I would also get rid of the HSF and just use the stock one. What else...consider getting an AMD board with integrated video? I'm all about cost effectiveness, so, you might want to consider a different power supply and case as well!

 

[S.p.i.r.i.T]

Im plan running RAID 5, different controller card ? can you advise some ? (i dont have experience with this) and about VGA im plan playback HD video over VGA, but yes, CPU can handle it i think... CASE, PSU some advice?, im plan buy another controller card with HDD`s in future.

 

[Blue Fox]

The HighPoint card you selected does not do hardware RAID, so your CPU will be doing all the parity calculations instead (which is rather slow). Areca RAID cards always pop up as something that is far more feature packed and faster (though there are other good manufacturers as well), but they are naturally more expensive, hence eliminating extra expenses (like the heatsink for example) helps to keep the overall cost down. As for the video card, I guess you'll be using this computer for video playback as well? If so, one of AMD's 780G or 785G chipset motherboards for example will be fine. They do hardware video decoding and usually have HDMI output (and VGA as well). You can of course stick with Intel as well, though you are then looking at an nVidia chipset board (as they too do hardware video decoding). Here are some board examples:

AMD + DDR3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131398
AMD + DDR2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131382
AMD + DDR2 (mATX): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131354
Intel + DDR2 (mATX): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131348