looking for a cheap server box

[ucsb_otaku]

I would like to build a box which can support up to 5-10 concurrent users, which means that I can use cheap hardware as long as I do daily backups. The box will run a small DB and apache. The box must also be nearly silent. This is what I have in mind, so please add details and recommendations:

1) Quiet PSU?
2) Athlon XP (I need an overclockable one without a huge change in voltage settings) Maybe a 2400+ ?
3) Large, but low-cost heatsink which can use a quiet case fan.
4) 2x 1gb PC3200 memory
5) Any IDE drive that is a model least likely to fail. For now, I'm thinking about a 16mb cache maxtor.
6) Mainboard which has basic OC settings, onboard ethernet, and graphics, but can support up to 4gb of memory.
7) Cheap case

 

[fbiguy]

preeetty much not helping out here, but until someone else reply's.

....modded xbox?

 

[ucsb_otaku]

A mid-tower ATX, which can hold a raid-5 array later on.

preeetty much not helping out here, but until someone else reply's.

....modded xbox?

 

[scottatwittenberg]

normally i would never ever reccomend a dell.. but these things.. http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_sc420?c=us&cs=&l=en&s=bsd&

dell sc420 servers.. go on sale for $250 all the time.. even at $329 you really can't build that computer for that kind of money...

otherwise.. your specs sound fine..
mobile barton..
shuttle an35 ultra
cheap case and psu..
seagate has a 5 year warranty.. vs 3 for other brands..

you could probably throw together a decent system for $400 or so..