need suggestion for small file/sql server

[TheDude05]

Looking for a cpu/motherboard. Possibly looking at an opteron but I don't want to break the bank. But on the other side I still want it to be halfwy decent for the future. Right now i'm looking at an Opteron 170 Dual Core with probably a gig of ram. Any suggestions on motherboard thats not overly and preferrably supports SATA raid 5



EDIT: oh yea i'd also like it be ATX so I can put it in a current mid tower case

 

[jpmkm]

How small is small? If this is just going to be a personal server then that is way more than you need. An old P3 1GHz with half a gig of ram would probably keep you going for quite a while. Like I said, though, it depends on how small is small. If this is business-related then of course that changes everything.

 

[TheDude05]

It is business related and right now their server is a p3 800 with 512ram and it gets a little choked. Running MySQL, PHP, Apache, with basic file serving. Eventually the goal is to get the server for all file serving since a lot of important docs are being saved on their desktops plus alot more mysql tables. Right now she uses a database of about 6 tables with the biggest having 10,000 records. The current server gets the job done but thats about it. Its not fast by any means.

I decided against the dual core option and am looking at a Opteron 242 sledgehammer 940 with a dual cpu mobo. Then in the future she finds that they need more speed, I can toss in another cpu and gig or 2 of ram. My goal is a server for around $1000 but that might be too low.