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Well I am looking to be building a few "fileservers" here in the none to distant future I have a basic plan layed out with hardware for them though I am having some issues tracking down a suitable motherboard and CPU for it.
Here is the copy paste from the stickie, just looking for some suggestions/input.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Serving files over ethernet
2) What's your budget? Would like to keep CPU & motherboard under $450 if possiable
3) Where do you live? CANADA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? Motherboard & CPU
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? I have everything else.
6) Will you be overclocking? No.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? Headless
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Shortly (within 2-3 months or less)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? ATLEAST 4 PCI-E 8x slots, 4+ sata ports, dual gigE would be nice.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Yes.
Basically just looking for some ideas/suggestions, since they will be fileservers a fast CPU is NOT needed... hence wanting to keep it on the cheap, no need to drop more than I need on the CPU/Mobo.
From looking around a bit the best option thusfar looks like an Intel S3420GPLC, with a Xeon x3430 Price for them comes out to ~$480 CDN... a bit on the costly side but I cant seem to find a cheaper alternative
***EDIT*** Never mind.... that motherboard only has 3 PCIE slots >.< damn pictures of diffrent models
Anywho ill see what direction you folks can point me in
Here is the copy paste from the stickie, just looking for some suggestions/input.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Serving files over ethernet
2) What's your budget? Would like to keep CPU & motherboard under $450 if possiable
3) Where do you live? CANADA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? Motherboard & CPU
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? I have everything else.
6) Will you be overclocking? No.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? Headless
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Shortly (within 2-3 months or less)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? ATLEAST 4 PCI-E 8x slots, 4+ sata ports, dual gigE would be nice.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Yes.
Basically just looking for some ideas/suggestions, since they will be fileservers a fast CPU is NOT needed... hence wanting to keep it on the cheap, no need to drop more than I need on the CPU/Mobo.
From looking around a bit the best option thusfar looks like an Intel S3420GPLC, with a Xeon x3430 Price for them comes out to ~$480 CDN... a bit on the costly side but I cant seem to find a cheaper alternative
***EDIT*** Never mind.... that motherboard only has 3 PCIE slots >.< damn pictures of diffrent models
Anywho ill see what direction you folks can point me in
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