Post your Windows Home Server Builds

[wolveen]

I got a few ideas of what I need in mine
Pretty much exactly like my Ultimate 64 build that is my sig. Just a waaay smaller case than the TJ-09 and without the 8800GTX

Post em!

 

[wolveen]

OK I played on Newegg last night and came up with something a little more less expensive. Critique away!

Lian Li PC-60 Case ......................$109.99
Corsair 520w PSU .........................$119.99
Gigabyte GA M61P MTX...............Combo Price with CPU
AMD 6400+ Windsor 2.4Ghz..........$154.98
G Skill 2G DDR2800.....................$65.99
Lite On Burner with Lightscribe........$32.99
WD 500G HD..............................$109.99
Windows Home Server.................$179.99

Total Cost: $773.92

The 500Gig is for storage on the unit, I will be recycling a SATA II 250 for the Primary.

 

[CopyThat]

I have WHS running on leftover Hardware (Athlon64 3400+ 2GB PC3200 DDR Ram, Original G-Force video) Except for the 2.7 TB of Disk space

 

[Dangman]

Ditch the Lian-Li case. All those 80mm fans means that it's going to be a loud motherfucker. Try to find a case with at least two 120mm fan slots, preferably one rear and one front. You'll get a quieter case in return.

You can get the Corsair 520W for cheaper here:
Corsair HX520 520W PSU - $104

Since this is a server that may be on 24/7, you really should go with more energy-efficient CPUs to cut back on energy costs. If you're going with AMD, I recommend the BE series since they were designed to be lower-power CPUs for use in HTPCs and small server builds:
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 CPU - $84

 

[Vette5885]

I'm using an old box, used to be my HTPC.

P4 Northwood 2.8 533
MSI 865 Neo2
1GB DDR400 (running @ DDR333 due to cpu)

7 HDD's, totaling 2.67TB formatted (500,500,500,400,400,320,320), 11% free. Most of it is set for duplication (1.2TB Shared Files)

System runs pretty good, even with SharePoint on it.

 

[wolveen]

Ditch the Lian-Li case. All those 80mm fans means that it's going to be a loud motherfucker. Try to find a case with at least two 120mm fan slots, preferably one rear and one front. You'll get a quieter case in return.

You can get the Corsair 520W for cheaper here:
Corsair HX520 520W PSU - $104

Since this is a server that may be on 24/7, you really should go with more energy-efficient CPUs to cut back on energy costs. If you're going with AMD, I recommend the BE series since they were designed to be lower-power CPUs for use in HTPCs and small server builds:
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 CPU - $84

Thanks Danny, I took your suggestions
I went with the Lian Li PC-A08 and the Processor you recommended makes more sense to save energy since it will be on 24/7.
I did however downgrade the PSU to the Corsair 450W (also trying to save on energy) Im guessing with only CPU/RAM/on board video/one DVD burner, two 120 fans, and maybe 3 HDDs max that the Corsair 450 should cover it. Once its setup I will only access it remotely so it wont need the Video or Keyboard/mouse.
Great advice as always!

Edit: New Price $709.92 =D

 

[Sikpupi]

Antec SOLO
Seasonic M12 500watt PSU
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 (1,8Ghz)
2gig Kingston DDR2 667Mhz
Intel DG965WH (Westchester)
3 x Western Digital 500gig SATA.
Zalman CNPS9700NT (CPU Cooler)
LG DVD drive, Floppy (only cos I had it in the cupboard doing nothing)

Still under construction.