WHS cpu/mobo combo

[eagleknight]

Due to so awesome deals on newegg.com today I picked up an Antec Earthwatts 430w psu and Cooler Master Cent 590 case today. My first pieces to my WHS build.

My original thinking was to go with a BE-2400 processor, but there is some good deals for mobo/cpu combos on Sempron processors or do an Intel Celeron combo. Do I really need the muscle or will the Semprons/Celeron cut it thus saving me money? I am trying to keep my budget tight. If I am going to be using to to stream HD video off of my media PC will be doing the hard work of decoding correct? Thoughts appreciated... thanks.

 

[Adidas4275]

i am also building a WHS to take the storage off my over taxed HTPC w/ 3TB of Storage


I am building it with parts i have a 6150 AMD MATX motherboard and a 5400+ BE that will be using CnQ to slow it down and use less power

i have seen really low CPUs run WHS fine, VIA C7 1000MHZ comes to mind and a single core sempron AM2 will run with a C7 no problem.....

i think you are fine, but I could not imagine building a PC today and not having it be dual core...

my EEE PC 901 is a single core atom w/ HT and it gets taxes sometimes BC it only has 1 core, i am building a dual core for headroom....

 

[EnderW]

the HP mediasmart servers use an old slow sempron, should be fine
I think the bigger thing is RAM - go for 2GB there
I went with the BE-2400 because I got it on sale for $25

 

[Farseer]

WHS was designed to run on just about anything. I agree with EnderW about the 2GB of RAM. WHS accesses the HDDs a lot, so anything that can reduce HDD access will be a huge benefit to you.

 

[Ockie]

I also agree with Ender. Go with 2gb ram and a cheap proc... really anything will do... visit these forums for sale section and snach up a cheap proc.