windows home server 2011...celeron 847 powerful enough?

[twelveparsex]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138368


I know it meets the minimum requirements but will it be able run WHS without any problems or should i spend money on something a little more powerful? It's mostly going to be used to stream movies from it to my x-box

 

[Dangman]

Spend the money on something a tad more powerful.

 

[bastage]

As Danny Said spend the money on something a little more powerfull. You can get a newer celeron at 2x the clock with a mITX board for about 20 bucks more then that celeron 847 board.

 

[twelveparsex]

what about this combo?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186211
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116779

 

[Dangman]

The mobo is so-so. While the CPU would be ok, in terms of bang for the buck value, it's a bad choice since the faster Pentium G860 only costs $14 more:
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1356988813&sr=1-1

IMO, the performance increase you get is well worth the extra $14.

 

[twelveparsex]

The mobo is so-so. While the CPU would be ok, in terms of bang for the buck value, it's a bad choice since the faster Pentium G860 only costs $14 more:
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1356988813&sr=1-1

IMO, the performance increase you get is well worth the extra $14.

my budget is about 150 for a CPU and motherboard; that said there is a little room to play around. which socket 1155 ITX motherboard would you suggest? I don't need any fancy features like onboard RAID, integrated WiFi, just needs gigabit LAN integrated video

 

[Dangman]

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-P8H61-I-...8&qid=1356992845&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+P8H61-I