Hey guys,
Recently I posted about a mid-high end build for running games and virtual machines ([url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1336348[/url]). New developments with work made me realize that I never game anymore and only do testing at home. So my new goal is to build a low power (preferably low cost) virtualization server to run test environments. This means some good CPU power, a healthy amount of ram and no video card.
I have some thoughts of my own but wanted some input.
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Total build cost about €565. This is a bit higher then I wanted but it's manageable. Anyhow some explanation / questions :
I chose the CPU because well its overal good, 4 cores (8 hyperthreaded), virtualization support, low power.
Is the PSU going to be enough ? I saw some similar builds on the internet with 300W PSU's but I really have no idea if this is going to work.
I am using the H87I-PLUS because of the 6x sata 600, Mini-ITX, 1150 Socket, raid 5 and 10 (maybe I'll add extra disks later).
RAM should speak for itself, I need lots of it couple of VM's can easily use 16GB of ram.
Disks, Seagate barracuda seems to get good reviews and they have a excellent GB/Euro ratio.
If you see any way to improve it(I have no experience in building servers so I might have missed something) / make it cheaper etc. I'll gladly hear it.
I've never heard of that PSU brand before, it sounds like an IED. If you're going to add a crapton of drives to the system, 300W isn't going to cut it. I wouldn't go with less than a 450-500W unit.
It also doesn't make sense to get an ITX motherboard if you're going to have that many drives because there's no way you'll fit all of those in a small case.
I would go with western digital for hdds, quite alot of nightmare tales spreading on seagate drives lately and the rma service tales arent much better
Be quiet currently hold the top spot for least failed units so its a very solid unit, but i would bump it up to 400w for safer overhead if you are using more than 10 drives (most hdds draw 5-10w)
[QUOTE=Tey;44548323]I would go with western digital for hdds, quite alot of nightmare tales spreading on seagate drives lately and the rma service tales arent much better[/QUOTE]
Mine is perfectly fine.
[QUOTE=Yuzing0;44548422]Mine is perfectly fine.[/QUOTE]
Yeah i read up on it, theres 2 different types of 1tb seagates but they share the same number, one is a single platter and the other is double platter and the double platter ones apparently die real fast
[QUOTE=Tey;44548515]Yeah i read up on it, theres 2 different types of 1tb seagates but they share the same number, one is a single platter and the other is double platter and the double platter ones apparently die real fast[/QUOTE]
Sounds about right, I've never really used any of their 1TB drives though.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;44548017]I've never heard of that PSU brand before[/QUOTE]
Then you are probably from the US. It's a German brand and they certainly make no IED's.
It can be measured with brands like Coolermaster or Corsair.
[QUOTE=Yuzing0;44548704]Sounds about right, I've never really used any of their 1TB drives though.[/QUOTE]
I've had two of them in RAID0 for like 3 years now and have had no issues. ~450 MB/s read and write is nice.
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