• Our Companies New Server
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I work as an IT Assistant Manager at a local company here in Michigan, US. I was told by my boss that I was given an $1500 budget for building a new client file server/webserver, here is the pcpartpicker list: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/user/LarryGibbons/saved/WtMTwP[/url] Specs: AMD FX-8120 3.1GHz 8-Core Processor Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (x4 so 16gb total with RAID 10 so a total of 8gb storage) Cooler Master Storm Scout 2 Advanced ATX Mid Tower Case Corsair CSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (Not in the pcpartpicker list but I got a licence from ebay for $120) Total price: $1251.67 Its a sweet setup and I had a great time setting it up, except for the fact that the power supply wire was too short for the case to the CD/DVD player and so I had to purchase a sata power extender for another $6. Overall, it was fun, amazing and entertaining. Regarding the graphics card, we used a spare NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 that was lying around. So that was free.
So you already built it?
But..... you used an FX series processor..... for a server....... Something that needs to run really coolly...... Why on earth would you not use a Xeon 1230v3? Or a 1220, since you probably wouldn't need hyperthreading.
A WD green for a webserver? Rip access times. While not bad for a single user, maybe two. If it's accessing for multiple people, clients, whatever I think it's going to have a tough time. I'd at a minimum go with a RED for something like that, but even then, idk maybe you can setup a huge ram buffer for it.
"I built an average desktop with a ton of storage and called it a server"
[QUOTE=Brt5470;45645370]A WD green for a webserver? Rip access times. While not bad for a single user, maybe two. If it's accessing for multiple people, clients, whatever I think it's going to have a tough time. I'd at a minimum go with a RED for something like that, but even then, idk maybe you can setup a huge ram buffer for it.[/QUOTE] how would you setup ram to buffer data?
5900 RPM for real Even my HDD runs at 7200RPM
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