Hey guys, I am just about to start building a budget server for a friend's small business. The total build without the hard drives has to be under £200 and idealy around £150! I did some research but the thing is that everybody suggest to get an old m/b or cpu from ebay probably. Anyway, it seems very hard to get brand new old hardware and most of the items would be out of stock. here is what i m thinking! Corsair 430W V2 CX Series £36.14 MSI H61M-E33-B3 H61 1155 Socket £46.90 Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz 1.5V £19.22 Intel Pentium G620 2.6GHz Socket 1155 £46.47 Coolermaster Elite 342 mATX Case £27.03 Total: £175.76
What do they actually want to use the server for? You can't buy the software they need with that budget.
If the server has to store business critical information I wouldn't skimp on it. I'd spend at least 500£'s on the server itself and another 3-400£ on a solid NAS to act as backup - and that's before adding the price of enterprise harddrives.
I have a brand new motherboard and RAM in the marketplace, with an E2140 cpu for £30. Its a good start... @mods: I'm not trading. Just letting him know that he doesn't have to spend a fortune. Or this:
