My media PC. About 500gbs of space. AMD 3800+, 1gb ram (other stick died), 7900GT, Vista Ultimate. Its been an awesome PC. I think it actually boots up faster then my Q6600 with 1/6th of the ram, go figure? Then a shot of my whole setup.
wtf?? my imagehost has replaced my fileserver with creepy blue naked dudes it's a little more civilized than last time i posted, but it still needs a bezel, a side panel, a hard drive cage, and a bunch of cable management.
Depending on the game you're going to run you will get upto double the slots out of running it on Linux over Windows. Post a thread in Software and I'll give you some advice if I can, I know a fair bit about running game servers on Linux (it helps that my best friend is the MD of one of the biggest UK GSPs).
My main file server AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.0GHz 1GB DDR RAM 1 x Seagate 250GB 1 x Maxtor 80GB 1 x WD 80GB Backup file server Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 512MB DDR RAM 2 x Quantum Fireball 30GB in software RAID 0 1 x WD 40GB And yes, that's string holding the drives up . An attempt at stopping the really bad vibrations from the WD drive. Kinda works.
Finally got round to tidying my server up and throwing in another 2*1Tb disks. E6400 Asus P5B 2Gb Patriot Ram PCI 8mb graphics PCI-e 2 port sata II card 2*80Gb OS 5*1Tb in raid 5 Sharkoon Rebel 12 case Win2k8 Server RwD
HTPC = Antec Fusion case / Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H / Intel E4400 / Antec Freezer 7 LP / 2GB Geil DDR26400 / 500GB HDD / Ubuntu 9.04x64 / Logitech Harmony 555 remote / Gyration kb/mouse Server = see my sig
CPU: AMD Athlon 3500+ Motherboard: ##### Foxconn Memory: 1GB Kingston Hard Drive 1 (Operating System) - Maxtor 80GB - Windwos Home Server 2003 Hard Drive 2 - 500GB Samsung Hard Drive 3 - 500GB Samsung Hard Drive 4 (Server Back Up) - 250GB Segate GPU: 8600GT - 24/7 Folding@Home Thats it off the top on my head. I will edit the post a bit later when im on my own pc.
HTPC is one to the left of the Xbox 360 Elite.. Atom based so low power consumption. Has 500gb HDD and a 500gb external WD Mybook. 50" Sony Bravia HDTV for viewing. Runs Windows Media Center with Media Browser to make it all cover flow and gubbins.
I have 2 servers. Old one is running ubuntu server edition and the new one is running VMware ESXi. Old one is HP Proliant ML110 G1 (Very Old) with 3.12 TB Hard Drive. New server is Dell Poweredge 1800 with 3.3 TB Hard drive. Combined is about 6.4TB of hard drive space altogether
I'm putting together a closet server for myself at the moment based around a Dell Dimension 4600. I'm modifying and adding to it to turn it into a file and download server. 2x 1TB Caviar Green hard drives in - 2x Icybox 5.25"-3.5" SATA Hot swap bays Additional 120mm fan in the front P4 Northwood @ 3GHz 2GB DDR memory Dell/ Intel board that came in the Dimension 350W Silent PSU 250GB IDE System disk AcoustiPack sound proofing foam What you think? It's going to run in my wardrobe 24/7 and be near silent. When the wardrobe door is closed you won't be able to hear it in the room. I'll stream movies from it to the rest of the house and it'll act as a download server too. What OS do you guys recommend for it? Should I put Linux on there or stick with XP? I want it to be totally headless, like my folding rigs, and run Logmein for remote desktop access. It's basically a very low cost alternative to a good NAS, plus I want to be able to leave it on all the time downloading files. EDIT: I forgot to mention, I need a good but affordable PCI Raid controller. Hot swap capability preferable, but not essential. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks!
Guess I should update mine... Spec for file server * Akasa Infiniti tower * Corsair 650w PSU * GA-MA74GM-S2H (mATX) * AMD 5050e 45W CPU * 2GB OCZ PC6400 * LG BluRay reader/writer * 120GB 2.5" 7200rpm 16mb Samsung System/Boot Drive * 2x RaxMax RM-223 Drive cages * 3x WD 1TB GP Grives * 1x Samsung Spinpoint 1TB * 1x Seagate 7200.11 500GB * 1x Seagate 7200 1.5TB * Pinnacle 3010IX Dual DVB tuner * Sil3114 4 Port PCI SATA card Spec for HTPC: * Antec ISK Mini ITX Case * Zotac 9300-WiFi * E6400 CPU * Sythe Low profile cooler * 2x 1GB OCZ PC6400 Ram * 160GB 5400rpm 2.5" HDD * PicoPSU 150w PSU * External AC-DC 12v 150w PSU * Toshiba Wireless keyboard/mouse
