The file server at church took a dive. A capacitor bulged, one hdd is smoking, the other wont let the test system boot to windows and neither spin, a case fan seized, and the case has 2 year old cola (sugar based glue?) that dumbfounded me and the guy behind the counter at PCClub when opening the case.
So a new computer.
The pc club guy said $595 for their prebuilt with an extra gig of ram and a second 320 gb for raid. Their system is a asus p5k-vm... I think. With an E4500, ddr2-667 kingston valueram, and a generic psu. Software not included because the server 2003 license is still good. That is my target to beat. Just for an equivalent or better price this is what I came up with.
CM 690 Case $59.99-$40 = $19.99
OCZ Platinum XTC DDR2-800 2gb (2x1gb) $62.99-$35=$27.99
Corsair VX550 $88.90
Biostar TA770 Motherboard $79.99
AMD Athlon 64x2 4200+ $64.00
Tuniq 120 $44.99
WD 320gb SE16 aaks 7200rpm sata3.0 $74.99
WD 320gb SE16 aaks 7200rpm sata3.0 $74.99
$550.84
+$37.75 Shipping
$589.59
-$75 (rebates)
=$514.59
Add a couple yate loons for the tuniq and the case to get a ballpark of $600 out of pocket.
Is there anything I should change or should I suggest they shop around and buy a prebuilt with a warranty (previous one died at over 3 years, after any waranty would have expired) and possibly go with the pc club special?
Remember this is for a church with the on call geek possibly moving out of state in the next few months so long term reliability is the first priority. They might be willing to go higher since the old server was $1300 three years ago.
So a new computer.
The pc club guy said $595 for their prebuilt with an extra gig of ram and a second 320 gb for raid. Their system is a asus p5k-vm... I think. With an E4500, ddr2-667 kingston valueram, and a generic psu. Software not included because the server 2003 license is still good. That is my target to beat. Just for an equivalent or better price this is what I came up with.
CM 690 Case $59.99-$40 = $19.99
OCZ Platinum XTC DDR2-800 2gb (2x1gb) $62.99-$35=$27.99
Corsair VX550 $88.90
Biostar TA770 Motherboard $79.99
AMD Athlon 64x2 4200+ $64.00
Tuniq 120 $44.99
WD 320gb SE16 aaks 7200rpm sata3.0 $74.99
WD 320gb SE16 aaks 7200rpm sata3.0 $74.99
$550.84
+$37.75 Shipping
$589.59
-$75 (rebates)
=$514.59
Add a couple yate loons for the tuniq and the case to get a ballpark of $600 out of pocket.
Is there anything I should change or should I suggest they shop around and buy a prebuilt with a warranty (previous one died at over 3 years, after any waranty would have expired) and possibly go with the pc club special?
Remember this is for a church with the on call geek possibly moving out of state in the next few months so long term reliability is the first priority. They might be willing to go higher since the old server was $1300 three years ago.