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- Mar 8, 2002
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- Phoenix
I need some suggestions here guys.
I am an Admin to a non-computer related BB and we are currently on EZ BB. I'm getting pretty fed up with the crappy bandwidth and everything else related to EZ and I'm considering buying my owner server machine to host the BB.
I could buy a 1U P4 1.8 server with 512 Mb RAM and 40GB HD for $600 (used).
OR, I could build my own.
If I were to build my own, I'd like to keep the cost as minimal as possible. I'd also like to use AMD as the CPU is much cheaper. I was considering the DUAL AMD MSI MoBO, but the cost would be about $700.
Would a single CPU suffice? Say a XP1700 T-Bred B? If so, I could use a RAID card and run RAID 0 or RAID 1.
Opinions?
I am an Admin to a non-computer related BB and we are currently on EZ BB. I'm getting pretty fed up with the crappy bandwidth and everything else related to EZ and I'm considering buying my owner server machine to host the BB.
I could buy a 1U P4 1.8 server with 512 Mb RAM and 40GB HD for $600 (used).
OR, I could build my own.
If I were to build my own, I'd like to keep the cost as minimal as possible. I'd also like to use AMD as the CPU is much cheaper. I was considering the DUAL AMD MSI MoBO, but the cost would be about $700.
Would a single CPU suffice? Say a XP1700 T-Bred B? If so, I could use a RAID card and run RAID 0 or RAID 1.
Opinions?
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