There must be a reason most consumers don't buy Xeons... Surely it's the amount they cost, given the advantages they provide? Granted, the lower end ones (such as those discussed here) aren't much in absolute terms, but relative to the 'desktop' processors they're a lot more expensive. (According t...

[...]not sure if something you are interested or not, but Intel BOXDQ67SWB3 LGA 1155 Intel Q67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard , this was my intial mobo for my server, but things changed over time and now im using on HTPC (that im still buidling) :) I should've listened to you. I pur...

I agree with mikec, most the SSDs will consume very little power, with some exception like vertex3, i dont think it will matter much, i5 2400 + mobo will be the biggest drawers, but just in case you are instrested, seems Samsung 470 is among the lowest power consumption ssds, check NBR Lowest power...

Hi, with many thanks to all who contribute to SPCR I have come up with the following list for purchase for my new home server build. The purpose/use of the home server is: File serving via NFS and CIFS Backup to remote and local (using BackupPC) VMWare server (or some other virtualisation) VortexBox...