Not sure on what to buy for a Home Server

[RadeonHDx]

Hi again guys!
So, for the last few days I've been contemplating getting a home server for my family as my mum and sister would like quick and easy backup of all of their important files, such as media and videos etc, and I would like a rig that would torrent and backup my OS etc...
So here's the question: What should I buy for a low power consumption and noise. Unfortunately I have a HUGE restriction on a budget of £150-200.
Any components you guys could recommend? I already have a drive or 2 lying around so that isn't a problem.
Thanks!

 

[Grizzly]

These little hp servers are meant to be quite good link. After the £100 cashback that leaves you some money to spend on the os and anything else you might want.

 

[sheroo]

Have to agree, for a small budget, I've heard very good things about the HP Proliant Microservers.

 

[RadeonHDx]

Thanks guys, but I've had another look around and quickly found some cheap, low power consumption parts on amazon (I know that they aren't the cheapest, it was just for a look at what I could get). What I found was:

AMD Sempron 145

£29​

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P

£35​

Crucial 2GB DDR3 1066 @ 1.5v x2

£20​

Corsair CX430 (Overkill, I know)

£37​

StarTech.com PCI Gigabit Ethernet Port

£10​

And a 2TB WD Caviar Green that I already had...
Please tell me what you think I could change etc.
Thanks again!

 

[yassarikhan786]

I would maybe go for a dual core since you are way under budget with the above.

 

[RadeonHDx]

Any recommendations?

 

[Feronix]

What about a Pentium G2020 on a MSI H61M-P31 (G3) iH61 board?

FOr the power supply you could easily grab a Corsair VS350?

 

[sheroo]

So I assume from the list that you've provided above that you have a case and some hard drives?

So you are basically after a cpu, m/b, mem & psu.

In that case for £200...

m/b - MSI B75A-G41 Motherboard Socket 1155 Intel B75 - £53.70
cpu - Intel Pentium G2020 - £45.84
psu - be quiet! Pure Power L7 300W - £33.96
mem - 8GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline - £33.95

Comes in at £167.45

Add say a Fractal Design Core 3000 for £47.98 and your golden.

 

[RadeonHDx]

Thanks guys, I'm going to have a look at your recommendation sheroo! Thanks so much for clearing this up for me!

 

[Genesius]

I was running whs2011 on a gigabyte mini ITX Atom board with a £30 cit case with built in PSU. 2gb ram and drives. Whs2011 cost me £45 if I recall.

I now have it in a fractal design core 1000 case with an Antec Earthwatts psu

It's cheap and very low wattage. I have it running constantly. It backs up my networked computers automatically, runs torrents and acts as my video and music server to the whole house and to my remote devices.