Small back up and media server

[whosbawss]

Hey guys

I want to have a backup/ media server for under £300 I already have 2x2tb wd green drives but i have no clue what motherboard to use or cpu as the new AMD APU's came out.

Thanks in advance

 

[ruairi.C]

since it's going to be under little stress I assume get one of the new AMD processors as they're cheap and the APU's are good from what I hear. Get an appropriate socket motherboard as long as it's cheap because you won't need a lot of features.
I could be wrong here but you may want to get a soundcard for watching movies but maybe you shouldn't get one depending on your current set up

 

[whosbawss]

I was going to use the server to stream media like films and shizz over dlna

 

[Josh Weston]

Do you need it to actually output any video? Sounds to me as if you need something to be more CPU oriented.
Does this £300 include the OS?

 

[yassarikhan786]

If all you're going to do is stream, a dual core CPU would suffice. I have a dual core in my server and it does the job well. You really don't need anything more powerful for basic video streaming (in my experience).

 

[Josh Weston]

Is this going to be somewhere where you'll be spending a lot of time? Like in the bedroom, or in your office area?

Edit: watcha think of this? -

The case does not have good cable management, but the PSU does.

 

[andrewmchugh]

Is this going to be somewhere where you'll be spending a lot of time? Like in the bedroom, or in your office area?

Edit: watcha think of this? -

The case does not have good cable management, but the PSU does.

lol whs use centOS or ubuntu server

 

[Josh Weston]

I wouldn't know how to use such OSs, and I don't know if the OP can either. If he can, he can easily deduct the £30 from the total.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Nothing wrong with Windows Home Server.

 

[Brooksie]

Personally I would get Ubuntu and install XBMC, that saves £30.

 

[whosbawss]

Do you need it to actually output any video? Sounds to me as if you need something to be more CPU oriented.
Does this £300 include the OS?

no mate no OS I've got that sorted already =D

 

[whosbawss]

I quite like that spec josh and I reckon I will go with it but I already have the OS so I think I will get a better case =D Thanks a lot.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Which OS are you using, out of curiosity?

 

[whosbawss]

windows server 2012. I get it free so why not

 

[yassarikhan786]

Nice. Was it from dream spark?

 

[whosbawss]

yea too right

 

[yassarikhan786]

Nice, that's where I downloaded the OS for my server as well

 

[Goldskis45]

If you already have the hard drives, you might want to look into getting a NAS? saves you set up time and some can do everything a home server can and then some? For ease I like my Synology NAS better than my home server.