Markware17

Hello all and Merry Christmas! This seems to be the first thread that I have ever posted, but I would like to hear your feedback.

Since "they" finally gave me Christmas off this year , I decided to help out my fathers business with a new custom build server. Now I admit the specs aren't the traditional server requirements, but I assume once he decides to retire that he is going to want this computer for use other than a server. His business only consists of himself and his paralegal. I currently have two Dell 450MHz PIIs in there right now and I feel it's time for an upgrade, at least his machine that he uses daily.

Here are the core system components:

Case:
Antec Performance One P180B

Mobo:
ASUS P5N-E SLI

PSU:
KINGWIN ABT-600MA1

Proc:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400

Mem:
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)

HD:
Western Digital Caviar 160GB 7200RPM SATA II

GFX:
eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB

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just curious.. will the pc be used for gaming?
If not.. i'd go for a 7300 or so,. since it comsumes less power, and you have the passively cooled, so it would be more silent too.

for the money you save on the grafic's (and perhaps take a non-SLI motherboard ) you could get a bigger HDD. also.. I think the PSU is a bit overkill.. but i gues that'll do,

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I would assume that since it's for a law firm that they wouldn't be doing much gaming... in which case the GPU would maybe be a bit overkill. You could almost just use an integrated GPU. I'll second that you're going to need a larger HD. Maybe 300GB at least. and ya, SLI isn't necessary unless you think that the people are going to be doing some really hardcore gaming.

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Markware17

I have a SAN server taking care of the storage needs. I also run off-site backups using DFS to his house so I don't think storage will be an issue .

I see this thing eventually replacing the "family" Dell once he decides to retire or I'll take it and replace my gaming machine that I rarely have time to play with.

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