Hello Guys, for last few days I am searching on this forum and debating with building a fileserver for 5 peoples. Option is either buy a prebuit Dell T30 (Fixed Configuration. Intel® Xeon® E3-1225 v5, 8GB Memory ECC, 1TB Hard Drive and 1 Year Warranty for 579 CDN) or build one. I have a computer store who can build for around a $1,000 CDN, hardware is .. CPU E2124, mobo ASUS WS C246 PRO ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C246, RAM 16GB ECC Kingston, 750 Watts Corsair PS, Samsung EVO pro 250 NVeM boot drive and ATX case with 6 internal 2.5 and 3.5 drive bays.
Pros of the first option price is half, pros of second option is much powerful and a newer HW both have one year warranty, dell might have a better warranty/service. Currently fileserver I am using I built myself 7 years ago, E6500, 4gb non-ecc ram g.skill (tested with memtest86 up to 10 passes), boot drive intel ssd 530s, storage ssd evo 860 500gb, second internal mirror drive WD black 640GB, backblaze continuous backup, and WD element external backup with 6 versions retrieval and raid1 NAS mirror daily backup.
Any personal experience to go with prebuilt and build issues, where later regretted not go with prebuilt or vice versa.
Third option is throw out the old HW (cpu, ram and mobo) and build myself a new one under $275 and test the ram with memtest86+ up to 10-15 passes.
Thanks
Pros of the first option price is half, pros of second option is much powerful and a newer HW both have one year warranty, dell might have a better warranty/service. Currently fileserver I am using I built myself 7 years ago, E6500, 4gb non-ecc ram g.skill (tested with memtest86 up to 10 passes), boot drive intel ssd 530s, storage ssd evo 860 500gb, second internal mirror drive WD black 640GB, backblaze continuous backup, and WD element external backup with 6 versions retrieval and raid1 NAS mirror daily backup.
Any personal experience to go with prebuilt and build issues, where later regretted not go with prebuilt or vice versa.
Third option is throw out the old HW (cpu, ram and mobo) and build myself a new one under $275 and test the ram with memtest86+ up to 10-15 passes.
Thanks
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