Home Server review please

[nzskiing]

Hi there,

me and my dad are planning on getting a new server for backups videos minecraft etc. What do you think of this: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/gMFNLk

Is it decent and if not what other alterations could be made? around the same price mark 1100.

Thanks

 

[nzskiing]

Did not see your post before posting LOL.
Then get the G2 750. it will be overkill but there is no choice for you. You can look in local shops if you can find the 550W or the 650W unit.

too much money lol. Local shops what's that. The only local shop fixes computers and charged a arm and a few legs to do so.

 

[nzskiing]

Did not see your post before posting LOL.
Then get the G2 750. it will be overkill but there is no choice for you. You can look in local shops if you can find the 550W or the 650W unit.

The only reason why I choose the silverstone was cheapness price and platinum efficient plus 650 w would of been perfect for what we need.

 

[Hlsgsz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

That quad-core is more than capable of handling file storage and web server duties. And it's an elegans solution for such an application.
However, if you want more processing power:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($65.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $912.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 22:01 NZST+1200

As for the SSD, no use in spending more.
And ram speed is inconsequential.

Too many choices now . Ill look into it and see. I want a decent ssd that can operate 24/7 as this server will be on 24/7 and web serving most of it and running as a backup server and storing all our videos photos etc on it. We use our tv to play back videos too so need decent speed for that.

Are you sure you know what you're doing? FreeNAS and everything? If you're by any chance thinking of running this on windows, i strongly suggest you forget about it and look into a ready-made NAS.

 

[Inkiad]

The Strider is 200. The G2 750W will cost you only 8 more.
As local shops i meant local retail computer shops.
Also get the Samsung SSD. Comes with 5 years of warranty. Or exclude the SSD altogether. Install the OS in a good USB stick. I run my freeNAS machine like this.
Edit: What kind of web hosting you are talking about? A full fledged website with scripts and shits?

 

[Zkye]

Okay just easier to buy new tbh. the only thing we would do on it would be serving files etc. hardly would use it via as a desktop part from changing settings. Minecraft will be fine running on it anyways. If it doesn't work or something I can use my old 9600 gt for it.

What power supply would you recommend then via nz price spy?

This works if you don't want it modular: http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=221726
Not many options on that site. And quite expensive as well.

If you want new:
CPU:
i3 http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?e=3084076
or
i5 http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=2106873
MB:
http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?e=2762129
(it has 6 sata ports)

 

[nzskiing]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

That quad-core is more than capable of handling file storage and web server duties. And it's an elegans solution for such an application.
However, if you want more processing power:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($65.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $912.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 22:01 NZST+1200

As for the SSD, no use in spending more.
And ram speed is inconsequential.

Too many choices now . Ill look into it and see. I want a decent ssd that can operate 24/7 as this server will be on 24/7 and web serving most of it and running as a backup server and storing all our videos photos etc on it. We use our tv to play back videos too so need decent speed for that.

Are you sure you know what you're doing? FreeNAS and everything? If you're by any chance thinking of running this on windows, i strongly suggest you forget about it and look into a ready-made NAS.

We were running Windows server 2008 but it didn't work well. I do lol ive built pcs in the past and have a diploma.we were gonna just run Windows 10 tbh why?

 

[13thmonkey]

my server is on 2012r2 with storage spaces, works a treat so far.

 

[Hlsgsz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

That quad-core is more than capable of handling file storage and web server duties. And it's an elegans solution for such an application.
However, if you want more processing power:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($65.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $912.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 22:01 NZST+1200

As for the SSD, no use in spending more.
And ram speed is inconsequential.

Too many choices now . Ill look into it and see. I want a decent ssd that can operate 24/7 as this server will be on 24/7 and web serving most of it and running as a backup server and storing all our videos photos etc on it. We use our tv to play back videos too so need decent speed for that.

Are you sure you know what you're doing? FreeNAS and everything? If you're by any chance thinking of running this on windows, i strongly suggest you forget about it and look into a ready-made NAS.

We were running Windows server 2008 but it didn't work well. I do lol ive built pcs in the past and have a diploma.we were gonna just run Windows 10 tbh why?

This sort of application should be run on linux for both performance and reliability. FreeNAS is a good option, but if yo want a fully fledged OS on it, you can run unRAID and have both freenas for file/web server duties and windows for whatever else you may need it. If you not inclined to setup a linux server, you'd be waaay better served by a ready-made NAS.
How many mechanical drives do you need it to host?

 

[13thmonkey]

except that if the PSU on the nas dies, you're out of luck, if the mobo dies, you're out of luck as another NAS won't read it, plenty of reasons not to use a NAS if you are capable of running an OS>

 

[Hlsgsz]

except that if the PSU on the nas dies, you're out of luck, if the mobo dies, you're out of luck as another NAS won't read it, plenty of reasons not to use a NAS if you are capable of running an OS>

Granted, so long as the OS is linux
Look, for simple file server, i guess any OS would do. But if we go into web-server territory, linux is the way to go.

As a sidenote, don't NAS manufacturers provide spare parts? And wouldn't a NAS with the same os read the array?

 

[13thmonkey]

Hlsgsz - No idea, maybe maybe not, that's the risk, stay away from arrays unless you have another array to back it up to.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Hlsgsz - No idea, maybe maybe not, that's the risk, stay away from arrays unless you have another array to back it up to.

Good to know. Not that i was planning on not building my own, but good to know.

 

[13thmonkey]

Hlsgsz - No idea, maybe maybe not, that's the risk, stay away from arrays unless you have another array to back it up to.

Good to know. Not that i was planning on not building my own, but good to know.

It's probably 95% proprietary hardware, never a good place to be in my mind.

 

[nzskiing]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock C2550D4I Mini ITX Atom C2550 Motherboard ($557.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.85 @ Aquila Technology)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $965.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 21:46 NZST+1200

Thanks isn't the cpu lacking plus the ram speed is pretty bad too. I looked at the ssd and it looked like a terrible ssd idk if it was just me.

That quad-core is more than capable of handling file storage and web server duties. And it's an elegans solution for such an application.
However, if you want more processing power:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($65.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Case: Silverstone DS380B Mini ITX Tower Case ($279.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Certified SFX Power Supply
Total: $912.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 22:01 NZST+1200

As for the SSD, no use in spending more.
And ram speed is inconsequential.

Too many choices now . Ill look into it and see. I want a decent ssd that can operate 24/7 as this server will be on 24/7 and web serving most of it and running as a backup server and storing all our videos photos etc on it. We use our tv to play back videos too so need decent speed for that.

Are you sure you know what you're doing? FreeNAS and everything? If you're by any chance thinking of running this on windows, i strongly suggest you forget about it and look into a ready-made NAS.

We were running Windows server 2008 but it didn't work well. I do lol ive built pcs in the past and have a diploma.we were gonna just run Windows 10 tbh why?

This sort of application should be run on linux for both performance and reliability. FreeNAS is a good option, but if yo want a fully fledged OS on it, you can run unRAID and have both freenas for file/web server duties and windows for whatever else you may need it. If you not inclined to setup a linux server, you'd be waaay better served by a ready-made NAS.
How many mechanical drives do you need it to host?

Ready made NAS are way to expensive. we have around 4 currently. Can put a 5th one in and the os ssd that makes 6

 

[nzskiing]

except that if the PSU on the nas dies, you're out of luck, if the mobo dies, you're out of luck as another NAS won't read it, plenty of reasons not to use a NAS if you are capable of running an OS>

That's part of the reason why lol. Windows 10 should do fine anyways it has all the features we need for backups websites etc.

 

[nzskiing]

Hlsgsz - No idea, maybe maybe not, that's the risk, stay away from arrays unless you have another array to back it up to.

Good to know. Not that i was planning on not building my own, but good to know.

It's probably 95% proprietary hardware, never a good place to be in my mind.

running raids etc on a small server just isn't worth it. We will only have around 6 tb of storage, most of it videos so if they go it's not a big issue