Comments on: Building a low-cost bad-ass “server” machine

By: Bob*!

Bob*! — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:59:11 +0000

I am trying to build a cheap 64bit server for Windows Server 2008, its not going to be used that heavily, only 2 people and really something to fool around and learn with. Like you power is a major consideration. I dont want a 250w or 300w power supply… i’d like another option … any ideas?

By: Sreenivasa

Sreenivasa — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:59:29 +0000

A nice post.

Any idea about availability of motherboards supporting dual quad core CPUs?

I’m looking to build something that has 8GB RAM and 8 CPU cores – I need at least 6 processes running in parallel

By: Server Monitoring

Server Monitoring — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:05:26 +0000

Computer memory is so cheap these days that I also would go for 64-bit and 8 Gigabytes of RAM (2×4GB)

Any reason you did not go for the Wolfdale processor line? They have lower power consumption but only 2 core.

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By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:03:41 +0000

Nice Post! Thanks For The Info..

By: prashanthellina

prashanthellina — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:24:52 +0000

You mean add 2GB over 4GB? Even if I did want to add more RAM I would think of jumping to 8GB instead of 6GB to take advantage of dual channelling. I don’t think my motherboard supports flexible RAM configs, so I will wait for a while to add more RAM. 4GB seems about right for me now.

I’m using 64-bit Ubuntu 7.10, so I get to use all of 4GB (I’m don’t want to shell out cash for Vista!).

A second monitor is very tempting, however I just spent a ton on the touch screen. I will have to wait to fill my wallet .

I went for E4500 because it was around Rs1000-1500 cheaper than a similar processor that supported Virtualization. Since, my requirement is to run Linux as guest, I can get a modified kernel and run it over Xen to not have or reduce the usual virtualization overhead. As I understand, I will require hardware virtualization only if I have an unmodifiable kernel on my hands (say XP or Vista). more info.

By: Sriram Krishnan

Sriram Krishnan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:54:51 +0000

And why did you pick one without support for virtualization? I’m willing to bet you’ll want to run Xen or Hyper-V very,very soon

By: Sriram Krishnan

Sriram Krishnan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:53:54 +0000

I would suggest adding 2 more GB and using a 64 bit operating system (Vista 64 bit is quite excellent ). Don’t go for the extra RAM unless you’re planning on using 64-bit though.

Also, if you can afford it, go for a second monitor. I invested in one of these and it is more than worth the money