alright guys i wanted to get a server just for my family so we could back up our pcs and just possibly share files now here is the server i am buying 2xSocket 603 Xeon-Foster core/1.7Ghz/400Mhz FSB/256k L2 Cache Tyan S2603 Motherboard (HP X4000 systemboard) Intel I860 chipset/on-board sound/2 USB ports/ 768MB Rambus Atlas 10K II 16GB SCSI HDD Atlas 10K II 36GB SCSI HDD BFG Nvidia 6800 256MB Graphics Card DVI and VGA Lite-On DVD-RW 16x Windows XP Professional cd with license all for $450, now i will proably hadd more ram and hard disk but just to start off what do you guys think ?
there is a cheaper way to go is you family all in one house, if so... buy an external hard drive and you can share files if you set up on a router, im too busy to tell you how but u can just look on google
I suggest going with no video card for a server, not needed. Also, go with fedora core, I believe it's free, or much cheaper than XPPRO. Maybe get a 150GB raptor instead too? Just my ideas.
yeah ill just sell the video card becuase its a server and not my gaming rig and xp pro ill change that too, also bigger Hds but aside from that is that a good buy for $450 ?