Building my own Low Power HomeServer

Interested by lot of home server types on the internet I decided to build my own.

My requirements:

• Low power (25-50 Watt / Hour)
• Small
• Low noice
• Ability to install x64 Operating System
• Linux and Winows Compatible (since I didn't decide yet to boot Linux or Windows)
• min. 500 gB Hard Disk space

After a lot of Googling and reading http://tweakers.net I came to the following hardware components, which I buyed online at the same company:

73,20 Euro - Case - Antec ISK 300-65
78,10 Euro - Motherboard - Asus AT5NM10-I
50,80 Euro - 4 GB (2x2GB) RAM - Kingston ValueRam KVR800D2N6K2/4G
56,00 Euro - Sata HD - Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS. 500GB SATA-300. 16MB. 7200rpm
Total: 264,05

 Assembling:

1. Motherboard in case
2. Memory on motherboard
3. HD in case
4. Connect HD by sata cable and put powersupply in it
5. Connect other cables

N.B. I connected the fan directly to the powersupply. It has 3 switches. If you want the motherboard to direct the fan you have to buy a seperate 4 to 3 pin Molex connector (4,95 euro).

Software:

1. Make a bootable USB stick (since I didn't have a cd / dvd drive)
2. Put the install files on the USB stick

Boot the PC and press ALT-F8 to boot from USB and install the software.

Conclusion: verry nice and cheap system. Windows 7 works verry well. Low noise and power supply so ideal as a home server.

Posted: Feb 08 2011, 21:06 by Nick Boumans | Comments (0) |

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