You have $600ish to build a new home server from scratch....go
I finally sold the appliances out of my old house so I saved a little of the money to build a server. I want a server that will last for years to come. It will mainly be used for back ups and media storage (lots of pictures) right now but eventually may stream video to tvs. Here is what I have played around with so far. I think it is a tad over kill but why not
1 Fractal Design Node 304 FD-CA-NODE-304-BL Black Aluminum / Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case Fractal Design Node 304 FD-CA-NODE-304-BL Black Aluminum / Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
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1 ASRock H77M-ITX LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard ASRock H77M-ITX LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
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1 SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
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1 Intel Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i33220 Intel Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i33220
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1 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
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2 TOSHIBA PH3200U-1I72 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 TOSHIBA PH3200U-1I72 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -
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1 Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 64-bit OEM System Builder Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 64-bit OEM System Builder
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I also have a 500GB SATA3 Hitachi laptop hard drive that is less than a year old that I was going to use as the main drive with the OS.
