Cheap Hardware for Home Network

RW list-freebsd-2004 at morbius.sent.com
Sun Oct 9 05:57:04 PDT 2005


On Sunday 09 October 2005 10:18, Live-Wire wrote:
> I'm building a new box specifically do take care of a lot of things on
> my home network; dns, qmail,
> apache, sftp, printer server, a fileserver, etc. Some of the services,
> like apache, will also be exposed to
> the internet, but only for the use of friends and family. And most
> important, I'm doing this all on the cheap -

> I'm hellbent on AMD, and the Sempron 3100+ (754) is looking pretty
> sharp. I have a GeForce4 Ti 4600 lying
>
> So again, this is a nice opportunity to buy hardware specifically
> tailored for what I am using it for - I have zero
> concern for expandability. What is the best fit?


The system you mention seems to be completly out of step  with what you want 
from it. 

If you want a server that's on most or all  of the day and runs such an 
undemanding load, you would be better off checking out some cheap, slow , 
low-power machines. With a desktop machine such as you specify, the electrity 
may well be a major part of the total cost over several years. Low power cpus 
also run much quieter, with little or no fan noise.

I don't see why you need graphics at all.


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