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On 1.2.2016 at 0:53 AM, Streetguru said:

Aside from speed, a RAID controller mostly just gives you some protection against sudden power loss, but a UPS would do that as well if I'm not mistaken

if it's for back ups mostly, then ya probably just go for ECC, the i3 supports ECC you just want a board that supports it as well

thank you for the buying list, i am going to look and post my buying list here.

3 minutes ago, Giuseppe96 said:

I need to buy a laptop for a friend of mine, she needs a laptop for study and surf on the internet (so she don't need to play games or 4K video editing etc) but i don't want to buy an intel core 2 duo or an intel pentium processor. I think that i can spend up to 300€ but less is better. 

Maybe i can add a few upgrade aftermarket, like changhe di HDD (or SSD is better) or add additional RAM if needed. I'm wait if anyone could help me. ??

did your friend really need a notebook? Maybe a tablet is a better choice? If a notebook is necessary I would totally recommend you to in a education store (typically ever university has a store which offers a lot of variation in prices, usually cheaper then the market).

13 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

ECC memory

i could run for ECC memory, their will never be critical data on the server (for the moment).

16 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

NAS portion

i already have a NAS (synology), i would use the server just for backups (raid 1/5/10).

My main problem is: i don't know for which motherboard, cpu and ram i should run? (raid controller on board or separate?)

20 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

UPS or battery back up system for it

thanks for that hint!

Hi,

i want to build a small server to virtualize at least two server 1) Windows and 2) Linux, in future maybe one or two more servers. I would do it with ESXi free (user experience or other options maybe?). I plan to do smaller things like a small file server, backups, testing machine, etc. nothing that really requires a power

• I would like to use minimum a Intel i3 or a small Intel Xeon for future expand.
• min. 8GB RAM (expandable to 32gb or more)
• system disk: 120gb SSD (Samsung Evo 850, i had one left)
• storage raid 5 or raid 10 with 4x 2TB 
• motherboard should support my needs and be durable (I like Asus and I would like stick to it but it is not a must have)
• psu: i don't like to waste energy, so I guess 80+gold?
• case: a normal black case, with enough place for the disks
• raid controller: do I need one?
• what else did i forget?

Budget: 500-700$ - because it should be a beginner server.

Do someone have experience and recommendation for me?

Thanks in advance.