Cheap Server for home use.

[PeprBox]

So, I recently found some AMD Opteron 6174 Server CPUs on Ebay for $15, and a Socket G34 Motherboard for $150. I was wondering if building an EATX home server with these CPUs would be a good idea. I know the architecture is old. I don't know much about server building, so any advice is helpful.

[Artyomka]

I stronly suggest you go for a Socket 1366 or better a 2011 for a cheap home server. 

Old server tech drains power and get those electrical bills fat, so you are not saving much in terms of money in the long run.

[Pixel5]

the big question is what is this server supposed to do and is power consumption as well as the noise from the server an issue for you?

[PeprBox]

I had planned on using it as just a home server. Extra storage and maybe a cloud workstation for my fiancee.

[NelizMastr]

46 minutes ago, PeprBox said:

I had planned on using it as just a home server. Extra storage and maybe a cloud workstation for my fiancee.

You'd be fine with a single CPU solution for that. That said, it shouldn't be that terrible when idling. I'd try to run with one CPU at first.

[PeprBox]

I did find a single socket motherboard for about $70 on Ebay. I was going to go with 32GB of DDR3 ECC memory. ECC seems to be pretty cheap at the moment.