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Low Power Home Server

ohJey
By ohJey
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Hello LTT

I am looking to build a low power server that can handle 1080p video and can host a minecraft server for 4 people.  Right now I have an old Athlon X2 240e, some HP mobo, and a 2GB stick of RAM that consumes ~50w at idle and ~70w under full load.

 

What would you guys use for a low power server?  Electricity is quite a bit in California so every watt counts.

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I'd use a haswell celeron. 

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I'd use a haswell celeron. 

That's a bit more expensive to build than a 1155 system.  Would a Celeron G1620 be fine?

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That's a bit more expensive to build than a 1155 system.  Would a Celeron G1620 be fine?

Haswell would be better due to the lower power features.

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