Micro ATX Server

[C_Mike]

So about 6 months ago I bought a HP Proliant DL580 G2 on eBay for £35, which I thought was a bargain. It is massive and sounds like a jet engine when powered on, with no options or possibilities to replace the fans or reduce the fan speeds.

 

So now i'm looking at building a micro atx linux PC to use as a a server mainly for minecraft Gmod, and other games, and maybe plex.

 

This is what I've come up with so far, do you think I should stick with the G3258 or step down to a G3220.

 

Give me any other advice you have as well.

 

*edit* Also what Linux distro would people suggest, i'm thinking either Debian, Ubuntu or CentOS

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.01 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£28.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£12.93 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£12.93 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£12.93 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£12.93 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£19.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.99 @ Novatech) 

Other: StarTech.com 4 Port PCI SATA RAID Controller Adapter Card (£29.99)

Total: £241.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-21 01:23 GMT+0000

Edited December 21, 2014 by C_Mike

[C_Mike]

If you took that HDDs for RAID don't expect to do that via hardware on that MB...

 

Yeah, I couldn't find Raid cards on partpicker looking at something like this http://www.ebuyer.com/123967-startech-com-4-port-pci-sata-raid-controller-adapter-card-pci-sata-pcisata4r1

 

I'll add the custom part now