Need Help Deciding which server to buy

[Reflow]

ok guys i am looking to find a server that will be able to run two vm -

One - Free NAS

Second - Ubuntu with LAMP

 

My budget is $200 - $300

 

Here are some that i have found , just need some help deciding which is the better choice.

 

0 - $100

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Poweredge-Server-2-8ghz-10G-TOM/dp/B013F5GFS2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1457515098&sr=8-5&keywords=server

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-1950-Server-Dual-Xeon-5060-DC-3-2GHz-4GB-2x-146GB-PERC5i-DVD-1PS-/190943987235?hash=item2c75260623:g:uagAAOSwoBtW2JUv

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-CS24-SC-Server-2x-Intel-L5420-Quad-Core-Xeon-2-5-GHz-16GB-NO-HDD-1U-Server-/121906411806?hash=item1c6230391e:g:gccAAOxyUrZSqfgg

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-2950-III-2x-5420-2-50GHz-Quad-Core-16GB-RAM-2x-PSU-/181936454401?hash=item2a5c41fb01:g:IiIAAOSwll1WzNht

$101 - $200

http://www.amazon.com/PowerEdge-2950-Gen-III-2x2-33GHz-Processors/dp/B019NAQNAI/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1457515098&sr=8-14&keywords=server

http://www.amazon.com/PowerEdge-2x3-0GHz-Processors-2x300GB-Drives/dp/B0058OT3HO

$201 - $300+

http://www.amazon.com/PowerEdge-Server-2x2-66GHz-E5430-6x1TB/dp/B00H3MT17Q/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&qid=1457515156&sr=8-31&keywords=server

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R710-8-Core-2-5-Server-32GB-RAM-PERC6i-DVD-iDRAC6-2-Trays-/171669620457?hash=item27f84e86e9:g:zpUAAOSwpzdWqXuQ

 

Which one is the best price for the thing i require

 

 

 

[Danielh90]

4 hours ago, JaredM54 said:

Without a doubt the R710. All of those older Poweredges are terrible for home use. (sound like a jet engine and use as much energy as an air conditioner)

How loud can they get? 

[Networking Wolf]

im also looking

 

[MightyMic]

3 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

How loud can they get? 

Like so loud that you don't want to be in the same room. My brother and I have one of those old dual Xeon Dell Poweredges and it's not worth putting any time or money into. 

 

We're looking at replacing it with dual Xeon x5460s, basically building it with part from ebay and using the old computer case. If you do decide to build a server, be very careful picking out your parts. Do lots of research into EVERY part before you buy it. Just because it has 4 dimms doesn't mean that you can put 32GB of ram in it... we learned that the hard way.

[Danielh90]

1 minute ago, MightyMic said:

Like so loud that you don't want to be in the same room. My brother and I have one of those old dual Xeon Dell Poweredges and it's not worth putting any time or money into. 

 

We're looking at replacing it with dual Xeon x5460s, basically building it with part from ebay and using the old computer case. If you do decide to build a server, be very careful picking out your parts. Do lots of research into EVERY part before you buy it. Just because it has 4 dimms doesn't mean that you can put 32GB of ram in it... we learned that the hard way.

oh ok. so if you puted your server in your basement could you hear it? 

[MightyMic]

3 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

oh ok. so if you puted your server in your basement could you hear it? 

No, but the server we have wouldn't be able to run two vm's. It just wan't powerful enough.

One thing I've learned/realized is that when you're buying something, get the best thing you can get for how much money you're willing to spend. Otherwise you're going to be sorely disappointed with your pc/server/laptop/etc.

 

Also, read about virtualizing FreeNAS. FreeNAS works best with direct access to the disks it uses. If you run FreeNAS in a vm it loses a lot of the benefits it has over other OS's

[Danielh90]

4 hours ago, JaredM54 said:

The R710 is incredibly quiet for a rack mount server. It's about as loud as a normal desktop when not under load.

Oh ok Thx

[Jarsky]

You can't run FreeNAS in a VM - you can run the older version, but you risk all your data.

[Reflow]

ok most of the options are bad, didnt know freenas didnt work on a VM, 

 

so i am better off making a workstation computer,  get a workstation motherboard that supports ecc ram and get an i7?

 

whats the best alternative to freenas that would work on a vm , since i would like to also run a web server 

 

thanks for all the suggestions