DIY Dedicated Webserver - Help me decide!

[Andrew_C]

Recently sold my HP DL380 G6 with twin Xeons as it was pulling too many magical pixies from the wall. All it did was host email and a LAMP webserver. Email is now with O365 so need to decide what to do for the websites.

 

VPS isn't for me - I like control. it's either going to be a cheap dedicated server from the likes of OVH or Worldstream, or I build my own low power unit.

 

Help me decide! What low power (al least dual core, 4GB memory, SSD) machine can you scrape together for less than £200 (no case / DVD / peripherals)

 

Show me whatcha got? (with max power draw if you have it)

 

Cheers, Andy

[sazrocks]

How much storage? Do you need ECC?

[Andrew_C]

Minimum 50GB, no ECC support.

 

Thanks

[themctipers]

buy something along the lines of a used i3, ddr3 and a new 120gb ssd.

[sazrocks]

Here:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZGCNhq

Not sure how close to 200£ it is, but It should be around there.

 

Though, as @themctipers said, at this price it would be better to get used cpu/motherboard/ram.

[Andrew_C]

Good build sir! How about a quad-core team red?

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zBVjVY

 

Am looking at your power draw too, 123W vs my 74W.

[themctipers]

5 minutes ago, Andrew_C said:

Good build sir! How about a quad-core team red?

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zBVjVY

 

Am looking at your power draw too, 123W vs my 74W.

according to this:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2763&cmp[]=737

 

lol god awful, if it can't beat my i3.. then, nope.

[Andrew_C]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

according to this:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2763&cmp[]=737

 

lol god awful, if it can't beat my i3.. then, nope.

Errr.. from that it looks like it does beat it?

[themctipers]

Just now, Andrew_C said:

Errr.. from that it looks like it does beat it?

single core, nope

multi core, yes

against a dual core..

unless im reading it wrong, which im not afraid to admit as i glanced.

[YedZed]

You can buy used Optiplex 9010 or something like that for 150. Add an SSD to that i5 and 8gb ram, boom.

[Andrew_C]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

single core, nope

multi core, yes

against a dual core..

unless im reading it wrong, which im not afraid to admit as i glanced.

Oh I see what you're getting at now! Single core is definitely important to me, but as you can see the AMD chip isn't lagging far behind at all for the performance per watt.

 

1 minute ago, YedZed said:

You can buy used Optiplex 9010 or something like that for 150. Add an SSD to that i5 and 8gb ram, boom.

The Optiplex machines run hot, usually blowing caps every few years.. I want something low power - them magix pixies aint cheap!

[themctipers]

Just now, Andrew_C said:

Oh I see what you're getting at now! Single core is definitely important to me, but as you can see the AMD chip isn't lagging far behind at all for the performance per watt.

 

The Optiplex machines run hot, usually blowing caps every few years.. I want something low power - them magix pixies aint cheap!

if a 2010 i3 can outclass it then .. uh..

 

again, you should look at used sandy/ivy/haswell i3s

[YedZed]

3 hours ago, Andrew_C said:

The Optiplex machines run hot, usually blowing caps every few years.. I want something low power - them magix pixies aint cheap!

You could just pop off the top... 

[Andrew_C]

Just now, YedZed said:

You could just pop off the top... 

Hah and use it as a space heater? I think not lol

 

I'll have a nosey around the low end i3's

[YedZed]

3 hours ago, Andrew_C said:

Hah and use it as a space heater? I think not lol

 

I'll have a nosey around the low end i3's

Hold on, its not like the chip is outputting more heat than it normally would. Its not heating any more than it would closed. 

[Andrew_C]

1 minute ago, YedZed said:

Hold on, its not like the chip is outputting more heat than it normally would. Its not heating any more than it would closed. 

:) I get what you're telling me, open the top to let it survive. The issue is, Optiplex machines don't typically have low TDP chips in them. I would like to get away with as little power as possible for a handful of Wordpress websites and forums. I'd almost be tempted to repurpose an old RPI if it wasn't for the IPBoards instance.

[YedZed]

3 hours ago, Andrew_C said:

I get what you're telling me, open the top to let it survive. The issue is, Optiplex machines don't typically have low TDP chips in them. I would like to get away with as little power as possible for a handful of Wordpress websites and forums. I'd almost be tempted to repurpose an old RPI if it wasn't for the IPBoards instance.

Oh you want a specifically low TDP chip? Ohhh