Home Server Build HELP

[Rehmat]

Hi there guys, 

 

I have been looking into building a cheap home server  to act as samba server [ubuntu] to 3 home clients over gigabit ethernet for backup and sharing docs and have come across the Intel DQ67OW mobo. 

Will be using an i3 2130 and 8gb of ram. Has anybody have had experience with this mobo and are there any issues. I know its old but i can get hold of it very cheap. Also i have the required RAM and PSU for ths build laying around spare. 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Should work.

 

8gb of ram is fine, you don't need the full 8gb, but its used as a disk cache so it won't hurd.

 

What drives and file system are you running?

[manikyath]

intel boards can be VERY moody.. there's nothing inherently wrong with them, they're just not even near the experience you'd expect with a board partner board.

[Rehmat]

On 22/08/2018 at 10:38 PM, manikyath said:

intel boards can be VERY moody.. there's nothing inherently wrong with them, they're just not even near the experience you'd expect with a board partner board.

what do u mean?

[manikyath]

2 hours ago, Rehmat said:

what do u mean?

for example, i have a specific intel board that is supposed to support wake on lan, i've had all the right settings enabled since day one, i've dug trough endless forum threads and support articles of people being unable to get it to wake on lan... then one day i'm cleaning up the desktop of a different system, accidentially click the wake shortcut.. and the damn thing responds to wake on lan years after i gave up on figuring why no one seems to be able to wake that specific board..

 

that said, past that one issue the experience with this board has been rock solid.

[LtStaffel]

On 8/31/2018 at 6:22 PM, manikyath said:

for example, i have a specific intel board that is supposed to support wake on lan, i've had all the right settings enabled since day one, i've dug trough endless forum threads and support articles of people being unable to get it to wake on lan... then one day i'm cleaning up the desktop of a different system, accidentially click the wake shortcut.. and the damn thing responds to wake on lan years after i gave up on figuring why no one seems to be able to wake that specific board..

 

that said, past that one issue the experience with this board has been rock solid.

Was it a driver issue do you think?

[manikyath]

8 minutes ago, LtStaffel said:

Was it a driver issue do you think?

nothing changed, network wise, OS wise (not even windows update..), driver wise, software wise, ...

 

it just didnt work one day, worked the next day, and worked for the rest of time.. in the meantime i've even reset the cmos on the mobo to fix another issue.. and it still works..