From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 09:18:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96A216A41F for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:18:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from livewire@echotrace.com) Received: from mighty.strongsite.net (mighty.strongsite.net [70.85.42.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FFB943D46 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:18:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from livewire@echotrace.com) Received: from 24-107-6-222.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com ([24.107.6.222] helo=[192.168.1.105]) by mighty.strongsite.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.52) id 1EOXKJ-0002x0-0j for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:18:39 -0500 Message-ID: <4348E078.8050602@echotrace.com> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:18:48 -0500 From: Live-Wire User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - mighty.strongsite.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - echotrace.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Cheap Hardware for Home Network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 09:18:48 -0000 I'm building a new box specifically do take care of a lot of things on my home network; dns, qmail, apache, sftp, printer server, a fileserver, etc. Some of the services, like apache, will also be exposed to the internet, but only for the use of friends and family. And most important, I'm doing this all on the cheap - for less than$600 (and the less, the better). I was wondering what sort of hardware setups people could recommend? Priceis the #1 consideration, followed by reliability, then speed. But that doesn't mean I want to neglect the latter two- what sort of specs should I be shooting for? What is necessary for the kind of activities I want to do. I'm hellbent on AMD, and the Sempron 3100+ (754) is looking pretty sharp. I have a GeForce4 Ti 4600 lying around that I can stick in, but because I want to use 2 SATA 150 hardrives in RAID 1, finding an AGP 4X mobo with 754 and SATA w/ RAID 1 is neigh impossible. So it looks like my best bet is to find a mobo with onboard gigabit ethernet, video, and sound (only the first of which is important), but that still limits me apropos the 754 cpu and the SATA. So again, this is a nice opportunity to buy hardware specifically tailored for what I am using it for - I have zero concern for expandability. What is the best fit? Thanks - JNK