From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 13:05:26 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 52F5F16A420 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 13:05:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC5943D45 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 13:05:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B801C60E9; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 08:05:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26507-08; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 08:05:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C0760DF; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 08:05:13 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <43491591.6040208@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:05:21 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050930) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW References: <4348E078.8050602@echotrace.com> <200510091357.00775.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <200510091357.00775.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 OpenPGP: id=C01BC363 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cheap Hardware for Home Network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: RacerX@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:05:26 -0000 RW wrote: > On Sunday 09 October 2005 10:18, Live-Wire wrote: > >>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 - > > >>I'm hellbent on AMD, and the Sempron 3100+ (754) is looking pretty >>sharp. I have a GeForce4 Ti 4600 lying >> >>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? > > > > The system you mention seems to be completly out of step with what you want > from it. > > If you want a server that's on most or all of the day and runs such an > undemanding load, you would be better off checking out some cheap, slow , > low-power machines. With a desktop machine such as you specify, the electrity > may well be a major part of the total cost over several years. Low power cpus > also run much quieter, with little or no fan noise. > > I don't see why you need graphics at all. Correct - for a very long time, I used a Compaq Small Form Factor (450 Mhz w/256 RAM and 10 gig drive and a 4 meg video) to do just about what the op is asking for. Now adays, he could find nearly the same hardware in a complete box for in the 50 - 100 dollar range. I agree - what he has now is overkill for what he wants to do. What he has now would make a nice workstation tho. -- Best regards, Chris When you do not know what you are going, do it neatly.