Hello again Astaro Community!
It's been awhile since I was active on the forums but I'm back with more questions for the experts. I'm trying to make the most powerful build with the least amount of space and cost requirements. The quieter the better. I don't build rigs for a living but I believe these are complete and functional, if you see any incompatibilities or gaping holes please point them out!
I have 3 "rigs" below, 2 I have thought about building and a pre-built bare-bones listed below and would appreciate any opinions you have to offer.
1. Preferred
Motherboard: GA-B75N $79.95
BIOS version: 2 x 64 Mbit flash, Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS, Support for DualBIOS™, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a
CPU: Intel Celeron G540 2.5GHz Dual Core Sandy Bridge 65W 1155 Socket $49.95
RAM: Kingston Hyper X G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $44.95
Network Interfaces: 2 x Realtek GbE LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Hard Disk: SATA 2.5' 120GB $39
Case/Chassis: M350 by Mini-Box.com $39
Power Supply: picoPSU-150-XT + 102W Adapter Power Kit from Mini-box.com $59
Total Power Consumption Unpurchased/Unknown. Processor is 65W Rated
Total Cost: Estimated $320 ($311.85) USD before shipping/tax or any changes. Most if not all parts are currently offering free shipping.
Comments / Notes: This system can easily be beefed up for not much more cash if you want the newer Ivy-bridge processors or a core i3,i5,i7. Also its small and supposed to be really quiet if not soundless and according to the specs can be ran fanless which would cut down on both noise, power and moving parts. Also I don't believe this motherboard shipps with a SATA cable for the HDD which would need to be purchased as well as some other possible misc cords and screws.
I'm sure I could go cheaper on the RAM. Any thoughts?
2. OEM Production 2550L2D-MxPC Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System - Newegg.com (I used Google URL Shortner to post this link to Newegg, if you would prefer to just search it yourself here is the model#)
2550L2D-MxPC
I have read several reviews on the Atom based processor's and everything I have read make me feel like the celeron's are superior. If thats NOT the case, or if it doesn't matter in THIS case then this system costs approx. $217.95 USD before any other costs like shipping or tax are considered (all offer free shipping currently) and would be the best buy I think.
Kingston Hyper X 2x 2GB sticks KHX16S9K2 ($24.95 for BOTH)
3. Cheapest I think that could possibly work.
Motherboard: GA-C1007UN-D $89
BIOS version: 2 x 32 Mbit flash, Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS, Support for DualBIOS™, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a
CPU: Intel Celeron 1007U 1.5Ghz Dual Core
RAM: Kingston Hyper X G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $44.95
Network Interfaces: 2 x Realtek GbE LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Hard Disk: SATA 2.5' 120GB $39
Case/Chassis: M350 by Mini-Box.com $39
Power Supply: picoPSU-150-XT + 102W Adapter Power Kit from Mini-box.com $59
Total Power Consumption (in Watts, if known): Unpurchased/Unknown. Processor is 65W Rated
Total Cost: Estimated $270.95 most parts are free shipping.
Comments / Notes: Taking a 1GHz processing hit to save 50 bucks seems a bit steep.
Also because its relevant, this is just for basic home use, multiple devices connecting via wireless to a router behind Sophos with much video streaming and gaming. Current connection is max at 6Mbps (small town) but most likely will never see more than 50Mbps of throughput. I would like/need to utilize most of Sophos features. IPS, Antivirus (maybe), web filtering, application control, firewall rules, possible QoS, ect.
I look forward to your thoughts and opinions!
Best Regards,
Bergie
Edit Notes.
I did this all very late one night and made some mistakes.
Edit 1 - Celeron 1007U is a Dual Core not a Single Core.
Edit 2 - Motherboard for Rig's 1 & 3 requires Desktop Memory not Laptop Memory.
Edit 3 - Rig 2 did not have Ram quoted in the estimated cost.
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