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8/5/12 at 8:55pm

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hi, i am going to build a home server but im not sure exactly what to get. i will not be needing a mouse keyboard or monitor in the $750. i would like to use an i3, a ssd for the os (160gb min required) and i would like to use the fractal define r4 case. the hdd should be 2tb 6gb/s and ready for raid 5 because i will be buying a raid controller in the future. i would like the $50 for the os to be included in the price, the psu should at least be modular and hopefully 80+ certified. i would like 8gb of ram and the cheap but good cooler master hyper 212 plus heatsink.

What do you guys suggest?

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Intel i7 3770k	ASUS P8Z77-V LE Plus	MSI Geforce GTX 660 Twin Frozr	2x8gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
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Samsung 830 128gb	Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm 64mb cache	Zalman lq320	Windows 7 Pro
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Vizio 40" LCD 1080 TV	Filco Majestouch 2 [BlueSwitch/Fullsize/US ASCII]	Corsair AX850	Phantom 410 (Black)
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Steelseries Sensei	Cheap Belkin With Wrist Rest	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD	Bose ie2 Earbuds (For Now)
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 830 128gb	Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm 64mb cache	Zalman lq320	Windows 7 Pro
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Vizio 40" LCD 1080 TV	Filco Majestouch 2 [BlueSwitch/Fullsize/US ASCII]	Corsair AX850	Phantom 410 (Black)
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Steelseries Sensei	Cheap Belkin With Wrist Rest	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD	Bose ie2 Earbuds (For Now)
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Hifiman HE-500 (Soon) :D	Blue Snowball Mic	Custom Hybrid Amp (Soon)
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8/6/12 at 12:03am

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And what will this server be doing...

It is impossible to spec out a computer, especially a server without knowing the answer to this question.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel Core i7 860	Asus P7P55D-E Pro	MSI GTX560 Ti TwinFrozr II SLI	MSI GTX560 Ti TwinFrozr II SLI
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 XMS3 (2 x 4GB)	OCZ Vertex 3 SSD	Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 64MB C...	Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB ~5900RPM 64MB ...
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Lite-On 24x DVD-RW	CoolerMaster V8	Windows 7 Professional SP1	3 x Samsung S22B350H
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Razer Goliathus	Microsoft LifeChat LX 3000
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Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 XMS3 (2 x 4GB)	OCZ Vertex 3 SSD	Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 64MB C...	Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB ~5900RPM 64MB ...
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Lite-On 24x DVD-RW	CoolerMaster V8	Windows 7 Professional SP1	3 x Samsung S22B350H
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Ducky Shine II	Corsair HX850	CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer	Logitech M500
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8/6/12 at 12:07am

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it will be backing up and streaming 1080p movies

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i7 3770k	ASUS P8Z77-V LE Plus	MSI Geforce GTX 660 Twin Frozr	2x8gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 830 128gb	Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm 64mb cache	Zalman lq320	Windows 7 Pro
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Vizio 40" LCD 1080 TV	Filco Majestouch 2 [BlueSwitch/Fullsize/US ASCII]	Corsair AX850	Phantom 410 (Black)
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Steelseries Sensei	Cheap Belkin With Wrist Rest	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD	Bose ie2 Earbuds (For Now)
Audio	Audio	Audio
Hifiman HE-500 (Soon) :D	Blue Snowball Mic	Custom Hybrid Amp (Soon)
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Intel i7 3770k	ASUS P8Z77-V LE Plus	MSI Geforce GTX 660 Twin Frozr	2x8gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 830 128gb	Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm 64mb cache	Zalman lq320	Windows 7 Pro
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Vizio 40" LCD 1080 TV	Filco Majestouch 2 [BlueSwitch/Fullsize/US ASCII]	Corsair AX850	Phantom 410 (Black)
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Steelseries Sensei	Cheap Belkin With Wrist Rest	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD	Bose ie2 Earbuds (For Now)
Audio	Audio	Audio
Hifiman HE-500 (Soon) :D	Blue Snowball Mic	Custom Hybrid Amp (Soon)
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8/6/12 at 12:08am

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Why does the SSD have to be 160GB or greater? If you're going with WHS2011 theres a trick that you can do to install on the drives smaller than 160GB.

An SSD will get trashed around alot on a home server, I wouldn't recommend it but its your choice.

If you are using WHS2011, you need to make sure that you have no more than 8GB RAM.

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it will be backing up and streaming 1080p movies

On the fly transcoding?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7 3820 @ 4.65GHz	Asus P9X79 Deluxe	GTX670 (x2)	64GB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
128GB Crucial M4	1.5TB WD Green	Samsung 22X DVD-RE	Noctua NH-D14
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Ultimate	27 Inch IPS JOINASIA (x2)	Razer Blackwidow	Seasonic X-650W
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128GB Crucial M4	1.5TB WD Green	Samsung 22X DVD-RE	Noctua NH-D14
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Ultimate	27 Inch IPS JOINASIA (x2)	Razer Blackwidow	Seasonic X-650W
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8/6/12 at 9:36am

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ok, i just want to keep the os fast and i dont want to mix it in with the raid setup, and yes

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel i7 3770k	ASUS P8Z77-V LE Plus	MSI Geforce GTX 660 Twin Frozr	2x8gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 830 128gb	Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm 64mb cache	Zalman lq320	Windows 7 Pro
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Vizio 40" LCD 1080 TV	Filco Majestouch 2 [BlueSwitch/Fullsize/US ASCII]	Corsair AX850	Phantom 410 (Black)
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Steelseries Sensei	Cheap Belkin With Wrist Rest	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD	Bose ie2 Earbuds (For Now)
Audio	Audio	Audio
Hifiman HE-500 (Soon) :D	Blue Snowball Mic	Custom Hybrid Amp (Soon)
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 830 128gb	Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm 64mb cache	Zalman lq320	Windows 7 Pro
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Vizio 40" LCD 1080 TV	Filco Majestouch 2 [BlueSwitch/Fullsize/US ASCII]	Corsair AX850	Phantom 410 (Black)
Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio	Audio
Steelseries Sensei	Cheap Belkin With Wrist Rest	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD	Bose ie2 Earbuds (For Now)
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8/6/12 at 12:05pm

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is the Hyper 212+ necessary? I am building a server with similar specs (i3, 8GB memory, WHS 2011) I personally think that if the CPU isn't overclockable, Don't get a new cooler unless the stock doesn't work and/or doesn't cool well.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.6 GHz	Asrock z77e-itx	MSi AMD Radeon HD 7950	G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC 12800)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB	Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB	OCz Agility 3 60GB SSD	Patriot Pyro 60GB SSD
Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling	OS
Asus slim external DVD RW	Antec Kuhler h2o 620	Corsair h60 fan	Linux Mint 13 Mate x64
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7 Pro x64 (on VM)	HP 2310m	CHIMEI CMV 221D	Hanns-G HC194D
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G110 gaming keyboard	PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK II 750w PSU	Bitfenix Prodigy	Razer Naga Epic
Audio	Audio	Other
Kenwood 5.1 surround sound system	Sennheiser HD 202	Wacom Graphire 3 tablet
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD athlon x2 QL-65	Gateway MD2419u	AMD Radeon hd 3200	Hyundai electronics 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 333 PC2-...
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ agility 3 90GB SATA III SSD	integrated DVD RW	stock	Windows 7 Home premium x64
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Case
Linux mint 13 x64	integrated 15.6" monitor	integrated backlit	gateway md2419u shell
Mouse	Audio
integrated mouse pad	integrated
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i3 2100	ECS h61h2-m2 (b3)	intel integrated HD 2000	Patriot Memory Gamer 2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" hard drive	Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" hard drive	Samsung DVD RW drive	Cougar 1200RPM 12CM (120mm) fan
OS	OS	Power	Case
Windows Home Server 2011	Ubuntu server 12.04	Ultra Xfinity 500W ATX power supply	NZXT gamma
Other	Other
Antec easy-swap 5.25" drive bay	HighPoint Rocket 620 SATA 6Gbps PCI-express ada...
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.6 GHz	Asrock z77e-itx	MSi AMD Radeon HD 7950	G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC 12800)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB	Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB	OCz Agility 3 60GB SSD	Patriot Pyro 60GB SSD
Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling	OS
Asus slim external DVD RW	Antec Kuhler h2o 620	Corsair h60 fan	Linux Mint 13 Mate x64
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7 Pro x64 (on VM)	HP 2310m	CHIMEI CMV 221D	Hanns-G HC194D
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G110 gaming keyboard	PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK II 750w PSU	Bitfenix Prodigy	Razer Naga Epic
Audio	Audio	Other
Kenwood 5.1 surround sound system	Sennheiser HD 202	Wacom Graphire 3 tablet
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD athlon x2 QL-65	Gateway MD2419u	AMD Radeon hd 3200	Hyundai electronics 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 333 PC2-...
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
OCZ agility 3 90GB SATA III SSD	integrated DVD RW	stock	Windows 7 Home premium x64
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Case
Linux mint 13 x64	integrated 15.6" monitor	integrated backlit	gateway md2419u shell
Mouse	Audio
integrated mouse pad	integrated
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i3 2100	ECS h61h2-m2 (b3)	intel integrated HD 2000	Patriot Memory Gamer 2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" hard drive	Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" hard drive	Samsung DVD RW drive	Cougar 1200RPM 12CM (120mm) fan
OS	OS	Power	Case
Windows Home Server 2011	Ubuntu server 12.04	Ultra Xfinity 500W ATX power supply	NZXT gamma
Other	Other
Antec easy-swap 5.25" drive bay	HighPoint Rocket 620 SATA 6Gbps PCI-express ada...
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8/6/12 at 12:14pm

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I'd say that you should definitely be fine with the stock cooler. If you are concerned about power I'd say an i3-2120T would be good at only 35W and then run an Antec 450W Platinum PSU. For the RAM you could go with the Samsung 1.35V 8GB kit, it will save power (not very much but every little bit counts). For the mechanical hard drives you can get either 3Gbps or 6Gbps drives, won't matter. As for the SSD as the boot drive a 60GB is the max I would put in, WHS 2011 only uses about 25GBs if I remember correctly and the rest is setup as a data partition.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i7 3770K	MSI Mpower Z77	MSI R7970 Lightning	8GB G.Skill Sniper 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB	Crucial M4 256GB	WD Black 1TB WD1002FAEX	Bluray Reader
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Antec Kuhler 920	Windows 8 Pro	Dell U3011	Dell U2410
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Ducky Shine 2 TKL	Seasonic 1000W	Silverstone Fortress FT02	Corsair M60
Audio	Audio
Sennheiser HD598	ASUS Xonar STX
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
2.3Ghz Intel Core i7 3610QM	Clevo P157EM (P150EM board with P170EM BIOS)	AMD 7970M	8GB DDR3 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
256GB Crucial M4	750GB Seagate	Windows 8 Pro	15.6" 1080p Matte 95% Gamut Screen
Keyboard	Power	Case
Backlit	180W Clevo	Clevo P150EM
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 2600K	MSI Z68A-GD65 G3	MSI 7950 TF3	MSI 7950 TF3 w/ 7970 PCB
RAM	Hard Drive	Power	Case
8GB (2 x 4GB) Samsung 1600 DDR3	500GB Seagate	860W Seasonic Platinum	Corsair C70 Arctic White
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Intel Core i7 3770K	MSI Mpower Z77	MSI R7970 Lightning	8GB G.Skill Sniper 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB	Crucial M4 256GB	WD Black 1TB WD1002FAEX	Bluray Reader
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Antec Kuhler 920	Windows 8 Pro	Dell U3011	Dell U2410
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Ducky Shine 2 TKL	Seasonic 1000W	Silverstone Fortress FT02	Corsair M60
Audio	Audio
Sennheiser HD598	ASUS Xonar STX
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
2.3Ghz Intel Core i7 3610QM	Clevo P157EM (P150EM board with P170EM BIOS)	AMD 7970M	8GB DDR3 1600
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
256GB Crucial M4	750GB Seagate	Windows 8 Pro	15.6" 1080p Matte 95% Gamut Screen
Keyboard	Power	Case
Backlit	180W Clevo	Clevo P150EM
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 2600K	MSI Z68A-GD65 G3	MSI 7950 TF3	MSI 7950 TF3 w/ 7970 PCB
RAM	Hard Drive	Power	Case
8GB (2 x 4GB) Samsung 1600 DDR3	500GB Seagate	860W Seasonic Platinum	Corsair C70 Arctic White
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