Server

System Components

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Link)
  
• Supermicro MBD-C2SBA+II-O (Link)
  
• 4GB Kingston DDR2
  
• 160 GB Seagate Drive
• 2x SATA Hot Swap Enclosures (Link)
• 4x 320 GB WD RE Drives (Raid 5) - Promise - (Link RE3 version)
  
• 4x 500 GB WD Hard Drives (Raid 5) - OnBoard - (Link)
• Promise FastTrak SX4100 RAID Controller(Link)
• Silver Coolermaster Stacker 810(Link)
• 750w Power and Cooling Power Supply (Link)
  
• Windows Server 2008 (Link)
  
• XAMPP Web Server(Link)

I'm sure some of you are wondering why this is an Intel server instead of a nice AMD server.  The answer is rather simple I needed something quick and cheap as the old motherboard died.  I tried to find a nice cheap AMD setup, but given my budget and time frame this was the best I could build.  Oh, and this isn't a cheap setup this is a nice setup that should last me as I don't like suprises like the other systems dead motherboard...

If it hadn't been for the 2nd storage array I wouldn't have likely needed to do this upgrade as quickly, but in the long run it worked out nicely.  The server is quieter and runs my test VMs fine in addition to running Carbonite Backup for all my junk.  If you don't already have a strong backup solution then I recommend you get Carbonite.  It's simple, safe, and secure what more could you want?

The Retired Unit

• AMD Athlon XP 2800+
• Gigabyte GA7-NNXP
• 1 GB Corsair DDR
• Dual 350W PSU 
• Windows SBS Server 2003 R2