Replacement server recomendations

[james147]

My server has recently died (it has been on its last legs for a while now) and I am looking for a replacement. I think that the motherboard has gone so basically looking for a complete replacement (other then the hard disk drives that is).

I don't mind a motherboard/cpu/ram bundle or a completed units as long as it meets the basic requirements below. I was looking into home/small business servers, but a desktop that matches the requirements would also do.

My price range is around £200-400

Basic Requirements:

• 4+ SATA ports
• Max of 8 or more ram
• Processor capable of virtualisation
• Gigabit network port

Features that would be nice to have:

• USB 3.0 ports (or a pcie slot to plug the one I have in)
• Integrated graphics card
• 6+ SATA ports
• Hot swap hdd bays/Easy way to remove the drives
• Quite (it sits in our living room next to the tv)
• Low power (it is on all the time)

Features it does not need (ie things I don't want to pay loads extra for):

• Operating system (no one likes the windows tax)
• DVD/CD rom (I never use them)
• PCIe graphics card (so long as it has an integrated one)
• Included HDD (I already have loads of these)

I am very flexible with everything but the basic requirements listed above.

The server will run a number of services including a network file store, torrent program, minecraft server, qemu vm, web server and anything else I feel like experimenting with

Can anyone suggest something that matches these requirements? Or have any other advice?

And thank you for any input

[vinnywright]

sounds like you would be best off building your own box ......strip your current case keep the PSU get a new MOBO and a new CPU like the new Intel core I3-5-7's thay have core integrated GPU's if the MOBO dosent have any ,and some new RAM if your existing dosent work with the new MOBO .............well 1 idea anyway

VINNY

[james147]

That is probably what I will end up doing, though it would be nice to get a micro tower and hot swap bays which my current box cannot do.

Some recommendations for a low powered mobo+cpu would be nice... I am normally building them the other way around

[jlittle]

If your mobo died, I'd suggest some suspicion be cast on the power supply; it may have stressed the mobo. Perhaps a local box shifter has a power supply tester?

Regards, John Little