I'd think whiteboxing would not be viable since a Xeon proc and 32GB of RAM will just about consume your $500 right off the bat.
Why does it have to be a Xeon? A quad core i5 whitebox might be doable for $500. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Looking for Hyper-V server hardware My old home lab PowerEdge 840 server is giving me issues so I'm looking to upgrade, looking to spend ~500 (can be used, obviously!). Ideally I'd like a tower server populated with 32GB RAM. I'm not picky on brand (partial to Dell because that's what my clients run, but not a requirement) but do want Xeon instead of the AMD equivalent. The closest I can find is a Dell T300 populated with 24GB RAM for about $500 shipped, which would work (the 840 has only 8GB RAM!). Since this is for my home lab I don't mind building a white box system either. Suggestions anyone? Dell Outlet prices are out of my price range... * Tower * Xeon proc * 24+GB installed * HDD's / optical drive not necessary, I have my own David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764
