I built my own from i7 quad core CPU, gigabyte mobo, ( only ) 6gb RAM , board will hold up to 24gb, and some SATA drives in this Antec case : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FTTNIQ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000087ZQC&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RSKPCTW3TRV2AD16K5V
Very quiet, plenty of airflow, drive bays use suspension/isolation, the one I found at Fry's included the power supply too, proper for the i7 mobo and drives Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 6:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hardware question... All, I'm contemplating getting much more familiar with Xen for my own education, especially now that it's supposed to be able to replicate VMs in realtime for failover. I'm thinking of having someone put together at least one, and perhaps two boxes with a single quad-core CPU and 8 or 16 gbytes of RAM and not much else, for home use. No fancy video, just use the on-board NICs, no sounds, etc. Is there a good, cheap online vendor who you'd recommend to put together a couple of boxes like that? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
