RE: WHS recommended hardware...

["Steve Morgan" <smorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm running it on a Dell Dimension 3000 with 2.8GHz P4 with 1GB RAM.
The
full system (including monitor, keyboard, mouse and OS) cost =A3273. It's
m=
ore
than powerful enough.

I've just bought a new Dell PowerEdge SC440 with Dual-Core Xeon (2.16GHz?),
1GB RAM. Cost =A3253. I'm not running WHS on this one, though. I put
anothe=
r
2GB RAM in it (=A356), two extra disks that I had lying around and now it's
very happily running Small Business Server.

You get a lot of bang-for-the-buck with Dell's entry level stuff.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
David Irwin (Home)
Sent: 24 June 2007 23:54
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] WHS recommended hardware...

I am preparing to install my WHS, but wanted some advice from those who are
already running it.

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I have inherited a free AMD Turion 64, and want to use it for my WHS box,
but am concerned about compatibility. I have seen comments on many forums
about the limited support of WHS for hardware, so wanted some advice about
what hardware to choose.

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I have 2 conditions of any hardware I purchase:

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1.       It MUST be cheap. And I mean like the budgie cheap. Bargain
basement stuff.

2.       I want to purchase the minimum number of items. Ideally Case,
Memory & Motherboard. Nothing else.

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So if anyone knows of a motherboard which will support SATA HDD, Turion 64
CPU and WHS without hassle please let me know!

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Dave



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