Comments on: Building Your Own Windows Home Server

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:10:56 +0000

This is a really great build. The air flow through that case looks really good. This is important especially with all those drive. Better air flow = lower power consumption and longer live of components. I might use a case like this for my next VortexBox build.

By: Building a Windows Home Server: Putting it Together | #2782 - Agile software development and best practices for building Microsoft .NET applications.

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:30:33 +0000

[...] this point more systematic builders would suggest in stalling the SATA drives and generally tiding the wiring up. I wanted to know if [...]

By: Ade

Ade — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:13 +0000

Here’s a similar build based on a different case and without the HDD backplane. It worked out marginally cheaper and tries to use low power components like GreenPower disks.

http://www.ademiller.com/blogs/tech/2008/09/building-a-windows-home-server-choosing-the-hardware/

The list of components are currently still available on NewEgg.

Ade

By: Building a Windows Home Server: Choosing the Hardware | #2782 - Agile software development and best practices for building Microsoft .NET applications.

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:14:09 +0000

[...] more disk space later. There are several resources on the web covering building your own WHS. We Got Served’s example build came closest to meeting my requirements in terms of overall form factor but I wanted to hopefully [...]

By: Windows Home Server Blog : I want to build one too!!! My Windows Home Server Build Sheet

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:08:56 +0000

[...] these guys again? Hmmm….as “Whistful” as this one? Vladvilles. Mr. Kindel. I’ve used the case in this build [...]

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I want to build one too!!! My Windows Home Server Build Sheet — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:05:33 +0000

[...] Hmmm….as “Whistful” as this one? Vladvilles. Mr. Kindel. I‘ve used the case in this build [...]

By: Drashna

Drashna — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:03:31 +0000

@Dave: The Suttle K45 is a very nice case and very customizable. And that machine is a good machine. Though I find the E8400 Processor to be worth the extra money over the E8200!

@Tom M: Well if you like less expensive, I have a cheaper box listed that is about $350USD, and not too disimilar to what you listed, but still dual core. http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Building_A_Budget_Box

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:52:27 +0000

Very nice! I got The Shuttle K45 as a home server! Very quiet and super fast. It has 2x 500GB Samsung Spinpoint, Intel Core2Duo E8200 and 2GB of memory! It also has a 1000Mb/s lan controller. Cost me around 790 euro’s (including WHS licence).

By: Tom M

Tom M — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:31:51 +0000

Very nice (but then as i built something very similar, not surprising!) – Mine is a Silverstone SG01 case – but as with yours, 2 internal drives and a three-drive backplane in the drive bays.

In terms of other hardware, I went with the less expensive AMD Athlon single-core option, and only 1Gb of RAM, but for what I’m using the server for (mostly storage – no media sharing etc) it’s ample for my needs.

By: TheEngineer

TheEngineer — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:03:19 +0000

#1 Philips screwdriver
#2 Philips screwdriver

More likely to be Posidrive. Many people say Philips, when they mean Posidrive. See this link for info…

http://www.britishfasteners.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BTF&Category_Code=406

regards,

By: Drashna

Drashna — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:16:44 +0000

Indeed. I am pretty good at designing and assembling computers, and I know what I’m doing. Though, if you want to see more “Parts Lists”, head over to the WGS Wiki, and the guide section: http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Guides

By: Tricky08

Tricky08 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:59:33 +0000

Great Stuff! I might use this as a template for a build. Thanks!