Hello,
I am debating whether to build a new box for a test lab/home server or purchase a used Dell server. I plan to have approximately 5 VM running, Win2012 server, MacOS and Win Media Server.
How will the two choices below perform, throughput and performance wise?
Whitebox
- ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
- Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory XMP HyperX Blue
- Kingston DataTraveler Micro 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model DTMCK/8GB (ESXi 5.1 Install)
- AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
- Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner, Bulk Package Black SATA Model AD-7280S-0B - OEM
- Intel 0G174P PRO Gigabit Dual Port PCI-Express NIC
- Raid and SATA Harddrives will be added later
- ~$600
Dell Server
- Dell PowerEdge T110 Server
- Intel Xeon Quad Core 2.4gig X3430
- 10gb Ram
- Three 500gb SATA hard drives
- ~$500
Thanks.