

LAPTOP: Dell Precision M6500 -CPU: Intel Core i7 920xm 3.2ghz) -RAM: 12gb DDR3 -GPU: ATi Firepro M7820 -STORAGE: 240gb ADATA Premier SP550 (OS, Programs), 500GB Seagate STL500LM000 SSHD (Games, Files) -DISPLAY: 1920x1200 17.3” -OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10 Pro 圆4 MAIN RIG: Dell Precision T5500 -CPU: Intel Xeon W5580 3.2ghz,turbo 3.46) -MOTHERBOARD: Dell Precision T5500 OEM -RAM: 16gb ECC DDR3 FBDIMM (Hynix) -GPU: Gigabyte GTX 770 OC WINDFORCE X3 -Case: Dell Precision T5500 OEM -STORAGE: 240gb ADATA Premier SP550 (OS, Programs), 2x 500GB WD Caviar WD5000AAKS (Games, Files) (RAID 0) -PSU: Dell Precision T5500 OEM (875w) -DISPLAY(S): Primary: Acer AL2016w (1680x1050), Left and Right: Gateway FPD1976W (1440x900), Extra displays around the room: 42" Vizio TV (1920x1080) -COOLING: Dell Precision T5500 OEM -KEYBOARD: Logitech G710+ -MOUSE: Logitech G502 Proteus Core -SOUND: Logitech x320 and Razer Electras -OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10 Pro 圆4

My 11-year old PC with Ubuntu is working just fine and could probably run all of the features I mentioned no problem.' Many people believe that they need to build overkill servers with the latest Intel processor. Reply to the forum and I'll make a short walk-through for what OS I think would be the best and what to install. I really enjoy helping people & messing around with servers
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I will also be making posts on the LTT forum on how to do these things. Search up tutorials (I have blog, but I can't post the URL on the forum post). Uses less hardware resources compared to Windows Server 2012 or Windows 7/8/8.1/10. While it is harder to configure, web GUI tools like Webmin can be installed to easily manage it Linux hardly requires restarts and it is very stable Open source security management (ZoneMinder) Host your own cloud like Dropbox or Google Drive (OwnCloud) Streaming your DVD movies from anywhere (Plex)Īccessing a share over the network (NAS4Free)

Do you have an old PC laying around? Do you have a lot of old components that you no longer use because you upgraded your rig? Home servers (especially Linux ones) do not use a lot of hardware resources, so even an 11-year-old PC can work fine as a home server (often with the CPU and RAM usage never going above 40%).īackups (NAS4Free with FreeFileSync Client)
