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Kunin

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  1. Great information. I'm thinking the best way, given my situation, would be to go for either the ION board or celeron/sempron if I can't find one and use that as my temporary replacement. Since, from what you're saying, the freeNAS set up would be the less picky of the two, and I need something as an immediate temporary solution, getting those pieces now and then just add in a SATA controller and a few extra drives later when I reconfigure it as a freeNAS box. That leaves the more specific, and probably more expensive due to the difficulties in getting very specific gear here, later when I have the rest of the funds for the project. Thanks.
  2. Yup, that's what I'm talking about. Hak5 did a few shows on it a while ago, been planning to build one for a while now but this computer dieing kind of through off my plan.
  3. I'm going to look it up, but an AMD set up might work as the freeNAS if ESXi doesn't like it. Since this is my first time building both an ESXi and freeNAS box, which is more important for each. More cores, or clock speed?
  4. I actually can use Newegg (US Military), but in this case I need to go out and buy everything this morning as I'm unable to do work (programming is my second job) without the replacement. That and, anything from Newegg has a REALLY high chance of just disappearing before it gets here...
  5. My main server died last night, about a month before my planned replacement of it, so I need a quick replacement that I can later upgrade as I get the rest of the funding for it. Budget: ~1000 USD (less is better of course) I'm a programmer, this is to be a server (headless) that my app demos will run off of, nothing major. Upgrade path: My intention was to remove the old computer and replace with two energy efficient machines. One for freeNAS (media storage and backups), and one for VMWare ESXi. Due to above mentioned complete death, I need something for inbetween. In about a month I should have enough to complete the original plan, so I'll just wipe and rebuild this as a VM. This build will (probably) become the ESXi machine. Parts required: Energy efficient anything. On board graphics is fine, or cheap graphics card (for current and future use will be headless). Only major requirement is largest HD possible, was thinking about the 2TB WD Caviar Green (think that was the one), HD will move to the freeNAS box (along with other drives) later. I can reuse the case from the old machine for now, other than that it's all crap. No need for a monitor, already have one and after install it will go headless. Minimal graphics required obviously, on board is more than enough. I live in South Korea, about 20 minutes from one of the largest electronics markets so I can normally find just about anything. Finding extremely specific parts can end with me spending far more than they are worth, so if you can suggest an alternate or two that would be appreciated.
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