dheerajpant
Journeyman
Hi Guys,
I want to build a home lab that will also function as a NAS server.
I have a PC and was thinking if I can use some of its components, this will reduce the amount of money that I will have to spend.
I had build that PC for gaming, but now a days I don't play much(just keep on buying games
), if I am not able to use any of the components will try to sell it as I might build a separate PC for gaming purposes .
The PC has the following components:
Cooler Master RC-130 Mini ITX
Intel Core i5 4460 Quad Core LGA 1150 3.2GHz
Gigabyte H97N-WIFI H97,LGA1150,2DDR3-1600,RAID,PCIE3.0,SATA6Gb,Atheros 8161B GbE,USB3.0,2XHDMI,DVI-D
Kingston HX316C10FBK2/16 16GB Kit HyperX Fury Black 1600Mhz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB
Kingston 250GB SSD
Seagate 750GB 7200 RPM HDD
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.' Vague answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work.)
Ans: Planning to use the system as a homelab and NAS, that will run atleast 4-5 VMs concurrently(might increase to 8 in some cases). Not planning to use it for gaming as this system will be running 24x7, GPU will\might make it more expensive, happy to be corrected.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then please mention.
Ans: 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 (would like as cheap as possible
... I was thinking if required I can compromise on certain components right now and upgrade in future, example I was planning for 64GB RAM, but can go for 32 GB right now and buy a 32GB in future.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Mostly Linux
5. How much hard drive / solid-state drive space is needed?
Ans: 1 TB SSD for OS and Cache.... and around 4(or 6)x4TB HDD 7200 RPM (NAS) ....
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention the screen size and resolution you prefer. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, then do mention the screen size and resolution of the monitor you have.
Ans: No
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy? i.e. which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: If I can reuse any component from my existing PC that will be great, don't require keyboard, mouse.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: I am in no hurry, and can wait if there is a possibility that some of the components might get cheaper.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before? Or, will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Yes
10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: Online\Store which ever is cheaper.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Ideas on should I build 2 separate system(homelab and gaming) or a single system? And as the system will be running for long hours(possibly 24x7), if possible I would appreciate components that use less energy.
Thank you.
I want to build a home lab that will also function as a NAS server.
I have a PC and was thinking if I can use some of its components, this will reduce the amount of money that I will have to spend.
I had build that PC for gaming, but now a days I don't play much(just keep on buying games
), if I am not able to use any of the components will try to sell it as I might build a separate PC for gaming purposes .The PC has the following components:
Cooler Master RC-130 Mini ITX
Intel Core i5 4460 Quad Core LGA 1150 3.2GHz
Gigabyte H97N-WIFI H97,LGA1150,2DDR3-1600,RAID,PCIE3.0,SATA6Gb,Atheros 8161B GbE,USB3.0,2XHDMI,DVI-D
Kingston HX316C10FBK2/16 16GB Kit HyperX Fury Black 1600Mhz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB
Kingston 250GB SSD
Seagate 750GB 7200 RPM HDD
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.' Vague answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work.)
Ans: Planning to use the system as a homelab and NAS, that will run atleast 4-5 VMs concurrently(might increase to 8 in some cases). Not planning to use it for gaming as this system will be running 24x7, GPU will\might make it more expensive, happy to be corrected
.2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then please mention.
Ans: 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 (would like as cheap as possible
... I was thinking if required I can compromise on certain components right now and upgrade in future, example I was planning for 64GB RAM, but can go for 32 GB right now and buy a 32GB in future.3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Mostly Linux
5. How much hard drive / solid-state drive space is needed?
Ans: 1 TB SSD for OS and Cache.... and around 4(or 6)x4TB HDD 7200 RPM (NAS) ....
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention the screen size and resolution you prefer. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, then do mention the screen size and resolution of the monitor you have.
Ans: No
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy? i.e. which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: If I can reuse any component from my existing PC that will be great, don't require keyboard, mouse.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: I am in no hurry, and can wait if there is a possibility that some of the components might get cheaper.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before? Or, will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Yes
10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: Online\Store which ever is cheaper.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Ideas on should I build 2 separate system(homelab and gaming) or a single system? And as the system will be running for long hours(possibly 24x7), if possible I would appreciate components that use less energy.
Thank you.
