Good Home Server Deal

[stigzler]

If any of you guys are looking to buy/upgrade to a home server, I can totally recommend the Dell T20. Presently £220 after cashback. All you'd need is an OS + some Hard Drives. I've got WHS2011 up and running great on mine. Link:

http://www.ebuyer.com/714837-dell-poweredge-t20-3708-xeon-e3-1225v3-3-2-ghz-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-tower-t20-3708?gclid=Cj0KEQjw9tW5BRDk29KDnqWu4fMBEiQAKj7sp3HV5BN7igUod_SUrI04J5VxqEKQWXB0IhCoTjpjWkEaAu6l8P8HAQ#fo_c=951&fo_k=e29459768663915ead3e07411f482147&fo_s=gplauk?mkwid=sCsFq06mn_dc&pcrid=51482426699&pkw=&pmt=

Nice thing is, you can also mod it without breaking the warranty. Presently cramming 8 drives into mine after modding  You cold also fit in 2 more 2.5" HDs, but think you'd have to upgrade the PSU. This means you can have 64TB of storage in the box alone + then expand more with esata and usb3 externals. 

It took me all of a week having it before i had to mod it

It's nice to have something solid after the rollercoaster that was HP Mediasmart!

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[Draco1962]

Nice! Did you need to add some more case fans?

[stigzler]

just a small one on the front. Also made a manual variable control for the back: