By Jetackuu 2015-01-18 00:36:20
I also built a family member a new PC as their's maxed out at 2GB of ram (dual core compaq POS), so I got them a cheap barebones and had at it, I thought about keeping that board for myself and just giving the one that was running my file server to them, and even started to do so, but changed my mind when I realized I couldn't put both my video card and my extra nic in the new board. The only thing I don't like about the hardware I was running my "server" on is that it caps at 8GB of ram (it's at 4 right now due to a stick dying and I've been lazy about the warranty replacement), and that it doesn't allow hardware bypass to VMs (not that big of a deal).
I'll probably replace the ram, throw my good PSU in it again (threw a 300w pos in it for now, it's not even booted up, was thinking of just running it at basic, 1 hdd no optical, nothing), throw my extra NIC in (it's PCI-E 1x, so placement of the slot on the board, along with just about any graphics card now can totally ruin the usage of it) and my old 550ti in it and just use it as a straight linux box to *** with.
I'll work on that Monday I think, unless my friend cancels on me tomorrow, or I finish my assignments real early tomorrow (started the semester on the 8th and already behind).