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Thursday, July 17, 2008

A $379 Windows Home Server

image I’ve heard from many of you who have built your own $400 Windows Home Server. As with most technology, prices fall over time. What was a parts list totaling $409 is now $30 lower. The cost to built a complete Windows Home Server is now only $379! And not only that, but the processor that I originally recommended, the Intel Celeron 420, has been discontinued. So I’ve replaced it with a more powerful, yet cheaper Intel Celeron 430.

If you’ve been holding out then now is the time. With a Windows Home Server for only $379 and Power Pack 1 almost out the door, there has never been a better time to built your own and save BIG.

For complete instructions read the original article.

Item Cost
  Shuttle KPC Barebone $99
Intel Celeron 430 1.8GHz $39
  WD 500GB hard drive $79
  Windows Home Server DVD $149
  Kingston 512MB Memory $11
Any random 92mm case fan $2
T O T A L $379

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6 comments:

Drashna (WGS) said...

Awesome! And that system is probably the cheapest green system you can buy for WHS. I know, I've looked.

Good to see the update though!

Jez Arnold said...

shame I cant do this in the UK for the equivalent of $379 ... i think it worked out at nearly £400 (or $800)

Jim said...

The problem is that shipping isn't free for all these components.

Jim said...

Actually, shipping isn't that bad, maybe $20 something total from Newegg.

Rob MacEwen said...

I'd really like to see a low power configuration that has 4 sata connectors to match the 4 drives available on the HP WHS. I really like the expandability

Unknown said...

If I insert an addonics 4 port esata card int he PCI slot can i have the option keep expanding this through port multipliers to like 20TB??

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