Building a budget server for CS:S, Mumble, Web Hosting, etc.

Here is what I have thus far, any recommendations/criticism is appreciated. Going to mount this in my Home Rack that I'm getting along with two Cisco Lab routers and switch.

2x 160GB Seagate HDD's - RAID 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148397
Rosewill 4U Rackmount Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811147101
ASUS Socket 775 Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131242
Rosewill 630w PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817182185
Intel Xeon E3110 Dual Core 3.0GHz - 1333 MHz FSB to match the mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819117165
Kingston 2x 2GB DDR2-800 ECC RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820134936

Total: $631

Thanks

Edit: I have an additional Question...

Lately, My room mates have been very untrustworthy (found $40 missing). At work we monitor sensors that let us know when a door or Rack Cabinet is opened. Unfortunetly they wont tell me the specifics due to security reasons.

Want I want to do is hook a simple magnetic sensor to the door, and have my server send me an email of when it is opened. Also have it maybe start snapping a picture every second for a few minutes through a webcam.

If anyone has any recommendations on the simplest way to do this, please let me know.

 

I'd say go AMD to save costs, but that's pretty dang cheap.

That being said, I've dabbled in some CS:S / other source games / UT2k4 dedicated serving, and I did all of that on much lower end machines.

If you're willing to pay that, I'd say that's a pretty solid system.

 

I'd much have the reliability of an intel...

 

I've had my AMD desktop rig for over 2 years. Never had an issue with it.

When i build systems, I used AMD for Gaming, and Home rigs. I use intel for Servers and Production systems.

 

I, too, have never had an issue with any of my AMD sysems, including 3 laptops and 2 desktops.

 

I started on intel, tried amd for 3 years and of those 3 years I had constant overheating and 2 processors throughout that time, never again... intels are so much more stable their quality control is much better than amd's plus the new i7 mmmm sexy

 

i would say invest a little more on your power supply. i would recommend a pc power and cooling..

and since it's a server, maybe spring for DDR3 compatible motherboard & memory?

 

Considering this is a budget build, DDR3 Isnt really necessary.

and PC Power and Cooling a brand of PSU's? Never heard of them. Rosewill makes decent PSU's, never had a problem with any of them, and I dont need that much power as im not running any video cards or other power robbing devices.

 

I think its overkill. but yknow, I'm a minimalist. You will not see the benefit of using a xeon processor. I'd recommend a quad core if you are actually serving anything that actually takes advantage of all four. (apache, iis7, and I dont know shit about gaming)

 

gotcha, I missed the budget part. ddr2 should be plenty

i've heard great things about rosewill, but i have no personal experience with them so can't give any opinions.. i've always used pc power and cooling power supplies for computer builds i've done in the past and they always worked out. i still have my kilowatt pc power and cooling ps from 2003? i just feel that it's a quality product.

gl with the build! I'm sure it'll come out great.