I recently decided to build my own Ubuntu home server with the following requirements:
- Low energy consumption
- Small
- Noiseless
A friend of mine recommended the Asus EEE Box. However, this machine was released a year ago and the price didn’t drop much. And besides, Intel recently released the new Atom generation. Therefore I decided to build my own machine with the following components:
- Motherboard: Asus AT5NM10-I
- Case: Antec ISK 300-65 including 65 Watt power supply
- Hard disk: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 SATA 320GB
- RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 2GB
All these components together cost less than an EEE Box. Reviews of the Antec ISK 300-65 can be found here, here and here. In part 2 I will describe unpacking and assemblage.
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Hi, how did you install Ubuntu? Through tmp CD drive, flop, or…? I have the same components and want to build my server with flash disk and optional usb mass storage.
Hi Wezko,
I created a bootable USB stick with this Windows tool: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ . More information can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
Good luck!