Hey all,
I really hope someone can help me please, this post contains hardware questions and network so I have posted this in both forums just incase, hope thats OK?!
I'm looking to setup a small office which includes 6 PCs and a network with access to a shared drive of at least 1TB.
Heres my shopping list for the PCs all from Scan:
x6 LN9858 - Asus TA-212 Black/Silver Midi Tower Case with 350W PSU 4USB = £224.82
x6 LN11596 - 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 = £159.61
x6 LN16583 - Logitech Deluxe 250 Wired Keyboard, PS2, Black = £35.18
x6 LN17165 - Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP1* 32Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD) = £556.95
x6 LN18719 - Logitech 910-000275, Value Optical Mouse, 800dpi, PS2/USB 1.1/2.0, 3 Buttons, Black = £32.08
x6 LN19234 - 80 GB Seagate ST380815AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms = £145.65
x6 LN19718 - Asus P5KPL-VM, iG31, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/1333/800, SATA II, uATX, On Board VGA = £223.41
x6 LN20623 - 17" Hanns-G HW173AB, Silver/Black, Widescreen, 8 ms, 1440x900, 500:1 = £441.26
x6 LN23007 - Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM = £89.46
x6 LN23991 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core, E5200, Socket 775, Wolfdale Core, 2x2.5 GHz, 2MB Cache, Retail = £341.15
Net Total £1,914.54
Carriage £51.50
VAT £344.06
Total£2,310.10
I can build them OK but I'm not 100% that all the above will be easily compatible, ie the mobo fitting the case and anything else I might of missed??
Now for the network....
I will need to have a shared drive or a couple of shared drives which all the PCs can connect to, this I've never done before!
Would the best thing to have is a wired network using the following:
Netgear GS108UK 8 Port Gigabit 10/100/1000 ProSafe Unmanaged Switch £51.10
x1 LN20046 1TB LaCie 2big Network (2-disk RAID) Ethernet Gigabit - USB 2.0 / RAID 1 £211.49
Or even this one
x1 LN22962 1.5TB (2x750GB) Buffalo LinkStation Pro DUO NAS Box inc GBit Lan,USB Raid 1/0, Remote Login Via Web £246.74
Connected through a shed load of Cat5...
Using Vista Business, would doing the above be do' able and more importantly fairly easy to do?? If not how could I make it easier?
Lastly, what would I need if I wanted to connect all the PCs to the Internet, could I still use the above switch and connect that into a modem/ router?
Or would I need a router that has 7+ ports?
Thanks very much for looking and even more if you reply...


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