Right guys.. I would be grateful if you could help me choose a SFF Barebones system for me. Max budget is £200 excluding RAM, CPU and HDD. No display or input devices required.
This is NOT my main PC so I do not need the latest hardware for games or cutting edge performance. Functional graphics and sound only i.e. onboard is fine. Typical access will be remotely.
Purpose
-purely a fileserver for my digital music archive (~300GB and growing of FLAC and MP3 files)
-run SlimServer application to stream audio to a Squeezebox 2 (ideally over existing 802.11g network but could go via Cat5 if necessary)
-running either Win2K or Linux (probably Debian)
Must haves
-space and support for at least two SATA drives and a CD/DVD drive
-USB2
-economical (could be running 24x7)
-quietness (could be in living room)
-quick boot up time (could point towards linux rather than windows?)
Desireable
-cost < £150
I'm initially thinking a Shuttle SN41G2 V3 however this is by no means definite.
Any help much appreciated!