So I've been asked to setup a windows 2003 server for a guy I know and his business. I've worked with the OS little, not loads so this will help expand my knowledge. However never built a PC for such a purpose. And so, I have no idea what kind of requirements it needs to run smoothly. Will a low-powered skt754 Sempron suffice? 512mb RAM or 1gb? Or do I need a huge number-crunching dual core Pentium with expensive DDR2?
Would a VIA Epia be too underpowered for such tasks? Just thinking of it as an option to save on power consumption, except the initial outset is quite high!
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