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[ITman93]

Hey Guys,

 

I know this may not be the best part of the forum to ask this question, however, i do enjoy the friendly replies and hope you guys can help me out as usual!

 

I'm looking to make a home server, running 24/7 and thought i may be best with ESXi as i want to do numerous of things such as:

Media Server - Also double as downloading server.

Web hosting - personal use only.

FTP - personal use only

Home Automation

VPN

Security measures/firewall

Backup

File Server

 

As you can see i could potentially, have a server doing multiple things. However this is my question. so i could maybe create about 3/4 servers or maybe many small ones using little resources.

 

Would something like this be a good processor AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail [FD8350FRHKBOX] or AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail [FD8150FRGUBOX]

 

I use AMD on my gaming/personal computer and i have been impressed. for the same money and intel, i can only get a 4core i5... but people say they are better? what would i be best off doing? paying the same money for a 'less powerful' intel chip or just get the AMD?

 

Im aiming for 8-16GB Ram 1600MHz and 2-4TB hard drive space and i cant see any need for a graphics card.

 

Is this overkill or do i need to maybe put even more money into it to have the servers do what i want?

 

Many Thanks,

 

ITMan93