Is this a good file server setup?

[Trace]

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339033
MoBo/CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186184
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227494

and I have a 1TB drive to use and the case would be modded.

How do you think that would run Windows Home Server?>

[crenn]

It's decent, but I would spend more to be honest, a nice cheapish AMD system with more SATA ports and the room for expansion.

[OvRiDe]

The customer ratings are pretty low on the PSU.

[Oneslowz28]

My file server consist of a P4 in a HP OEM mobo with 1gb of ram. It trucks along pretty well running ubuntu server with FTP connectivity

[Airbozo]

Storage expansion is the main objective long term.

Word of advice: Make sure your storage controller is supported by WHS. I have had a hell of a time getting mine recognized in a raid setup. It still does not install properly. I know I know, WHS controls the drives so you don't need raid but I want raid 5 security.

Other than that I see no issues.

[x88x]

That hardware won't have a problem running WHS, but I would caution you on..well, I guess on the same things that have already been mentioned.. The PSU concerns me because of the bad reviews; looks like it's really loud (as would be expected from that tiny fan) and unreliable. Depending on your long-term plans for this file server, the following may or may not be an issue. Since it only has 2 SATA ports onboard, and it only has a single PCI slot, you're limited to a max of 6 drives...ever. Like I said, that might not be an issue for you, but depending on your plans, it might be worth it to look into a cheap mATX solution instead.

This'll give you another PCI slot, a PCIe x1 slot, a PCIe x16 slot, a more powerful CPU, another DIMM slot, gigabit ethernet (trust me, you'll want it), and better onboard video (not that it really matters :P ), for only $15 and a couple inches more
AMD:
Sempron X2 2200 : $35 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103826)
Foxconn A74ML-K : $50 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186188)
total: $85

If you prefer Intel,
Celeron E3300 : $53 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116264)
ASRock G41M-GS : $49 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157166)
total: $92

EDIT:
Sorry, forgot power consumption. Both of the CPUs I mentioned are 45nm 65W CPUs, and for context, my Celeron E1500 (previous generation of the E3300 but very similar) setup with 2x 1GB DDR2, 1x CF card (OS), and 5x 1.5TB low power consumption HDDs, only pulls about 120W during normal operation.

[Trace]

I was looking for both super small and zero power use ( you know really low :p )
so should i look for a better psu and mobo?
Thanks bro!

I'm now looking at:
Mobo/CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131408
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145527
Still looking for a psu, i found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817719006&Tpk=tfx%20psu

thoughts??

[x88x]

If the limited number of possible drives isn't a problem, then the MBB/CPU you have there should be fine. For the PSU, however, if you really want that form factor, this 270W FSP ($66) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104073) seems good, but loud. Really, anything you find in that form factor is gonna be loud (unless it's fanless). If you're ok to step up to a mATX PSU form factor, I'd go with this 300W FSP ($44) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104075), or if you're ok stepping up to a full ATX PSU form factor, this 300W Seasonic ($38 ) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151085).

[Trace]

Ok, PSU size isn't that big of a concern. I'm just trying to make it small. if mATX will be quieter and save me money, I'm all for it. This is a budget build :)

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

mATX would not only save some money... but also allow u to upgrade (proc/ram/gpu)
i will admit im dying to build an atom... but they would be great for something portable.. dont need much power for a fileserver rly
(P4B 2.0Ghz 400FSB/512Mbs PC133) trucks along just fine... altho i wish it had faster ethernet

[Kayin]

May wanna look at a mini-ITX board then. Get one with PCI-E, and then when money comes along, you can drop in a full-fat RAID card and have a really awesome server.

[x88x]

dont need much power for a fileserver rly

This is definitely true. In a previous iteration, my fileserver was a 900MHz P3 with 256MB RAM, running Windows Server 2003...tbh now that that I've switched to Ubuntu Server, I could get away with much much less than that...along those lines, if all you need is cheap, small, low power, there's always the bifferboard (http://bifferos.bizhat.com/) ;) Won't run WHS, and it'll struggle with Ubuntu, but throw Debian on there and it'll fly :D

[Trace]

Well along with being a file server, it'll most likely run a UT04 server for when I want to play online with friends and at lan parties and such. So it needs a BIT of cpu horsepower but not that much.