which server machine is best for me?

Question

hi,

i have to set up a small webfarm on which i intent to deploy windows server 2003.

my app has 3 modules , 2 modules are silverlight 4  based and the last one is an asp.net application(.net 4 based) which contains services(Rest and BasicHttpBinding based ) / asp.net pages/ ....

now the issue is that i have few decisions to make w.r.t selecting which machines should i buy

i have following option please help me choose the best one w.r.t price and preformance.

here are the machine specs and their prices.please note there are 2 server machines & 2 desktop PC(s).server machines are second hand while destop PC(s) are new.

Server machine 1

 

PROCESSOR: INTEL PROCESSOR XEON 3.4GHZx2 (DUAL)

CHIPSET: INTEL MOTHERBOARD CHIPSET E7525

MEMORY: 2GB ECC DDR2 RAM (1GBx2)

HARD DRIVE: 320 GB

SUPPORTED: IDE/SATA/SCSI

BUILT-IN: PCI-X GRAPHIC RENDERING CARD (QUADRO)

OPTICAL DRIVE: DVD ROM

POWER SUPPLY: 650 WATTS DUAL POWER

$300

Server machine 2

PROCESSOR: INTEL PROCESSOR XEON 2.8GHZx2 (DUAL)

CHIPSET: INTEL MOTHERBOARD CHIPSET 7505

MEMORY: 1GB ECC DDR1 RAM

HARD DRIVE: OPTIONAL

SUPPORTED: IDE

BUILT-IN: AGP GRAPHIC CARD

OPTICAL DRIVE: OPTIONAL

POWER SUPPLY: 650 WATTS DUAL POWER

$180

Desktop machine 1

PROCESSOR : INTEL CORE i3 530 2.93Ghz (4MB CACHE - 2.5 GT/s)

MOTHERBOARD : INTEL DH55HC (LGA1156-AGP+SND)

MEMORY : 4GB DDRIII (1333 BUS)

HARD DRIVE : 500GB 3.5" SATA-II 7200RPM

OPTICAL DRIVE : SAMSUNG DVDRW 22X SATA

CHASSIS : 335 WITH 420W PSU

$400

Desktop machine 2

PROCESSOR : INTEL CORE i7 930 2.8Ghz (8MB CACHE - 4.8 GT/s)

MOTHERBOARD : INTEL WX58BP (LGA1366-SND+GIGA LAN-1333/1066 MHZ FSB)

MEMORY : DDR3 4GB-1333 (2GBx2)

GRAPHIC CARD : GT220 GeForce PCX 1GB (128-BITS) DDR3

HARD DRIVE : 800GB 3.5" HDD 7200RPM

OPTICAL DRIVE : SAMSUNG DVDRW 22X SATA

CHASSIS : ELITE 335

POWER SUPPLY : THERMAL MASTER 420Watts

$900

 

Answer 1

anybody ?