Intel Core2Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16Ghz CPU

GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3LR LGA 775 ATX System Board

OCZ 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 SDRAM System Memory

Four Western Digital 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s @ RAID 1+0

nVidia 7200GS Graphics Card

LG SATA 22X DVD-R/W

OCZ Modstream Pro 500 Watt modular ATX12V Power Supply

NXZT Black ATX Steel/Plastic Mid-Tower Chassis

Windows Server 2008 R2

Since the role of this system is to be a file server, all that's needed in the graphics department is a simple graphics card. The 7200GS fits the bill perfectly.

All new systems are first installed on a test bench to ensure functionality of all the new components.
This also makes it quite a bit easier to work on the system while we tweak it to run perfectly.

Nearly 16 hours of continual stress testing, completing 10 full passes with zero failures.
All looks good so far. Let's install Windows

We noticed what installing the system board that this particular system chassis was missing a mounting hole for one of the system board standoffs. Rather than use it as is, we removed the system board and drilled and tapped a new mounting hole in the appropriate location. If it's not right, it's not done.