building a server

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specs:
32GB ram
amd fx-4100 cpu
4 x 7200rpm hdd in software raid 10

do you like theys specs?

I'm learning about servers right now. I'm just curious what OS you're using.

What's this server going to do?

Might want to splurge the extra $60 for the FX-8120 or 8320 8-core unit... more cores are more important in most server functions...

1) Buy Intel. In servers, especially servers that take advantage of virtualization, having the extra performance is worth the increased cost.
2) Don't use Debian, unless you're building embedded appliances or something. Most open source packages are built against common server distributions (RHEL/CentOS, or Ubuntu server) - comparatively less are built for debian and other systems. If you end up venturing into commercial software - you're almost guaranteed to find that your vendor won't support anything other then RHEL (some won't even support CentOS, even though they're binary compatible)

^^^ This guy knows what he's talking about. Unless this is a tiny home server for little more than file-serving, you need to think "server" and that's out of my league.