- Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 = $256.99
- [Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 115] (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502) = $299.99
For the OS, I will pick SSD. For data, I will consider RAID 1 setup. A total of 4 1TB. The SSD gets a backup over NAS.
16GB is enough. Any 1333/1600 is fine.