In honor of GIS day I have posted my current home GIS workstation:
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5″ Solid State Drive
Case: Silverstone TJ08B-E MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Monitor: Asus VX279Q 60Hz 27.0″ Monitor
I love the SSD for speed and the CPU is more that enough for my use.
And for a GIS server I use:
HP 704941-421 ProLiant Micro Server
Running Xubuntu. 3x3tb in a Raid 5 array, with 8gb extra memory.