Re:Overkill (Score 1)

You don't need anything faster than a 1GHz P3. A P2 500MHz should be more than enough to serve static web pages and run a Sendmail daemon. If you want a real server checkout eBay, you should be able to find a good deal on an IBM Netfinity or Dell PowerEdge. Since this is for a club project you may want to get a SUN server or a DEC Alpha, and run something other than Windows NT/2000. I would recommend FreeBSD 5.0. Install it without a GUI (KDE, X). A RAID is a good idea; you should also get a tape drive.