Setting up a server at home?
 

Where would i go to find out what i need and whats best to buy, as well as how to set up...holla back asap

Would help to know what kind of server and what you plan to do with it.

Setting up a mail, dns, domain server for local lan use is problem what you have in mind. But all ears indeed. :) post what your thinking of and more brainstorming can take place.

Jumping into this post a bit late, hoping to kickstart it again ;-)

To answer your question about where to go : Nowhere, your allready at the best place, here :)

First off, as asked : What type of server do you want ?
Second, what type of hardware do you have available allready ?

Oh.. got another one interested in creating a pop/web server have we? Still alive with that project? I used:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
works nicely.. comes with sql, php, and a nice little backend to help admin.