new server: budget $2500

I'm trying to configure a new 1U webserver. This webserver will have a VB forum installed with an url-rewrite SEO mod. and approx. 300 online users whole day long. The forum has 25.000 active users.
My budget is around $2300 to $2500. We expect our forum to grow with 500 to 1000 users each month.

I've been reading some articles about servers and their specs, but most articles are kinda out-dated. I hope u guys have some suggestions. I was thinking about a dual xeon 3.0 configuration, but after reading some articles i have my doubts if dual xeon is good enough for a MySQL database driven forum and website with quite a lot of users.

 

 

 

 

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