Comment on "Recommended System Requirements" for buying a used PC for selfhosting
FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks agoIf going m-atx, there’d be enough pcie slots to get a cheap SFP+ 10G nic or better, tho…
I’ll look at the jonsbo stuff tho, thanks !
Cort@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Couple years ago I wouldn’t have argued, but with graphics cards ballooning to 3+ slots, you have to be more careful about which slots on the motherboard have full enough lanes to support your cards. And you have to make sure your motherboard has the full x16 slot in the highest position which is less common on boards with m.2. otherwise there isn’t room for expansion cards
FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
You’re right, although I’d be considering narrower cards and maybe blowers. This is a server build, not a main rig. So I’d get a GPU that’s as close as possible to a glorified encoder ad possible and pocket the power savings. I don’t have ac where I live…