Comment on What is the most efficient method to set up a home server?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 months ago
A cheap used PC with a Ryzen 9 or something? Ez to maintain, very power efficient, especially when idling (compared to servers, not Pi), and you get to choose the important bits (like what new enterprise level disk you gonna buy, etc) as its easier to upgrade.
And you get a lot faster CPU than duo Xenon builds in the same price range (used ofc). What you don’t get is ECC & more RAM lanes.
Also much easier to make it inaudible (or like 18~19dB?) compared to servers.
I do use a Pi-based Proxmox Backup server.
Froyn@kbin.social 9 months ago
Got a link for a cheap Ryzen 9 pc?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I don’t (and it depends on where you live). But R9s have been around for quite a bit, maybe try looking for a 4~5 year old 3900x (or 5900x), you get 12c/24t.
But it’s not like 7 (8c/16t) series lacks power for a home lab.
(I am taking about used PCs)
Froyn@kbin.social 9 months ago
Must not be my neck of the woods (US). You mentioned the Pi, which is in my wheelhouse of "cheap". Personally I've got a couple computers picked up from the local community college for $10 running TrueNAS and Proxmox.
My Google-Fu couldn't find an R9 3900X for under $200, just the chip, used. I had hopes you had a better source I was missing out on.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 months ago
That suxs … but I was thinking 500~700 moneys. And spending some time to look/wait for a good deal. Still I think a Ryzen 3 or 5 (from 22xx onward) is a better investment especially at the beginning when you are perhaps still figuring out what to do with your home lab (and even basic things like not having your HDDs over USB lane). But you have the right idea - opportunities like those 10$ PCs is what I was talking about.
If I assume RPi 4 or 5 are at about 100 moneys (+ a decent case + maybe with an m.2 hat) - I was just trying to say that a used PC at that price offers much more. RPis are great tho, I’m glad they exist.