Comment on I'm at a loss on what server to buy

SethranKada@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• socphoenix@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think this is a fine community, but as a question, is there a reason you aren’t considering building a server? You could fit those requirements into a normal desktop chassis and likely still have some pci slots free for future upgrades.

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep, spec a case to meet the drive needs, then find the motherboard that meets the performance needs.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d pick a CPU before the motherboard.

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  • SethranKada@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly, I just don’t know much about hardware in general. I’m sure I could follow a tutorial online on how to put it together, but I don’t know much about what I’d need to buy in the first place.

    I’ll look online and see what I can find though, this does seem like what I’m going to have to do to get the specs I want.

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    • quaff@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You should try out pcpartpicker.com

      Great tool to spec out a computer and give you an idea of how much it’ll cost you.

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      • SethranKada@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks!

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    • socphoenix@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can look at things like

      www.newegg.com/tools/custom-pc-builder

      To see some ideas of what would work, and I hope you feel free to ask around as you look at things! We all had to learn somehow and once you know what you’re looking for it’s just a small puzzle.

      Quick suggestion is to decide on the cpu (I’m partial to amd so I’d pick something ryzen based if you want processing power) first then compatible motherboard, as after those two you should be able to just look at spec sheets and see things like the kind of ram you need case type etc.

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      • SethranKada@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thank you, I’ll do just that

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