EDIT : I’m going to use a Lenovo P500 (at around $130) with 8 threads (will upgrade it later) and 64gb of RAM. It support the E5 v4 family so that’s great. If someone knows the power consumption, that would be cool!

Hello, I want to build a “homelab” and I’m searching for a server, what do you propose me as good options? I need something with at least 64gb RAM, can buy used, and minimum 16vcores… Around 150$ If you have any good options let’s comment below 👇 THX ❤

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    552·
    4 months ago

    You’re not going to get anything like that for $150.

    ~$200 will get you a nice mini PC with 16GB RAM

    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      692·
      4 months ago

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      • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Xeon E5-2670, with 115W TDP, which means 2x115=230W for the processor alone. with 8 ram modules @ ~3W each, it’ll going to guzzle ~250W when under some loads, while screaming like a jet engine. Assuming $0.12/kwh, that’s $262.8 per year for electricity alone.

        Would be great if you have an isolated server room to contain the noise and cheap electricity, but more modern workstation should use at least 1/4 of electricity or even less.

        • foremanguy@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          22·
          4 months ago

          I just want to correct something is that the TDP is the power under load, so if the cpu is not 100% used it could be 20 hours at 25W and 4 at 90W

          • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Power scaling for these old CPU is not great though. Mine is slightly newer and on idle it still uses 50% of the TDP.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Wouldnt bother with Gen8. We literally throw them in the e-waste recycle bin.
        Either get a Gen9 if tight with cash (also EOL) or Gen10 servers which are currently supported and get current updates.

      • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        If they are up for that, I’d be happy to part with mine for cheap. They’d need to get an E5-2650 (v2) to meet their 16 core requirement but a pair of those are pretty cheap.