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 ❤

    • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
      2·
      6 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·
        6 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·
          6 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·
      6 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·
      6 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.