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Is this a bad option for a home server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by qaz to c/selfhosted

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Processor: (3.40 GHz) 4-Core Intel Core i7-6700 Processor

Memory (RAM): 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4 U Memory (for i-series/Core Processors)

Graphics Card: Integrated Graphics (with i series processors only) +$0.00

Drive 1: 3TB HDD SATA 7.2k 3.5" Hard Drive

Drive 2: 3TB HDD SATA 7.2k 3.5" Hard Drive

M.2 Storage: 512GB M.2 SSD NVMe Drive

Price: $291.95

My main concern with this option is energy usage. The CPU's TDP is 65W, the CPU in my current server's TDP is 35W.

It does have a few advantages over my current setup:

More RAM 8 → 32
Better CPU, passmark score 4766 → 8091, threads 4 → 8
Ability to use RAID, current setup only has the capacity for 1 drive.

Is this a good option or is there a better option? I've also been considering using an external drive enclosure with software RAID, but I heard that could be unreliable.

EDIT: Is the price good? Shipping is quite expensive (about $100), so I'm only planning on buying it if the deal is good.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd buy a Dell Optiplex 5060 for about $200 off eBay and you'll get an i7-8700 with a 630 iGPU and the NVME taken care of. Then you just need the hard drives and more RAM. My home server is just fine with 16GB of RAM, though. There's no DE and I don't game on it.

[–] qaz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems to only have capacity for 1 drive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry for the late reply. You can replace the optical drive with a 2.5" HDD or add a sata PCI-E card since your not using the GPU slot in this case. My personal setup uses an NVME for the OS (DietPi), and two 6TB external HDDs on an Optiplex 5060 SFF.