Hello folks!
I was hoping to probe the brain trust that is serverbuilds.net, by bouncing my build idea off of you before spending the $ on parts.
That being said: I am looking to build a home sever, I am willing to buy something that is completed if the price was somewhat close to what I could build this for… however, I haven’t seen such a unit yet (link it if you know of one that is as good as or better than the build I have listed below and is comparable in price i.e. < $2k).
Part of my goal it to build this thing with a strong enough foundation so that I can upgrade later if needed without have to do a complete new build (i.e. I know the CPU i have listed is not the top-end for this MoBo / nor have I maxed out the ram)
For each of my use cases I suspect that I should use an independent VM; my use cases are:
- Large File share
- Plex Media server (max 2 users)
- Home automation app
- dev environment / playground for new projects…
For the listed use cases: do you think the below listed machine will preform well? do you have any suggestions for alternative parts ? (I’m trying to keep this near $2k or better but let me know if you think it is really required to spend more to preform well… I might just have to wait longer… )
Part List:
| Chassis | DAOHE 4U 19inch Storage Server Case V4407 Hotswap 6Gb IPFS 24 Bay Rackmount Chassis | $428.00 |
|---|---|---|
| Mobo | Supermicro MBD-H11SSL-NC-O Socket SP3 | $469.09 |
| CPU | AMD EPYC (2nd Gen) 7232P Octa-core (8 Core) 3.10 GHz Processor | $532.50 |
| RDIMM RAM | NEMIX RAM 64GB 2x32GB DDR4-2933 PC4-23400 2Rx4 ECC Registered RDIMM Memory for Servers and Workstations | $282.99 |
| PSU | 750W corsair 80+ Bronze cert | (already owned) |
| HDDs / SSDs | variety | (already owned) |
Thanks for reading ! - B34R