Hello. First post, so I hope this goes well.
I'm currently running Unraid off a Enterprise Dell t5600, specs below:
there's also a nvidia gpu in there--I think a 1060?
While this thing does work fine, problem is measurements have it regularly pulling somewhere around 100 w (at worst, 120 w), even when tuning the cpu in bios and using powertop. Since I really just use the server for Jellyfin video and music streaming (which I usually use direct streaming anyway), the power usage feels disproportionate to me.
I'm wondering if culprits for the power usage comes down to the cpu and power supply. If this is the case, I'm open to the idea of moving the server build to some old components that were used in our pcs, but have since upgraded from. The parts I have lying around are:
Intel i5-6500 + b150 Aura motherboard
Ryzen 2600 (no motherboard)
Aerocool XPredator case
If the build requires it, I can also source the ecc ram and gpu from the current server
As I mentioned previously, I only really use my server for media (so having the cpu be able to handle x265 transcoding would be nice), as well as having Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, and qbittorrent running. Aside from that, I'm looking for the best route to reduce the power consumption of my server--if the build remaking does go ahead, I plan on trying to source stuff 2nd hand whenever possible (e.g. the PSU).
Thanks everyone.
Hello. First post, so I hope this goes well. I'm currently running Unraid off a Enterprise Dell t5600, specs below: there's also a nvidia gpu in there--I think a 1060? While this thing does work fine, problem is measurements have it regularly pulling somewhere around 100 w (at worst, 120 w), even when tuning the cpu in bios and using powertop. Since I really just use the server for Jellyfin video and music streaming (which I usually use direct streaming anyway), the power usage feels disproportionate to me. I'm wondering if culprits for the power usage comes down to the cpu and power supply. If this is the case, I'm open to the idea of moving the server build to some old components that were used in our pcs, but have since upgraded from. The parts I have lying around are: Intel i5-6500 + b150 Aura motherboard Ryzen 2600 (no motherboard) Aerocool XPredator case If the build requires it, I can also source the ecc ram and gpu from the current server As I mentioned previously, I only really use my server for media (so having the cpu be able to handle x265 transcoding would be nice), as well as having Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, and qbittorrent running. Aside from that, I'm looking for the best route to reduce the power consumption of my server--if the build remaking does go ahead, I plan on trying to source stuff 2nd hand whenever possible (e.g. the PSU). Thanks everyone.
