May 1, 20215 yr Hi, I am planning a home system to have a powerful system over the next 5-10 years. So enough Cores, RAM for now + space to extend, 2 GPUs maybe a thrid or fourth over time. Fast disks for the OSs and slow cheap disks for the mass storage. Would like to have some electronic connected to switch on/off HDDs. Mainboard: Mainboard Gigabyte WRX80 SU8-IPMI - 7 PCIe 4.0 x16 Slots for Multi-GPU - 8-Channel DDR4 RDIMM 8 x DIMMs - Dual Intel® Server 10G LAN and GbE LAN - Multiple storage interface: 4 SATA3 Ports, 3 SlimSAS ports (NVMe and SATA are available) - Next-gen transfer speeds: Dual M.2 (NVMe and SATA mode) and 6 USB 3.2 Gen2 including 1 Type-C https://www.gigabyte.com/de/Motherboard/WRX80-SU8-IPMI-rev-10#kf CPU: 16/32x 3,9 GHz AMD Threadripper Pro 3955WX - 16 Cors to have enough resources https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-threadripper-pro-3955wx Grafik: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT710-SL-2GD5-BRK Grafikkarte (Nvidia, PCI-E 3.0, 2GB DDR5 Speicher, 1xHDMI, 1xDVI) https://www.asus.com/de/Motherboards-Components/Graphics-Cards/All-series/GT710-SL-2GD5/ RAM (ECC): Samsung M393A8G40AB2-CWE Speichermodul 64 GB https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/200897356_-64gb-ddr4-3200-cl22-m393a8g40ab2-cwe-samsung.html Case: Define XL R2 computer case https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-xl-r2/black-pearl/ Power: Ion+ 860W Platinum https://www.fractal-design.com/products/power-supplies/ion/ion-platinum-860w/black/?fbclid=IwAR1mpMsGt5cFgAIBzdLQ4qqBFonDOIjf6-nqAcnWwK52CvyLbGnnaRm2nhg HDDs: Very fast Disks for 2-3 OS installations: 2x WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD 1 TB https://www.alternate.de/WD/Black-SN850-NVMe-SSD-1-TB/html/product/1625868 Online HDDs if Data or Diskspace needed: 2 x Western Digital Red Pro SATA III 14TB (WD141KFGX) https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/6949477_-red-pro-sata-iii-14tb-wd141kfgx-western-digital.html Offline-Backup. Staring once a week for offline backup. 1 Disk each week to have a gap of 2 weeks. 2 x 8 TB HDDs 2 x flexiDOCK MB795SP-B https://www.amazon.com/ICY-DOCK-flexiDOCK-MB795SP-B-Tray-less/dp/B07K8QRBVD Questions: - Do you have other ideas to have a offline backup? - For the RAM. Is it better to have one module or 2? The board can hold 8 DIMMs.
May 14, 20215 yr I have recently kitted my unRAID with normal gamer CPU and motherboard but slightly regretting that I don't have enough PCIe express lanes to do what I want. How did your build go?
May 26, 20215 yr Author Due to other priorities no progress with my build. I am also still questioning myself what is the best build in terms of idle watt usage...
November 11, 20214 yr With a 1000€ Motherbord and a 1000€ CPU you're cheaping out on the memory? Always use dual channel for the RAM!
November 11, 20214 yr Idle / Watt is also a concern for me. Hence I decided for a Ryzen 9 3900 (65W Systembuilder version) a year a gear. A nice CPU, with plenty of power and very efficient. Can be set to 35W / 45W / 65W and you get the performance you need, however - the limited PCIE lanes are a deal breaker if one wants to play with hardware passthrough. I realized that recently and will replace the good board + CPU with an EPYC system. I think the Ryzen Threadripper consume to much, or a 65W version would be nice but that does not exist. So I decided for a 7232P CPU (8C / 120W) and a Asrock Rack RomeD8-2T. Plenty of PCIE lanes and a CPU which has enough power to serve today and does not burn a hole into my wallet. Once the 7272 or 7282 will become cheaper on ebay I'll get one but for now I think I addressed my needs for more lanes, on a platform that allows to grow for the next 3 - 5 years. Ryzen Threadripper is awesome, when electricity costs nothing and when you really need a "V8" block. Just my two cents Edited November 11, 20214 yr by doesntaffect
April 7, 20224 yr On 11/11/2021 at 10:08 AM, doesntaffect said: Idle / Watt is also a concern for me. Hence I decided for a Ryzen 9 3900 (65W Systembuilder version) a year a gear. A nice CPU, with plenty of power and very efficient. Can be set to 35W / 45W / 65W and you get the performance you need, however - the limited PCIE lanes are a deal breaker if one wants to play with hardware passthrough. I realized that recently and will replace the good board + CPU with an EPYC system. I think the Ryzen Threadripper consume to much, or a 65W version would be nice but that does not exist. So I decided for a 7232P CPU (8C / 120W) and a Asrock Rack RomeD8-2T. Plenty of PCIE lanes and a CPU which has enough power to serve today and does not burn a hole into my wallet. Once the 7272 or 7282 will become cheaper on ebay I'll get one but for now I think I addressed my needs for more lanes, on a platform that allows to grow for the next 3 - 5 years. Ryzen Threadripper is awesome, when electricity costs nothing and when you really need a "V8" block. Just my two cents How did your build go? Anything you don't get when using the EPYC CPU & MB? I am also looking into upgrading, and the power and the "no availability" buying a Threadripper pro version is making me look for alternative solutions
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