March 17, 20197 yr What CPU + Motherboard would you recommend for best power efficiency? This for a storage only server, no VMs / no dockers.
May 3, 20197 yr I just (yesterday) built a new UNRAID server using an Athlon 200GE and a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard. Everything runs super smooth and even some a few dockers for torrent/zerotier and power draw and heat dissipation are minimal. CPU rarely spikes above 50% use even during intense transfer sessions. I couldn't be happier. p.s. I use a separate machine to run ProxMox and that has many containers/VM's there.
May 3, 20197 yr Author 6 hours ago, z00100 said: I just (yesterday) built a new UNRAID server using an Athlon 200GE and a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard. Everything runs super smooth and even some a few dockers for torrent/zerotier and power draw and heat dissipation are minimal. CPU rarely spikes above 50% use even during intense transfer sessions. I couldn't be happier. p.s. I use a separate machine to run ProxMox and that has many containers/VM's there. Thanks for sharing. I was considering AMD until I realized that most motherboards have PCI lane limitations and I wanted more flexibility for upgrades and went with Intel instead, settled on Pentium G5400. Without PCI cards & HDD's entire system consumes ~21W on idle with a 500W Bronze rated PSU, also using full featured SLI motherboard + 16GB RAM. Curious what power draw you're seeing from 200GE. It was one of the CPU's I was considering. Edited May 3, 20197 yr by avp2306 typo
May 3, 20197 yr 11 minutes ago, avp2306 said: Thanks for sharing. I was considering AMD until I realized that most motherboards have PCI lane limitations and I wanted more flexibility for upgrades and went with Intel instead, settled on Pentium G5400. Without PCI cards & HDD's entire system consumes ~21W on idle with a 500W Bronze rated PSU, also using full featured SLI motherboard + 16GB RAM Your setup should be more than fine. And yes, you're right, there are some PCI lane limitations with the B450 chipset. I only have 4 SATA ports which is fine for now but could be an issue in the future. However it's nothing a HBA card cannot fix. 12 minutes ago, avp2306 said: Curious what power draw you're seeing from 200GE. It was one of the CPU's I was considering. I don't have a Kill-a-watt or anything similar but I will try to figure it out and report back. I'm using a 450W Bronze PSU, FYI.
August 6, 20196 yr On 5/3/2019 at 5:21 PM, z00100 said: I just (yesterday) built a new UNRAID server using an Athlon 200GE and a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard. Everything runs super smooth and even some a few dockers for torrent/zerotier and power draw and heat dissipation are minimal. CPU rarely spikes above 50% use even during intense transfer sessions. I couldn't be happier. p.s. I use a separate machine to run ProxMox and that has many containers/VM's there. Its possible to IGP passthrough Vega 3 graphics ? It's will be very usefull!!
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