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Thanks. Eion Ma cDonald On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 20:48, Michael Everitt <michael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 23/02/2023 08:12, Richard Brown wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I am about to commence building a home server. I am hoping to run it using low > > powered equipment. A while ago David Bell sent me a AMD Ryzen 5 2400G GPU and I > > am > > hoping to build using this. He suggested getting a Gigabyte B450 series > > motherboard. I am going to check on Ebay but before I do I just wanted to see if > > anyone had one lying about (!) and wanted to sell it. > > > > The other question I had around this GPU is whether it is a good option for a > > home > > server build. The build will run home automation and a plex server at the start. > > I > > am hoping that it will draw around 20w which will be relatively cheap to run. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > You're having a laugh if you think a standard PC setup with net you less than > 50-60W > minimum total .. that CPU has a TDP of 65W - so don't expect to get much below 20W > for that alone .. even a Gold ATX power supply won't guarantee you more than 85% > efficiency, so factor that in. Most hard disks or even SSDs don't come to much > below > a few watts Each, and that's for 2.5" drives, not 3.5"... > > I was intrigued however, to see watch one of the videos of "the guy with the > Swedish > accent" on YouTube, who was explaining 'better' options for low-power [capable] > home > automation systems than the ubiquitous Raspberry-Pi - the maker's favourite 'toy' - > since it was becoming very scarce or expensive depending on how you 'acquire' it. > He > was relaying recommendations to look at small form-factor PCs, and I just couldn't > resist picking up one (google Lenovo ThinkCentre USFF) and really like the > size/capacity it comes with at the ~£50 price point (check ebay - lots available). > Of > course, there are other options from eg. Dell and others (links in the video > comments > - https://youtu.be/rXc_zGRYhLo ). Bear in mind this is a computer with power > supply, > hard disk, memory, WIFI, networking, basic graphics, lots of USB, in roughly the > same > size as your average textbook. Didn't take much convincing for me! > > One of my Scottish friends recently deprecated his trusty HP MicroServer > (typically a > modest AMD CPU) because even the power consumption of that was costing him more > than > he desired, with electricity costs constantly rising... Oddly, if I can find one of > those, I will likely still use it as a NAS box, because it has 4x 3.5" IDE slots, > and > I have spare spinning-rust disks available of useful capacity... > > If you want a -real- server though, I bought a cheapish HP ProLiant G5 box from > bargain-hardware (dot co dot uk), who I know Gordon on-list recommends. It has a > dual > Xeon-CPU which, although old, will rip through compiling jobs pretty nicely with 16 > cores - pretty handy if you run source-distros like Gentoo like I did/do .. esp. > making images for ARM boards with very low-power CPUs (think both computing and > electrical low-power here). > > So, definitely horses for courses. I have a few ARM/Pi-type boards scattered around > the house, all on my WiFi, for putting together a mesh home-automation network > (combination of WiFi for networking, Zigbee for devices...) which should be > useful/interesting for data capture and hardware control. Next step would be nice > to > get some solar panels up .. and then I can switch my hot-water immersion from grid > to > solar 'power'... > > Happy hacking and good luck! :D > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/ -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/