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Hello, i am planning on building a really cheap server system to allocate videogames servers and be able to play with friends around Europe. This is what i have built but i am not sure if it is enough or is it just fine, the idea is to host games as Minecraft, Valheim, may be Ark and a few other titles https://es.pcpartpicker.com/user/AnthonyRufus/saved/kcq9K8 Thanks!

Hello everyone, I am currently trying to build a home lab for hosting games (like Minecraft), VPNs, a NAS, and potentially coding projects in the future. Essentially I'm trying to build a multipurpose, all-in-one, home lab server. I'm new to this and was hoping to get some insight into parts I could buy, specifically the specs, whether I should get a redundant PSU or a UPS power backup, what software/OS to use, and/or anything else that you might think is helpful. I currently have a spare Ryzen 5 2600 with the stock cooler and potentially some ram (I'm thinking about upgrading my system's ram as I currently run a 4x4 with 2 at 3200mhz and 2 at 3000mhz) Anything helps and thanks a lot!

I'm looking for recommendations for what is best to set up to access my data remotely from Truenas core From my research so far I see others using options such as: ZeroTeir NextCloud Wireguard Tailscale What is best to set up, affordable pricing, ease of set up, a good mobile app etc I also see that something like Tailscale might be better with Truenas Scale using Truecharts

Im trying to expand my mobo storage with a LSI HBA card, it was sold to me as: Sun SGX-SAS6-INT-Z 8 Port 6Gbps SAS 2 HBA 375-3640 In windows I get this: LSI 9207-8i From reading on Truenas forum I may need to flash this card so it runs as an HBA and not a RAID card. Mobo: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3 Where do I start?

Budget (including currency): Not sure, that's Part of what I want to figure out Country: Austria Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Homelab Proxmox Virtualization Host for DevOps Engineer to be to learn and try stuff Other details: Through some Luck and Family Connections, I'm going to get to live in a House with a dedicated Server room. I also get to decide some Stuff for the Electro Install and so on. My Plan is to have this Server room Host a Home lab, Gaming Rig, Stuff for the House and my 3D Printer... Firstly, I'm curious about general Thoughts from you Guys. Any Tips or Stuff to think about from your Experience? Secondly, What do I need to calculate with for the Homelab Stuff to get an Environment where I can learn and play around with anything that comes up on my Way to something like a DevOps Engineer/ Parttime Developer/SysAdmin Thirdly, I was inspired by Linus Hosting his PC in his Utilitysroom so I wanna try to have my Gaming Rig in the Server Room and "just" run an Optical Thunderboltcable, is that a good Idea? Is there anything I need to consider?

Budget (including currency): under a grand, USD - preferably under 200 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Basically nothing, it will be used in conjunction with a KVM switch so I can access the BIOS from my office (server is in basement, office second floor) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): preferably one HDMI output, maybe 3 total if the price is right. MUST be a single slot card, no exceptions as it’s going into a literal 2U rack server. The motherboard has a daughter board/riser with 1 pci 1x and 2 16x slots. One 16x has 16x (bitrifucated) 4x pci NVMe card, also a single slot basically just looking for a cheap GPU that won’t be used for any intensive purposes other than the desktop. No games, no mining, no editing or anything. the server has onboard VGA but I snapped off a capacitor on accident so the onboard is broken unless I take apart the entire server down to the motherboard and re-solder the capacitor with that being said, last thing I wanna do is take out 24 DIMMS, 8x sata drives, disconnect 8x SAS drives etc etc. I think for my purposes I’d be fine with 4gb of onboard RAM or less. 512mb would probably be sufficient too but it MUST be a single slot card, perhaps a rx 580 or something? price isn’t a concern but again for my purpose, cheap cheap is a benefit. I have 2 laptops that have windows 2022 datacenter on them which will be wired via Ethernet directly to the server which is why (ideally) I’d like 3 HDMI outputs, the other 2 can just be for RDP’ing to the laptops via a seperate subnet/switch setup with a hdmi/ethernet balun thanks peeps! There is no wrong answer on this one, anything would help!

The Problem: I can't get my third m.2 SSD to show connected to my server. I've tried it in slots PCI-E5 and E3 and when my other expansion cards are connected it won't show up. I have my motherboard PCI-E mode set to x4x4x4x4 and the drive doesn't show up in unraid as connected. My server is running unraid. I have 2 SATA expansion cards, 4 HDDs each. 3 HDDs go directly to the motherboard. My SATA expansion card would not show connected using PCI-E5 but it would in E3. the M.2 adapter the drive would not show whether in E5 or E3. Ryzen 2700x CPU 16GB 2x8GB DDR4 3200 GTX 1060 6GB GPU x11 6TB HDDS x3 2TB M.2 SSD MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard. Here is my motherboard layout: I've got the two M.2 slots filled on the motherboard. I've got the third one in one of these PCI-E adapter cards: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JJTVGZM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details This listing states "no drivers required". Do you think my problem is this adapter card, or is it that I'm maxing out my PCI-E lanes so its not showing the drive?

Hi everyone, So here is the thing. Right now I am at home using my PC. I am connected to the internet provided by my ISP which is named as City Cables. I have a friend who lives in my city but in a different area. He is at his home and has a laptop. He is connected to the internet using some other internet. We both are on different networks basically. I want to connect to his laptop from my PC via REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION to do some work. If we were using the same internet service, it wouldn't be a problem but we are on different networks. So what can we do to achieve this? We have already enabled the Remote desktop connection settings and we have connected to each other machines before as well when he visited my place, but unable to connect from different networks. I know there are other solutions present as well besides using the Remote desktop, but IS there any way to set up remote desktop in our scenario? Regards.

Hey guys Im setting up my first server, I will be installing: Dual 10G SFP+ PCI-E 3.0 2.0 1.1 compliant slot (x8) 8 Port 6Gbps SAS HBA (x8) {8x HDD} NVME expansion PCIE 3.0 (x4) {4x NVME SSD} Utilising all mobo sata ports for HDD (this cannot share lanes with the above) I decided I don't need ECC ram, that really complicates things. Much more mobo choices with regular ram. Can anyone suggest an appropriate mobo for any board from LGA-1150 / LGA-1151O socket or AM4 ( I have these cpus ready). Im also open to other CPUs too tho as long as they are capable of 3x8pcie minimum Old mobos are fine too, doesn't need to be brand new. Iv tried PC Part Picker to filter the results, it doesn't work well since your choices are only 16x and 8x, whereas some 16x operate as 4x etc EDIT: Iv just found a second hand ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VI EXTREME with 4x 16 slots

Hi guys, im looking to pick up a budget server mobo and corresponding CPU, it doesn't need to be anything flash but does require the following: -ECC Ram support -a minimum of 2X8 pcie lanes (16x 2 slots with minimum 8 lanes each) for SAS and SFP+ cards NVME m.2 slot In my local market I have found this: ASRock C236M WS Micro ATX https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C236M WS#Specifications

Hi ! Can I ask you to help me identify this motherboard? I couldn't find info about it. The only thing I know about it, is that it is a server motherboard (old one). But that's it. Pd: It is hanging on my wall alongside other motherboards, just chilling. Thanks!

So I have an old case, a motherboard (Asus Prime b550m-a ac), and a Ryzen 5600. I have recently gotten around to upgrading each of these parts over the course of a number of months, so they have just been sitting around. I am looking to get into the home server world and run something like proxmox to mess around with virtual machines and the like. I know the CPU I have doesn't have integrated graphics, and if I were to plan on using it in another desktop PC build, I would need some sort of discrete GPU to get video output. I am going to run this server headless and in my closet and then remote in when I want to mess around with it. Does anyone know if it is possible to set up the server from the first boot without having a GPU in the machine? I know I could take out the GPU from my main machine and put it in the server to get it up and running, but that is a little time-consuming and a pain in the butt.

OK so I deceided I could have a much better server from this old PC (free) vs buying a NAS for $1000 (maybe) Heres my hardware: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6 https://www.gigabyte.com/id/Motherboard/G1Sniper-B6-rev-10/sp#sp 6GB RAM DDR3 (standard non ECC) i7 4790 (4 core) with Intel HD graphics 4600 GeForce GT 730 I plan to run Unraid Server objectives: small business media storage for video / photo editing purposes and all PC back up Do I have any incompatibility for unraid? I cant find the mobo on the unraid compatibility list: https://wiki.unraid.net/Hardware_Compatibility#Motherboard Mobo details: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) * The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the M.2 socket is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x2 mode. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots (The PCIEX4 and PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector * Support for M.2 PCIe SSDs only. * The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the M.2 socket is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x2 mode. With the aboveconnections available what is the best way to set up the HDD's on this system. Ideally I'd like to run with 4x 8TB HDD's Can I toss the GPU away and run the HDD's via the main PCIEX16? Or do I just utilise the 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors? Any thoughts on this old ass GPU? Keep it / Replace it? Onboard graphic is enough? Is the board with DDR3 going to be too slow? This is my first server build / use, so I'm a total noob with server operations so any and old advice is much appreciated

Need some advice about building a server or buying a NAS. I have an old PC I can easily turn into a server. But for ease of use what is better for media storage and backup? If a server should I use Windows Server? I'm not familiar with Linux.. Would there be a lot more advantages with a server over a NAS?

Recently I've found myself in a bit of a conundrum. I have several raspberry Pi's and Odroids that have or will be running home assistant. The consensus in the community is to use a dongle and a SSD through I do not like the fragility of this bulk nor do I trust the "small capacity" >128gb ssds out there. However there are brands like SanDisk and Samsung making high endurance SD cards rated for 120,000 hours of operation. I am currently using a Samsung pro endurance 128gb SD card and it has outlived any other SD card I have ever bought. It is still chucking along in good health. My issue is the lack of reviews and test done on these cards as IOPs are a huge deal with home assistant. Home assistants database writes out every device/entity event. Almost all SD cards bite the dust because of this operation. What is the communities experience with these high/pro/max endurance SD cards from Samsung and SanDisk. What would be optimal to deploy home assistant? Would love to see a tech tips video on SD cards and the specific applications. Should I be using a A2 SD card? A high endurance SD card? A SD card that has the most IOPs?

Budget (including currency): $5,000 Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Maya, C4D, 3dsMAx, Redshift, VRay Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I have 10 x 1080ti's and 8 x 2080ti's that have been slotted into various desktops. As we upgrade to newer desktops, I would like to take out these older cards and put them to good use (not mining). My goal is to create two rack mounted GPU servers to run Thinkbox Deadline w/ GPU Affinity enabled for a render farm. I have seen a couple LTT videos using super servers to accomplish this, but those are out of my price range. I am looking for the most cost effective way to bring these cards together into one or two systems.

Budget (including currency): $1k-1.5k Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Virtualization software (currently I use Oracle VM VirtualBox, but will want to virtualize a macOS machine) Other details: I am currently thinking of the following specs: Mobo: ASUS Prime Z590-a (ASUS Prime Z590-A LGA 1200 (Intel11th/10th Gen) ATX Motherboard 14+2 DrMOS Power Stages,3X M.2, Intel 2.5 Gb LAN, USB 3.2 Front Panel Type-C (pcbuilder.net)) CPU: Intel i7-11700KF GPU: I want something identical to GTX1080Ti but with newer protocol support like the GTX1660 super. It needs to be able to handle 4 machines worth medium load video and 2 machines worth of light video at one time. RAM: 4x16GB or 4x8GB Storage: 2x1TB SSD (ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB 3D NAND PCIe Gen3 NVMe M.2-2280 Internal Solid State Drive (ASX8200PNP-1TT-C) (pcbuilder.net)) RAID 1 + 4x2TB HDD (Seagate BarraCuda 2TB SATA 6Gb/s, 3.5" Internal Hard Drive with 7200 RPM & 256MB Cache (ST2000DMZ08/DM008) (pcbuilder.net)) RAID 5

Greetings everyone, I am a tech enthusiast who has mostly worked with Dell machines, including OptiPlex PCs and Latitude laptops. My collection includes a variety of models, from Pentium 4 to 3rd gen i5 and i7, Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad, and Raspberry Pis. My focus is on workstations rather than gaming, with an emphasis on content creation and data processing. I am also interested in learning about new technology, but I am always open to discussions about older systems. I am fond of the GTX1080ti GPU, but it lacks support for newer protocols. The GTX1660 (super) offers good value for its price but has only 6GB of RAM. I am open to suggestions regarding the amount of VRAM required for my system. I am aiming for cost-effectiveness while ensuring my system performs optimally. I prefer Intel CPUs over AMD, prioritizing stability over high performance, and typically acquire my tech through hand-me-downs, upgrades, or unused equipment. After conducting research with ChatGPT's assistance, I have selected an i7-11700KF processor for my powerhorse PC build. The i7 was chosen due to its power and relevance while also being cost-effective compared to the i9. I opted for an overclocking chip, not caring about integrated graphics, as I plan to use a dedicated GPU which is often cheaper with non-integrated graphics CPUs. For laptops and low-demand work, I favor i5 CPUs for their quick response and low power usage. I have two systems in mind, one being a virtualization server with 64GB of RAM, 2x1TB SSDs (either nvme m.2 or sata), 4x 2TB or 4TB HDDs in RAID 5, 1-2x 2.5GB LAN, and at least two USB A 3.2 ports. I only need a basic GPU for this build to run 4-6 virtual PCs for tasks such as Kali Linux tools, basic Windows 7/10 for LAN gaming, macOS, and Linux. I am interested in the ASUS Prime Z590-A LGA 1200 (Intel11th/10th Gen) ATX Motherboard for this build. For the powerhorse PC build, I require a mix of SSD and HDD storage, as well as the ability to play racing games and handle video and audio for multimedia content creation. Compatibility and support issues with openCL, openGL, and DirectX must be considered, while also being budget-friendly. I would appreciate any thoughts and guidance on my planned builds. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello everyone, I'm currently in the process of planning a high-performance NAS setup for my needs and would appreciate some feedback on the components that I have selected. Here is the list of components that I have chosen: Case: iStarUSA M-4160-ATX Motherboard: ASUS WS C422 PRO/SE RAM: Micron MTA9ASF2G72PZ-3G2R (64GB) PSU: Corsair RM1000X HDD: Seagate IronWolf 16TB NAS (x20) NVME Cache: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB Switch: Ubiquiti Ubnt Unifi Switch 24 UPS: Apc SMC1500IC 1500VA Shelter: APC Ar7721 Vertical I'm mainly concerned about whether these components are compatible with each other and if there are any potential issues that I may have overlooked. Additionally, I would appreciate any feedback on whether these components are well-suited for a high-performance NAS setup, and if there are any alternative components that may be worth considering. Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello everyone, I'm currently in the process of planning a high-performance NAS setup for my needs and would appreciate some feedback on the components that I have selected. Here is the list of components that I have chosen: Case: iStarUSA M-4160-ATX Motherboard: ASUS WS C422 PRO/SE RAM: Micron MTA9ASF2G72PZ-3G2R (64GB) PSU: Corsair RM1000X HDD: Seagate IronWolf 16TB NAS (x20) NVME Cache: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB Switch: Ubiquiti Ubnt Unifi Switch 24 UPS: Apc SMC1500IC 1500VA Shelter: APC Ar7721 Vertical I'm mainly concerned about whether these components are compatible with each other and if there are any potential issues that I may have overlooked. Additionally, I would appreciate any feedback on whether these components are well-suited for a high-performance NAS setup, and if there are any alternative components that may be worth considering. Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello to everyone, I am currently looking for a suitable PSU for my 2U server build. My case will be the IPC Storage 2U-2404L from Inter-Tech (If you find a good alternative for the same price let me know). As PSU I need about 350 watt with a fan on the front or back, otherwise the fan would be covered by a sheet of metal. Can anyone recommend a good power supply with the above characteristics? Thanks in advance Update: I have now simply used a SFX power supply with an ATX adapter. So the power supply has a little more space and the fan is not completely covered

Hello, I am having an 2018 AMD Athlon A6, 8GB, 256GB SSD All in One Windows 10 PC . This pc is sitting idle for over an year, I thought of converting as an home server and NAS.. but still not done it. Mostly I will be using as a NAS and access from my Smart TV, Phones, iPad etc. Finally decided to do this project this weekend. Could you guys suggest me which server OS to use for my home server and NAS? Thank you!

I have a custom built server at home that runs a number of important services for me 24/7. While it's been fairly well behaved we had a short power outage last night and for some reason despite being on UPS the server still lost power. Though I believe the UPS to be at fault I've been meaning to replace the servers Corsair RMx 850W with something mini-redundant. The problem is anything near 850W capacity is really expensive. I know from years past the server really only pulls something around 475W maximum load. With some headroom in mind I'd like a PSU around 600W+ but it will require dual EPS (dual socket server). I don't have a fixed budget but I'm hoping there's a niche market of redundant PSU's that aren't $600 for a 800W... The chassis I'm using is a NORCO RPC-4224 4U rack mount. It will accept ATX and has the bracket adapters for server 4U redundant PSU's.

Hi All, I was wondering the best way to set up a public facing web server on my network (or possibly a seperate network). I want to know: What the safest way to do this is on both my existing network and a seperate network where there still may be stuff I don't want public facing, What equipment I may need to do this and Any other things I should be thinking about All I want to host is a node server displaying a html page and a small data base. Thanks

Thought I was signing up for an account, but was actually signing back in to an account I made 3.5 years ago. I will likely be moving away from home and I want to create a multimedia and remote backup server for me to access from interstate. While I've been at home, my storage system works as follows: - 1TB primary NVME, two partitions (one for OS, one for games - 1TB HDD for long term games storage - 2TB main drive for my photography files (raw files, PSDs, TIFFs etc) - 2TB backup #1 of photo drive - 1TB backup #2 of photo drive In particular with reference to my photography drives, they are all in my home. Not quite following the 321 rule but it's worked for me thus far and our house/street is pretty safe. I will first discuss my needs for a remote backup server, and then I will go into the multimedia side of things. Before those, I must outline the hardware I'm working with. This server/config/whatever is (obviously) not going to be my primary machine (what I'm taking with my interstate). My dad built a crypto rig 2 years ago and since the crash it's been sitting fairly dormant. Specs are as follows: - MSI Z390 Plus LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard - Asus GeForce RTX 3070 KO Gaming 8G OC - Corsair HX1200 - Intel Core i5 9400F 6 Core LGA1151 2.9GHz - Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) LPX Vengeance (non RGB) - WD 240G Green M.2 SSD (SATA) - Windows 11 For photo, I would like to be able to upload to the computer from afar and do some basic file management. This got me thinking about a NAS as opposed to using internal hardware, but hopefully you can provide some insight there. I was perhaps thinking about an M.2 carrier card to put into the second PCIe slot, but I think best practice suggests just using typical NAS HDDs. I'd be looking to have a minimum of 2TB redundant (so 4TB total), but might go higher if I feel like it. For multimedia, my dad has an external hard drive with a bunch of ripped movies and TV shows that I'm worried might data rot or otherwise break if not backed up. First thing that popped to mind was something like Plex or Jellyfin. Which would be good so that I, or anyone else, can access the shows and watch them whenever they want. So that's basically all I think I can mention. Let me know if there's anything I've missed or anything that needs clarifying. One more thing I'll note is that this will be dad's PC, which he doesn't do anything heavy on, but he would not be happy if I switched the system to Linux, so Windows solutions are what I'm looking for! Thank you in advance for your time and generosity.