First post, overkill?

[Mjrbuzz]

Thanks guys for your help and everything else. I have my paws an a supermicro h8qme2+ with 4 6 core opteron processers that I used to use for community computing. I'm looking for recommendations if this is just way overkill for a home server Nas type of use as well as a cheap case and power supply if y'all know where to find such a thing. It called for a 1000w ps and seems to be setup for a 1u chassis but I might opt for a taller or even a desktop style case if reasonable. Any info about power consumption vs benefits would be very helpful. Also if anyone has run win 10 please reply to let me know if that is an option.

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Mjrbuzz said:

if this is just way overkill for a home server

it's probably underkill and extremely inefficient and slow compared to a single cpu consumer level machine today

what cpus is it still using

[Akira Shimazu]

3 minutes ago, emosun said:

it's probably underkill and extremely inefficient and slow compared to a single cpu consumer level machine today

what cpus is it still using

yeah. true

[Mjrbuzz]

It has 4 x AMD Opteron 8431

 

[Akira Shimazu]

1 minute ago, Mjrbuzz said:

It has 4 x AMD Opteron 8431

 

old 6 core cpu. underkill iMO

[Mjrbuzz]

thanks for the honesty, i hate to get rid of the 10 year old tech but i get it that it wont be worth it, i just may get me a pi and some external usb drives for my little needs haha

 

[Lurick]

3 minutes ago, Mjrbuzz said:

It has 4 x AMD Opteron 8431

 

All four of those CPUs have a combined passmark score of ~8500

A single AMD 2600 (6 core) has a passmark of ~13,500

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Mjrbuzz said:

It has 4 x AMD Opteron 8431

 

that machine is roughly the speed of a ryzen 5 2400ge which is a pretty midrange low cost system and uses a forth the wattage

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Mjrbuzz said:

thanks for the honesty, i hate to get rid of the 10 year old tech but i get it that it wont be worth it, i just may get me a pi and some external usb drives for my little needs haha

 

Frame it and put it on your wall, and then buy a Ryzen 5 1600 from eBay which does not require a 1000 watt power supply and would demolish this thing in every way

[Mjrbuzz]

its almost winter so ill fire it up on primegrid when it gets cold to heat up my room 

 

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, Mjrbuzz said:

its almost winter so ill fire it up on primegrid when it gets cold to heat up my room 

 

A space-heater that benefits others even a little is better than a space-heater that doesn't benefit anyone else at all.

 

The power consumption wouldn't be worth the performance as a home server/NAS.

 

Also Windows 10 wouldn't be an option. Windows 10 is limited to two physical socket systems. You'd need to use Windows Server, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, or Windows Enterprise.

 

Under these circumstances I'd install a linux hypervisor and divvy out the resources.

[Salacious B Crum]

To be honest I'd get rid of the thing it appears to be quite toxic with all that dust