New Home Server

[Nopir]

So I'm building a new home server and just wanted to get opinions on it

It will mainly be used for Plex with about 5 transcodes at once being the target

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/HvZy3y

 

Edit: There is no mass storage listed cause I haven't decided how much I'm gonna get, the ssd is listed as my cache drive

The OS is going to be Unraid

 

 

[Dutch_Master]

Read carefully, there are 2 major issues with your list:

1. CPU and memory are incompatible
2. memory and mainboard are incompatible

You need another mainboard and CPU that supports ECC, or ditch the ECC memory. Your choice.

 

Furthermore: I don't see any decent storage on your list (500GB is practically nothing, 1TB NVMe drives are below 100 USD these days) and the amount of RAM is really low for a transcoding machine. Preferably 32GB or more, but at least 16GB RAM with at least 2 sticks.

 

HTH!

[AbydosOne]

11 minutes ago, Nopir said:

just wanted to get opinions on it

2 minutes ago, Dutch_Master said:

Read carefully, there are 2 major issues with your list:

1. CPU and memory are incompatible
2. memory and mainboard are incompatible

Ryzen generally supports ECC, though it isn't widely advertised because it depends on the BIOS config. That said... that's some really horrible RAM to pair with anything Ryzen. It's relatively slow with high latency in single channel. ECC isn't going to be much help in this use-case. Just use mainstream DDR4.

 

Also, 1660 is limited to three parallel NVENC transcodes.

[Electronics Wizardy]

That ram is registered ECC, and won't work with ryzen. Ryzen can only use unbuffered ecc.

[Nopir]

6 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

That said... that's some really horrible RAM to pair with anything Ryzen. It's relatively slow with high latency in single channel. ECC isn't going to be much help in this use-case. Just use mainstream DDR4.

I'm planning on making it dual channel once I have the money

How big of a difference will the speed and latency make? Cause the sever will be running 24/7 so I'd rather have the ECC for stability reasons

[Nopir]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

That ram is registered ECC, and won't work with ryzen. Ryzen can only use unbuffered ecc.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/FYgFf7/kingston-server-premier-8-gb-1-x-8-gb-ddr4-2666-cl19-memory-ksm26es88hd

 

its listed as unbuffered

[Takumidesh]

Why do you feel that you need ECC?

 

If you are doing plex streams, you should push your users to use clients that support direct play instead of relying on transcodes.

[Nopir]

10 minutes ago, Takumidesh said:

Why do you feel that you need ECC?

 

If you are doing plex streams, you should push your users to use clients that support direct play instead of relying on transcodes.

1: Reliability mainly, im gonna be storing some important stuff on the server as well so I'd like to make sure its as stable as possible

 

2: The users will mainly be using clients that support direct play, I just mainly want the headroom

[Takumidesh]

1 minute ago, Nopir said:

Reliability mainly, im gonna be storing some important stuff on the server as well so I'd like to make sure its as stable as possible

I don't think reliability is a serious concern for a home server, unless you are entering thousands of critical db transactions in batches.

 

For what it is worth, I have been running a home server for years now, without ecc, and I have yet to have a system crash or data loss from ram.

 

you are talking about a few points of reliability for a ridiculous price increase.