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Hi,

 

I am planning to setup a basic home server to run proxmox as a hypervisor and have VMs for truenas scale and debian VM for hosting rancher, jellyfin, wireguard and photoprism. I plan to setup nginx reverse proxy so that I can upload photos to my server using my phone while I am outside the network. I want to self host a huge library of photos (more than 20000 photos over the last 10 years). I want to get rid of google drive. I plan on buying seagate ironwolf drives 4TBX3 and setup one drive for recovery giving me 8TB usage.

 

I am getting an old system in Singapore for 120-150 dollars and this is the configuration:

 

Case: Enermax ATX Case
CPU: i5-6500
RAM: DDR4 16gb
Storage: 240gb SSD
GPU: Nvidia Quadro k1200 (GTX 750 equivalent)
PSU: Seasonic 520w PSU

 

Is this system good enough to handle my workload? 

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This is the picture of the case shared by the seller, seems like it can house my 3 HDDs in the cabinet.

 

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youre good

gaming system: R7 3700X @ 4.25Ghz cpu / B450 STEEL LEGEND mobo / 4x8gb corsair Vengeance @3333Mhz ram / RX 7900XTX pulse gpu / Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 cpu cooler /Coolermaster Qube 500 case / Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 12 1500w power supply

 

laptop: Dell xps 9510, 3.5k OLED, i7 11800h, rtx 3050 ti, 2x16gb DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, 1TB main drive, 2TB add in ssd

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Can probably ditch the GPU to save power and run transcodings on the iGPU. 

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Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max

Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case

 

Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED

 

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33 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Can probably ditch the GPU to save power and run transcodings on the iGPU

I will ask the motherboard model from the seller, any particular requirement for the iGPU? I think you are talking about the Google coral TPU. Frigate uses that for AI Processing in CCTV footage captured. Can it's power be harnessed for PhotoPrism as well?

And which slot should the motherboard have to house the iGPU? Any PCIe x16 empty slot will suffice? the GPU's slot can be reused?

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36 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Can probably ditch the GPU to save power and run transcodings on the iGPU.

Oh my bad, you are talking about the integrated graphics. I can just remove the GPU. thanks.

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