pc build my home server build

[Torin Tech Tips]

I haven't built it yet but i am going to be building my first home lab here are the specs please roast me:

Machinest X99 Dual CPU Motherboard

2 Xeon E5 2670-v3's

Nvidia K80 Tesla

AMD Radeon RX 570

32 Gigs of DDR4 ECC RAM

big case and some cooling stuff

[Dutch_Master]

That's an okay starter, what are you planning to do with it? NAS, Plex, AI, dev-work?

[Electronics Wizardy]

WHy those GPU's? That k80 is over 12 years old now, and well out of driver support.

 

What is your use case? 

 

Those chips are getting a bit too old for my uses. Pretty power hungry, not super fast, and missing many newer instructions that programs are starting to want.

[Torin Tech Tips]

1 hour ago, Dutch_Master said:

That's an okay starter, what are you planning to do with it? NAS, Plex, AI, dev-work?

I mostly host my own game servers and mess around with AI stuff, but it will eventually be a NAS.

[Torin Tech Tips]

9 minutes ago, Torin Tech Tips said:

I mostly host my own game servers and mess around with AI stuff, but it will eventually be a NAS.

I also have my gaming pc which I don't know if I should just be using it instead cause it has a 5080 and I5 14400F.

[LIGISTX]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Those chips are getting a bit too old for my uses

I still run Xeon 2011 V4 myself... but I do not disagree, its hard to recommend going that route today.

 

That said, I have tried looking into newer generation Xeon stuff, it gets a bit confusing. Is there a low price newer option? I personally would like something from 2020 or newer, but trying to find a Xeon with at least 12-16 threads that is not "more money than its worth" has been a challenge for me for whatever reason. What chips should I (and OP) be looking at?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, LIGISTX said:

I still run Xeon 2011 V4 myself... but I do not disagree, its hard to recommend going that route today.

 

That said, I have tried looking into newer generation Xeon stuff, it gets a bit confusing. Is there a low price newer option? I personally would like something from 2020 or newer, but trying to find a Xeon with at least 12-16 threads that is not "more money than its worth" has been a challenge for me for whatever reason. What chips should I (and OP) be looking at?

The issue is the market for the 'medium' sized server chip like lga 2011 has really skrinked. The big server farms really want giant chips, and small businesses and clusters are getting replaced by cloud nodes pretty quick.

 

LGA 3647 and earlier epyc is getting pretty cheap with all the server features, and desktop platforms have enough IO and performance for most uses with much less idle power usage. I'd probably go with a desktop platofrm for what OP is listing if power usage matters much.

[DraconisMaximus]

On 1/14/2026 at 2:46 PM, Torin Tech Tips said:

I haven't built it yet but i am going to be building my first home lab here are the specs please roast me:

Machinest X99 Dual CPU Motherboard

2 Xeon E5 2670-v3's

Nvidia K80 Tesla

AMD Radeon RX 570

32 Gigs of DDR4 ECC RAM

big case and some cooling stuff

As this is by all appearances a used parts build; are you planning to buy the parts individually? Used or refurbished (older) servers are usually fairly easy to find on Craigslist, Ebay, etc.