Subj : Re: I'm back.
To   : Recon #1
From : Weatherman
Date : Sat Feb 10 2024 06:05 pm


R> Yeah he didn't quite go that epic, but got a great starter system. 30tb?
R> Thats insane. I want. I'm looking to build a machine for the purpose of a
R> media server for the house, while also some type of overall server for my
R> BBS'es and files. I don't think I need any GPU, as thinking Intel i7, but
R> after that I'm unsure. I definetly want max spinning space for sure. RAM
R> is so surpisingly cheap, 64gb makes sense. Why do you have 4 GPU's? Did
R> you buy a power plant with it? (smilez). What did you use for cooling?

I do crypto mining in my main PC, so the extra GPUs are for that task.  I did 
have to add a mini-split A/C to my office to keep the cooling under control. It 
runs even in the winter to keep things from getting too hot in here.

For CPU cooling, I use the AMD Wraith cooler.  It looks cool, is quiet, and 
works just fine for cooling the CPU.  I bought the bundle - so the CPU came 
with it.

R> 5 mintues?!?! I'd be in trouble. It was my first time in one, we just got
R> it here in Indianapolis not long ago. It's about 15 minutes away. Their
R> selection is great and they match New Egg, Amazon, pretty much anyone so
R> there's that. I was blown away by their RPI section too. The sheer number
R> of isles dedicated to Raspberry Pi was overwealming.

Yes, I love just browsing in MicroCenter.  It is around 30 minutes away from 
where I live, but to me that is very close.  So many things to check out in 
that store.  

For storage servers (and ESXi), I really like SuperMicro servers.  You can get 
them for decent pricing and can install a boat load of drives in them.  One of 
mine that I use for storage has 150tb of storage and as soon as I see another 
14TB Western Digital Enterprise Drives sale at ServerPartsDeal, I'll be buying 
another batch of them.  

- Mark

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