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Overkill for starter build? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by PastamanVibrationsYa@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Will this be overkill or otherwise not recommended for someone who is new and just starting to learn?

My goal is to have something I can grow into, but initially I'd like to host a few VMs, game servers, and a have place to store content. I'd also like to host a PLEX server in the future as well but might buy a separate piece of hardware for it specifically down the road. Thanks in advance for taking the time to help a newbie!

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[–] arroyobass@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Absolutely this. The power and heat from older servers is a significant factor. I'm running a r720XD and it pulls about 300w under normal load with a typical home server setup of VMs with home assistant, Plex, truenas, etc.

I would love to upgrade to something like a v4 cpu, but I'm leaning towards micro PCs in a cluster because of the size and power constraints.