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Efficiency Alternative for Corsair RM550X in Home Server (alien.top)

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

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I aim to build a new homeserver lately.

Upon researching I found the RM550X by Corsair as a power efficient option under low loads.

The sad part is, that its available nowhere.

Does someone know a valid alternative, that does not cost more than the whole build?

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[–] MrB2891@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

DL360 ≠ DL380

But you've done a nice job of proving my point. You have a system that you have to hack together your drive storage, since it can't accommodate 3.5" drives. You have have a system that has abysmal single thread performance. You have a system that has overall less compute power than a $240 midrange desktop CPU, yes uses over twice the power. You have a system that has no hardware media encoding.

I'll add, I certainly don't trust ILO to report accurate power draw. Measure from the wall. Each of your CPU's pulls over 120w by themselves alone at 100% utilization. So either your weren't pushing them, or your numbers are off. You should have been pulling 300w at a minimum.