My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB Memory

Re:My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB ... by tgtweak on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:40PM (#20692286)

Yes but build it with 128GB of ram and try and get a lights-out kvm on it.

Much better value can be had than OPs buy - just picked up a Dell R820 (quad 8core,3.2ghz v2 Xeons, hyperthreading is overrated yo) with 768GB of ram and dual 10G nics for $1500. Idles around 170W (about $5/mo where I live). The real magic: 8 full (16x 3.0) pcie slots.

The 3900x is a beast for the workstation though, and I have it running there with nothing but praise.

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Re:My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB ... by sireat on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:47AM (#20696753)

That's a great value!

I just checked eBay and it seems R820 with 128GB and 4x v2 Xeons goes for 1200-1300.

How did you manage to get the extra 640GB for 200-300 ?

PS 6 months ago I upgraded my 2x Xeon 2697v2 Dell Precision T7610 and paid $200 for 128GB DDR ECC (8x16) Didn't expect to see another price drop.

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Re:My Home Lab Server with 20 Cores / 40 Threads and 128 GB ... by tgtweak on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @06:07PM (#20700515)

They come up often enough - someone will be selling a lot of 20+. They go quick but you usually have enough time to send a few messages before they sell out.

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