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My first time building a home server, i have few questions in mind (Update) (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw a lot of people recommending to buy used CPU and other components and to my surprise I saw a lot of CPUs on eBay which are worth 4000$ are sold for 30$? is this too good to be true? or are these heavily damaged and they do not work?

Even if it was worth 600$ and I can get it for 40$ that's a big win I believe, can you guys share your experience and do you think I can find parts that fit my needs? thank you

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Don't forget that a single core on a modern CPU might be 4x faster and use 4x less power than an old xeon. Old server gear is cheap because it's slow and costs heaps to run - make sure to budget for ongoing costs too.

I reduced my servers power consumption from $5 a day to $1 by replacing 2 2667v2 machines with a single i5 12500 machine... And it's significantly faster. My servers main use was Plex and at $150~ a month to run it was cheaper to be subscribed to Netflix, Disney, Stan, binge etc every month vs leaving the old gear on.