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[LTT] Testing a $300 gaming PC from Taobao which includes harvested CPU + chipset + RAM from old workstations/servers (www.youtube.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

X99 is good step up for anyone looking to make a step up from consumer hardware for building out the next level of Homelab/NAS/VM/Media server.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm still runnign a 5820k although overclocked. I had thought about upgrading to a i7-6950X just for fun, they are cheap now but I woudl think almost any modern CPU is going to be better. A 7800X3D isn't much more expensive then a second hand one anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

But do be aware that by building your NAS / homelab around x99 instead of OEM desktop Skylake, you are spending quite a lot of electricity to buy experience with high-port-count platforms.