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[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 57 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile...

looks at old Thinkpad and raspi

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have been an IT professional since 1995. Never have I ever had a personal PC that wasn't either a refurbished laptop or some sort of Frankenstein abomination that I put together from whatever was on sale and upcycled parts.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I have been an IT professional since 1995. Never have I ever had a personal PC that wasn’t either a refurbished laptop or some sort of Frankenstein abomination that I pit together from whatever was on sale and upcycled parts.

I've been in the game for about the same amount of time. I stopped doing that about 15 years ago when I saw that the electricity I was paying on older gear was equaling or exceeding the cost of buying newer, faster, and lower power consumption hardware.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Power costs is a poor tax in the same way skipping the dentist and getting a root canal later is.

Also in the process of power efficiency-izing my lab. It just wasn't a feasible option before, I didn't have the means. I just paid interest via electricity.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Do we need to update Sam Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness to Sam Vimes **‘Compute’ ** Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness?

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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 14 points 4 months ago

You can get old servers on eBay for surprisingly little money, like this PowerEdge T410 for $200. Add some drives, install TrueNAS SCALE and you've got a good home server platform.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Also a space heater for the winter and some white noise so you can sleep better!

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Isn't that a bit like buying an old truck instead of a year old Miata?

Afaik those CPUs use so much juice when idling ... sure, you dont get all them lanes or ECC, but a PC at the same price with a few year old CPU outclasses that CPU by a lot & at a fraction of the running cost (also quietly).

Just something to keep in mind as an alternative, especially when you don't intend to fill all the pcie bussy (several users with several intensive tasks that benefit from wider bus to RAM & PCI even with a slow CPU).
Ok, and you miss out on some fancy admin stuff, but ... it's just for home use ...

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[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have a ThinkServer with a similar Xeon, running proxmox -> Debian, so I was looking like "huh, interesting" until I saw the internals.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck all that. Damn it Dell, quit your weird bullshit. It's just a motherboard, cpu, cooler, and ram. Slap in intake and exhaust fans. Figure it the fuck out.

E: and it better have a goddamn standard psu, too. Fuck yourself, Dell. I've seen your shit.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The one saving grace is that their one-off custom damn shit always feels well designed, and they move a lotta units (which helps with repairs when everything is GD custom). Dunno if that's changed in recent years.

With that said I avoid them for personal use usually for the same reason, why have a desktop if you don't get the benefit of parts compatibility?!

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

Hmm, I don't have direct experience with ThinkServers, but what I see on eBay looks like standard ATX hardware... which is not really what you want in a server.

The Dell motherboard has dual CPU sockets and 8 RAM slots. The PSUs are not the common ATX desktop format because there are 2 of them and they are hot swappable. This is basically a rack server repacked into a desktop tower case, not an ATX desktop with a server CPU socket.

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago
[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Hey! What Thinkpad do you use?

I use a W520.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Are you supposed to only have one thinkpad and one thinkcentre??

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

I would just a thinkpad running tent-style

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[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 months ago

I hate this meme and yes absolutely

[-] superkret@feddit.org 19 points 4 months ago

It's not a midlife crisis!
I actually desperately need this, my current server's just not specced right for the 2 dozen VM's I still want to add.

[-] needanke@feddit.org 13 points 4 months ago

Mid-life crisis? I'm in my mid-20s!

[-] Dhar@lemmy.ca 31 points 4 months ago

Who's gonna tell him?

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

That's not mid-life, that's entire-life.

[-] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Why not both? My homelab supports car related activities.

Probably why I don't have the Porsche though.

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[-] denisde4ev@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

makes same sound

Gento fans go brrrrr

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

at least a home lab can do things. people who's entire social life and personality are dedicated to internal combustion bullshit are depressing. vrroooom vroom vroooooom is not a replacement for actually having a life.

I love the self identifying vrooom vrooooooom downvotes rofls. you guys need to find a better hobby.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

You DON'T unDerSTAND I must go vrrroom vrrroom on city streets regardless of pedestrian safety or my wife will remember my dick doesn't work.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

the wife left him years ago lol....

[-] comradegreetingcard@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

I mean... Cars suck..

[-] TaintPuncher@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

I watched my father go this way and I shan’t let it happen to me! I’ve bought a motorcycle like a normal fat, middle-aged man.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

I recently purchased a blade enclosure.

I might be in this meme.

[-] bravesentry@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

And how many of those could you buy for the money one of these cars costs? You might be in this meme, and this meme may compare things that fulfil the same purpose (crisis-wise) but that price difference is one not to be dismissed.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The image I chose for this meme was from a store listing where this was going for 100k

Lots of server/computer hardware can get really up there in price. Just a single Nvidia H100 (The gold standard GPU for AI training) is currently going for ~60k

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[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

The more you're willing to do yourself, the cheaper the car gets.

It's basically a hobby meant for sysadmins and they don't even realize it!

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 5 points 4 months ago
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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

Me who finds really cheap eBay hardware:

[-] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Some of these cases are so expensive. I am wanting a Super Micro CSE-836 style case to upgrade my NAS and I have an eBay alert I set a few years ago when I couldn't quite justify spending the money. Turns out I should have because even used the prices are going up and up.

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Been a few years since I looked, but HP's DL line used to be reasonably affordable.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Hmm which depreciates faster?

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