Hey all!
Hope you all are doing well, I’m looking to build out my current homelab which is two mini PCs that I salvaged from my employer (one was a Intel OPS PC and the other a lenovo M93 Micro) paired with a linksys router (I forget the model)
I was looking at 1st and 2nd gen Threadripper chips (specifically 1950x and 2950x) and wanted to know what you all recommend.
I want the pcie lanes so I can pick up another graphics card (in addition to my current 1060) and some nvme cards.
Quite welcome :-)
A few places:
Intel ARK for full CPU specs
CPUBenchmark for estimating perf and perf/watt
eBay for figuring out modern prices – E5-2660v3 can be had for about $15, E5-2698v4 for about $110
Also eBay for figuring out what servers are available for cheap with a particular socket interface
This very subreddit of course :-) y’all rock