Is this a bad option for a home server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by qaz@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Processor: (3.40 GHz) 4-Core Intel Core i7-6700 Processor

Memory (RAM): 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4 U Memory (for i-series/Core Processors)

Graphics Card: Integrated Graphics (with i series processors only) +$0.00

Drive 1: 3TB HDD SATA 7.2k 3.5" Hard Drive

Drive 2: 3TB HDD SATA 7.2k 3.5" Hard Drive

M.2 Storage: 512GB M.2 SSD NVMe Drive

Price: $291.95

My main concern with this option is energy usage. The CPU's TDP is 65W, the CPU in my current server's TDP is 35W.

It does have a few advantages over my current setup:

More RAM 8 → 32
Better CPU, passmark score 4766 → 8091, threads 4 → 8
Ability to use RAID, current setup only has the capacity for 1 drive.

Is this a good option or is there a better option? I've also been considering using an external drive enclosure with software RAID, but I heard that could be unreliable.

EDIT: Is the price good? Shipping is quite expensive (about $100), so I'm only planning on buying it if the deal is good.

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[-] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
Plex	Brand of media server package
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 4 acronyms.

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