Question PCPartPicker but for servers

[joeacejr15]

Hello, does anyone know of a website like PCPartPicker, but for servers? I want to put together a server to make sure everything works and is compatible, similar to how PCPartPicker works, but there is no AMD EPYC Rome options for the CPU. It could have RAID cards, single/dual socket motherboards, hyper cards, stuff like that. Specialized server cases in tower, rack, or blade form factors, server coolers, racks, etc.

 

[Nemesia]

Can't you build an Epyc system on pcpartpicker? I can see the CPU's the motherboard and everything you need on pcpartpicker.

 

[Wolfshadw]

I agree. When I was building my server, I started with the motherboard and then started looking for compatible parts. This was long before PC Part Picker, but I'd follow the same steps. Start with a server motherboard and then let it narrow down the compatible options from there.

-Wolf sends

 

[hang-the-9]

Hello, does anyone know of a website like PCPartPicker, but for servers? I want to put together a server to make sure everything works and is compatible, similar to how PCPartPicker works, but there is no AMD EPYC Rome options for the CPU. It could have RAID cards, single/dual socket motherboards, hyper cards, stuff like that. Specialized server cases in tower, rack, or blade form factors, server coolers, racks, etc.

Something like that won't have much of an audience since most places that buy real servers do so from OEM vendors to get full system support and OS configuration (companies), and anyone that would be looking to build a sever with server parts would know what they need to look at already (consultants and students).

 

[USAFRet]

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-poweredge-servers/sc/servers

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers.html


What will this server be used for?

 

[joeacejr15]

Can't you build an Epyc system on pcpartpicker? I can see the CPU's the motherboard and everything you need on pcpartpicker.

Nope I cant see any EPYC stuff on pcpartpicker. I literally typed EPYC into pcpartpicker and saw nothing. I am in a new pcpart list btw.

 

[joeacejr15]

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-poweredge-servers/sc/servers

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers.html


What will this server be used for?

Selling CPU horsepower and/or storage for money. So I really do need a very efficient CPU, like EPYC, and lots of storage per drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Dell
https://www.amd.com/en/campaigns/amd-and-dell

HP
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/amd.html

 

[hang-the-9]

Selling CPU horsepower and/or storage for money. So I really do need a very efficient CPU, like EPYC, and lots of storage per drive.

So Amazon Cloud, Azure, Google Drive, etc...? Will be hard to compete with those for a new setup unless you have a lot of money backing you.

 

[joeacejr15]

So Amazon Cloud, Azure, Google Drive, etc...? Will be hard to compete with those for a new setup unless you have a lot of money backing you.

SIA and STORJ give you money per terabyte stored per month and they give you money based on recovery of users files.

 

[USAFRet]

SIA and STORJ give you money per terabyte stored per month and they give you money based on recovery of users files.

We can assume you've run their calculator for expected 'payout'?

Storage Node Estimator

storj.io

From what I see, it barely pays for the electricity.
Not counting your upfront cost of buying the hardware.

 

[joeacejr15]

We can assume you've run their calculator for expected 'payout'?

Storage Node Estimator

storj.io

From what I see, it barely pays for the electricity.
Not counting your upfront cost of buying the hardware.

Upon further investigation, I would probably just connect a few mediasonic 8 bay enclosures to a low power Windows 10 desktop and just use storage spaces. Also I found a very good deal on some 6tb hard drives. I dont think the mediasonic 8 bay enclosures with an i3 8100 or 9100 or an Athlon 200ge or 3000g just using the iGPU on either system is going to be anywhere close to $1000 of electricity a year, even $150 a year for energy would be a stretch. Plus I can take advantage of the leftover data speeds so it would basically make me money.

 

[popatim]

Payouts are often posted on reddit and much lower then their projections shown on the calculator.
Good luck.