Hi there,
I currently have a X9SRA with a E5-2630v2 with 128GB of RAM. The motherboard is crapping out, it will work well some days, then at some point will reboot all the time... Ordered another used on ebay, it came with bent pins...
So now I am looking to upgrade mobo+cpu+ram. I plan to keep my current PSU+Case (ATX only!) Power consumption is a secondary thought, but it must be silent!
My use case: simple hypervisor host (ESXI) with 3 "prod' VMs (one Linux for docker with unifi, logs, ect, one OpenBSD, one Windows for Web/Admin), and then rooms for another 4-5 VMs depending on which tech I am playing with
I'll be fine with 64GB of RAM honestly. Don't need too much storage since everything is stored on a synology. But the more PCIe the better for expansion, the better. For the CPU like 12 cores/24 threads should be enough, my E5-2630v2 could struggle a bit when I was going hard on it. A stronger 8c/16t should be fine too.
I was looking at upgrading to 2011-3, but the used motherboards on ebay are very expensive IMO, a brand new one for xeon scalable or epyc doesn't cost a lot more.
I was also looking at Ryzen, but there is not a lot of PCIe lanes. There is also threadripper, but it seems that current motherboards will not be compatible with the 3rd gen, so I am a bit hesitant.
Epyc seems awesome, but I don’t want to buy a motherboard that could be incompatible with Rome, even if I would probably starts with a used Naple from ebay.
Xeon Scalable seems to be less performant than Epyc (not sure I will be able to see the difference with my use case TBH). There is more used CPUs on ebay, and lots of ES. Never had an ES before, I am a bit hesitant, but the price is attractive.
Basically:
Budget: $700-$1000
Thoughts?
I currently have a X9SRA with a E5-2630v2 with 128GB of RAM. The motherboard is crapping out, it will work well some days, then at some point will reboot all the time... Ordered another used on ebay, it came with bent pins...
So now I am looking to upgrade mobo+cpu+ram. I plan to keep my current PSU+Case (ATX only!) Power consumption is a secondary thought, but it must be silent!
My use case: simple hypervisor host (ESXI) with 3 "prod' VMs (one Linux for docker with unifi, logs, ect, one OpenBSD, one Windows for Web/Admin), and then rooms for another 4-5 VMs depending on which tech I am playing with
I'll be fine with 64GB of RAM honestly. Don't need too much storage since everything is stored on a synology. But the more PCIe the better for expansion, the better. For the CPU like 12 cores/24 threads should be enough, my E5-2630v2 could struggle a bit when I was going hard on it. A stronger 8c/16t should be fine too.
I was looking at upgrading to 2011-3, but the used motherboards on ebay are very expensive IMO, a brand new one for xeon scalable or epyc doesn't cost a lot more.
I was also looking at Ryzen, but there is not a lot of PCIe lanes. There is also threadripper, but it seems that current motherboards will not be compatible with the 3rd gen, so I am a bit hesitant.
Epyc seems awesome, but I don’t want to buy a motherboard that could be incompatible with Rome, even if I would probably starts with a used Naple from ebay.
Xeon Scalable seems to be less performant than Epyc (not sure I will be able to see the difference with my use case TBH). There is more used CPUs on ebay, and lots of ES. Never had an ES before, I am a bit hesitant, but the price is attractive.
Basically:
- Ryzen: cheap, but no rdimm support, PCIe lanes limited (GPU+10GB+1 nvme, that’s pretty much it)
- Epyc: more expensive, must scout for a Rome compatible mobo
- Xeon Scalable: potentially less expensive than Epyc, could start with an inexpensive ES from ebay
Budget: $700-$1000
Thoughts?