So not really a "downgrade", per se. But I'm OP at the moment. Literally. Idling at ~200w with drives spun down and BIOS power set to the most eco-possible modes. And I'd like to halve that if possible.
Here's the minimums:
12 x SATA HDD
4 x NVMe SSD
Extra SSD or NVMe for boot drive
1 x 10GBe SFP+ (prefer DAC, though I could maybe stomach a transceiver on the switch if needed)
GPU/iGPU for Plex Transcode
Currently I'm running a dual Ivy Bridge (SuperMicro X9DRI-F + 2x E5-2650 v2), 8x16GB RAM, 9207-8i-based HBA, ConnectX 3, Nvidia Tesla P4, and I've bifurcated (quadfurcated??) an x16 slot to work with the 4x NVMe SSD's. All runs Proxmox. Hosting 2 major VM's: TrueNAS Scale and an Ubuntu image running a bunch of Docker-based apps. I'm happy. It's quiet. Runs great. But I want to scratch my eco-itch, even if it's going to take half a century to pay off the savings.
Really I need advice on CPU/Mobo combo. It's obviously massive overkill for my needs. Certainly I don't need dual CPU's. I don't need 16 cores and 32 threads (though I won't lie and say I won't miss them). ECC and IPMI and other server-grade bits are probably just "nice-to-have" given my use case (largely a media server with some duty as the working drive for my video editing).
I keep wanting to buy a new consumer board. Zen 4 or Intel 13th gen. But I keep pausing because of the lack of PCIe. I can't seem to figure out the right combination of onboard + add-ons that will meet my needs. They're all about that game, no storage. I've considered a Epyc Rome-based combo (Supermicro H11SSL-i + 7282), but that's unlikely to get me below 100w once I add back in all of the cards. AliExpress stuff gives me the chills.
Anyway, I'm hoping someone here has some great advice. Thanks in advance!
Here's the minimums:
12 x SATA HDD
4 x NVMe SSD
Extra SSD or NVMe for boot drive
1 x 10GBe SFP+ (prefer DAC, though I could maybe stomach a transceiver on the switch if needed)
GPU/iGPU for Plex Transcode
Currently I'm running a dual Ivy Bridge (SuperMicro X9DRI-F + 2x E5-2650 v2), 8x16GB RAM, 9207-8i-based HBA, ConnectX 3, Nvidia Tesla P4, and I've bifurcated (quadfurcated??) an x16 slot to work with the 4x NVMe SSD's. All runs Proxmox. Hosting 2 major VM's: TrueNAS Scale and an Ubuntu image running a bunch of Docker-based apps. I'm happy. It's quiet. Runs great. But I want to scratch my eco-itch, even if it's going to take half a century to pay off the savings.
Really I need advice on CPU/Mobo combo. It's obviously massive overkill for my needs. Certainly I don't need dual CPU's. I don't need 16 cores and 32 threads (though I won't lie and say I won't miss them). ECC and IPMI and other server-grade bits are probably just "nice-to-have" given my use case (largely a media server with some duty as the working drive for my video editing).
I keep wanting to buy a new consumer board. Zen 4 or Intel 13th gen. But I keep pausing because of the lack of PCIe. I can't seem to figure out the right combination of onboard + add-ons that will meet my needs. They're all about that game, no storage. I've considered a Epyc Rome-based combo (Supermicro H11SSL-i + 7282), but that's unlikely to get me below 100w once I add back in all of the cards. AliExpress stuff gives me the chills.
Anyway, I'm hoping someone here has some great advice. Thanks in advance!