minus-squareKleppy_is_Geek@alien.topBtoHomelab@selfhosted.forum•Old server hardware - R710 vs R730 power efficiency?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI put 6 SSDs in mine and it sits around 170W doing absolutely nothing. I got it for free. I wouldn’t spend $20 on one now. I replaced it with an AliExpress “4 port, 2.5GB Router” Intel N6000 Supports 64GB RAM 4 port 2.5GB NVME The storage isn’t record setting, its a single PCIE channel but I’ll be damned if I couldn’t run 4-8 basic VMs on it. $225 after adding 32GB RAM and a 1TB drive linkfedilink
I put 6 SSDs in mine and it sits around 170W doing absolutely nothing. I got it for free. I wouldn’t spend $20 on one now.
I replaced it with an AliExpress “4 port, 2.5GB Router” Intel N6000 Supports 64GB RAM 4 port 2.5GB NVME
The storage isn’t record setting, its a single PCIE channel but I’ll be damned if I couldn’t run 4-8 basic VMs on it.
$225 after adding 32GB RAM and a 1TB drive