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Very fun to read but may be too advanced to start with... is there a particular reason why I couldn't or should't run this on a regular core i7 7700k powered ma

Very fun to read but may be too advanced to start with... is there a particular reason why I couldn't or should't run this on a regular core i7 7700k powered machine?

slededit 8y ago
You won't have the fun lugging big iron into your basement and hearing it whir up.
- pc86 8y ago
  Which is at least 51% of the point!
- rconti 8y ago
  That mini-mini tower pictured (HP Proliant Gen 8) sure doesn't look like big iron.
  - slededit 8y ago
    It's either a decoy for the girlfriend or the start of a Beowulf clusture of many more.
tjohns 8y ago
For home use, I'd say start with what you have. You can always upgrade later. Power consumption is the biggest thing. For an always-on home server, you want something that sips as little power as possible. (Some of the Intel Avoton CPUs have a 17W TDP, compared to an i7 which can have a TDP anywhere between 65-150W.) Outside that, the only other issue is going to be lack of ECC RAM. Whether that's needed for a home server is debatable. Many folks can get by fine without it. Oh, and lack of lights-out management utilities. Which is convenient, especially in headless setups... but hardly required when the server is a few feet away.