Help speccing out a server

[BOOP]

So I'm trying to spec out a Ryzen 9 5900X server, but I'm not quite experienced or knowledgeable in terms of building servers. Would this configuration work?

 

[Ambrosia]

Where is this server going to be? Your house?

 

[BOOP]

Where is this server going to be? Your house?

Colocated, at my house would be quite a waste of potential

 

[Gunny]

Building a server is A LOT different from building a PC and I would recommend against it if you lack experience with server hardware.

 

[BOOP]

Building a server is A LOT different from building a PC and I would recommend against it if you lack experience with server hardware.

If everyone had that attitude nobody would be learning

 

[Gunny]

If everyone had that attitude nobody would be learning

Note I said lack of experience with server hardware. Learning with prebuilts is probably the first step, not launching yourself into building one. It's like trying to build a car because you've changed the breaks.

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Especially since it's not just hardware but also software compatibility.

 

[BOOP]

Note I said lack of experience with server hardware. Learning with prebuilts is probably the first step, not launching yourself into building one. It's like trying to build a car because you've changed the breaks.

I have a server at home that I've partially taken apart and put back together a few times, but I want to build a server. I'm not too worried about losing money by breaking something or just spending a lot of time figuring things out. I have plenty of time outside of job and school, and I don't really care if I waste a bit of money since I don't have bills to pay.

 

[Gunny]

Ahh, I should say if using commercially as I assumed that is the purpose for a $2k spec that you're trying to colocate. As a home lab, it's whatever cause if something fails it doesn't effect others.

 

[BOOP]

Ahh, I should say if using commercially as I assumed that is the purpose for a $2k spec that you're trying to colocate. As a home lab, it's whatever cause if something fails it doesn't effect others.

I intend to test it extensively for a while in the colo environment before ever selling it, I'll probably run it myself with Proxmox and a few VMs running game servers and websites for a month.

 

[Gunny]

I intend to test it extensively for a while in the colo environment before ever selling it, I'll probably run it myself with Proxmox and a few VMs running game servers and websites for a month.

Alright. Best of luck then. From what I can see based off those parts, it should fit together just fine. I have no clue about things like the IPMI or other software of this setup tho.