Eco Power Build – Building a Powerful, Energy Saving 4
Eco Power Build – Building a Powerful, Energy Saving 4 Bay Unraid Server
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“Spaceinvader One”
Join me as I set up great Unraid server that’s not only compact and powerful but also energy-efficient. In this video, I’m building a small 4-bay server using a sleek case and an Intel i5-13400 processor, tailored to meet modern efficiency standards without sacrificing performance. This new setup is designed to replace my 12-year-old Gen8 Microserver, previously serving as a backup server.
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Да Вы вандал!!! Зачем было провода то отрезать? можно было кнопку просто демонтировать.
That rear switch may have been for chassis intrusion detection.
Also my mom worked for a company as a bookkeeper in the 1980's and somehow managed to fry one of the computers she was using via static discharge. It was replaced and later on the same thing happened. The solution was to give her a huge plastic rolling chair mat as it was the carpet that was charging her up.
The curve on the DDR4 RAM… I am not sure about that video clip. The real (and relatively obvious) reason is that it allows the RAM to be inserted with the contacts not having to deflect all at once, which would be the case if the edge of the RAM circuit board was straight. The clever thing is that this design allows reduced insertion force without reducing the contact pressure when the RAM is in the socket.
My G8 running on a E3-1280 v2 use less than 30w on idle, but not always is idle as is running at least one VM up to 4 at one point and i need to switch to 10G as this one cannot handle that ammount of traffic.
Why is one drive btrfs, one zfs and 2x xfs? Is there a reason or….? Is it better to have a cache as ZFS rather than BTRFS?
Whenever possible, do more videos like this. It's really nice. Even though you look at bit uncomfortable in the beginning.
Good job nonetheless! 😀
Also, this build would be epic for my cache server with my 10 Gbit networking I'm upgrading to.
Thanks!
I, too, have a Gen 8 Microserver with a Xeon (though it's the E3-1265L V2), but I've managed to cram 4x 3.5" HDD, 3x 2.5" HDD, and 4x 2.5" SSD. Absolutely loaded. Maybe one day I'll upgrade. Was particularly interesting seeing the Passmark score for a modern i5 vs my old Xeon…
04:47 – hey Spaceinvader One, do you have a husky yourself? Any chance of seeing it in a video, I love huskies.
intel is supporting the genocide, we need solutions with amd or arm. Thanks.
Anyone know how how he's displaying power consumption?
That case is Out of Stock :/
Great video as ever Ed. Great build. Keep ‘em coming bud!
C is Common, NO is Normally Open and NC is Normally Closed
I purchased a CPU cooler from Amazon Warehouse, as well…and the thermal past tube was pretty much empty. Amazon needs to check consumables when they put an item in their warehouse section. At 12 cents per Kwh, it works out to just over a dollar a year. So, by saving 20 watts average power draw over the course of a year, thats ~$21. However, in Europe, typical energy costs are higher, so adjust the math to fit your actual power rates. A handy value to know, when you are concerned about trimming your electricity bill.
I worked in electronics production for 30 years, the latter 10 of which was hand placing prototype SMT boards. I never wore an esd strap I'm pretty sure it's b*llocks tbh. I was told though that rather than an immediate failure of sensitive parts you're shortening the life of them. Still think it's bs lol
Man… Makes me want to downsize soo bad 😅 awesome job though with the sponsorship, keep it up!
As a side, you inspired me to create my Unraid server and have helped me with many configurations in the past with basic setup, tdarr, nextcloud etc.
(sorry if it comes across as a plug) but if your interested, I took an older Dell equalogic rack case and modded it to accept consumer hardware. would love your feedback. https://youtu.be/2OC6A6i8-uQ?si=trHmn2fpaJQHOftt
Thats the case I've been using for years 😂. Must be some where around 10 years at this point. Started life as a Hyper-V server and is now an Unraid server. Did have to replace the PSU at one point.
Finally a face to that voice. Thanks for all the great tutorials over the years!
live long and data saving for gen8🖖my favorite little server☺
https://youtu.be/1LG3_hnq9eA?t=690 I've never done that EVER in 30+ years.
NC = normally closed, NO = normally open
I have seen this case on asia region and branded as INWIN
There is VAT outside of UK. In many places it is MORE than in UK. So it's not ever "cheaper". You just have to pay it later.
Kind of surprised this isn't more efficient at idle. Mine is based on a 4th! Gen I5 and idles at 28w.
Just FYI, that noctua paste is one of the, if not the, top paste you can buy. Nice build.
Hi, I know maybe is power efficient but I was wondering if there’s a gpu small enough to fit there and power enough to run local llmm ( home assistant local voice control)
Thanks
I wonder if the N100M fits well in a 1U rackmounted case.
My plan is to finally migrate from my Raspberry Pi-based Home Assistant and the N100M looks like a great option, but it needs to sit in a rackmounted case.
I just built my first UnRaid server on the Microserver G8. Modifying the power supply and the base of the case for holding a N5105 nas motherboard. I'm quite happy with the case it can hold 4 drives in the bays, one 3.5" on the side and 2 SSD on the top + the nvme on the MOBO.
It's been a good budget building for the first one. Now I'm thinking about the next one 😅
Thanks for this video!
What about Plex transcoding with the IGPU?
Always loved the Atari 800XL
I'm really looking forward to see your energy efficient build – can't wait 😉
I believe the back switch is a chassis intrusion switch. It's not common on most pcs but more common on servers and enterprise devices
I can only assume the 26w is without the drives, as those should be around 5w each. Just for reference, a 14700 runs about 22w with the nvme, with a few containers running (home assistant vm, Plex lxc, portainer (with a few docker thing running there as well). I found it better suited me to have an extremely fast machine for all the services (with no need for ECC ram since this machine is backed up on a NAS anyway), and a separate NAS for storage only. The NAS does the file sharing and that’s it.
Make sure you turn off audio, enable all c states and aspm options. With that cpu you should be in the 20w range. A 14100 cpu was running 18w, the 14500 was 20w, all before I switched to the 14700 at 22w. I kept the performance governor as well…