#Motherboard for a Home Server

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stone tusk
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B450/B550. If it’s a home lab you won’t need things like IPMI however I would stand by something that is definitely air cooled with a tower cooler, then plenty of positive airflow. If it’s going to be away from dust, it’s always good to have positive airflow

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Well are you wanting rack chassis or tower?

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It all depends on what you wanna do

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So you wanna go with something that’s like a meshify

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But go B450 since you don’t need the features of a B550

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Ryzen 9 5900X is a good CPU but still quite pricy, so maybe a 3900X would work better for you.

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But you would need a shitty gpu (anything what’s pci-e) for the original install

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Since 3900X doesn’t have an IGPU

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Only ryzen that has an IGPU is any ending with a G

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That’s even better. But for the motherboard

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Any B450 with good VRM’s like an ASUS tuf or something

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Not really, but the meshify has really good air filters

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So doesn’t take in a lot of dust

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The best defence is a good offence

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Ooo well if you give me a budget and what you wanna do with it, I can throw together a parts list if you would like

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USD?

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Well with that budget, 2nd hand is gonna be the way

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Since the CPU alone is $400

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(New)

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Ahh I’m not US, so I’m not sure about that but I’ll make you a little list around that price.

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And then ofc you can do some digging / get comparable stuff with what you have around you

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Yeah pretty much

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That’s what I’m doing just like “template” of what you kinda want

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And ofc you can go second hand but all new at normal EU pricing is like $1300 but ofc that’s all new and very much overpriced

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Second hand and heavy discount

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I would say you could get it for $500-550 easy

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What country are you from? They aren’t like “server” spec

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They are general consumer parts

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Older high end stuff and new mid range

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The GPU and PSU are place holders

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Since you don’t need an insane GPU or PSU. Just not a bomb

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Here the prices aren’t that bad (Uk) and it’s second hand market. It’s pretty cheap.

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I can buy AMD epyc + mobo + RAM for $700

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Yeah that’s pretty good

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That’s still 50% of your budget

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3900X second hand is $100

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Here’s a way of thinking about it

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CPU’s are soo precise and perfectly made that a CPU will last 20 years

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A motherboard won’t, that’s why the CPU’s are cheap and the mobos are expensive

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That’s why 4770K’s are still a thing on starter pcs

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Because you can get one for $50 but the mobos are $200

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But a R9-3900X or a 5900X will easily do the tasks you want for the next 5 years atleast