Thoughts on first time server build

[pbjay]

Wanting to launch a Proxmox home server for the following

• Jellyfin Media Server
• NAS via ZFS
• Home labs - various environments to learn different Linux distros, active directory scenarios and to learn docker
• Minecraft server
• Personal File Cloud i.e. NextCloud
• Bitwarden password manager locally instead of online

Note - I have decided not to go with ECC. I am prepared to set up a backs of my system. I do not have any "mission critical" data being stored on this server, hence not a necessity for me

Chosen Intel for QSV - shouldnt need a GPU as only 2 people in my house will be using this so the CPU should be enough. CPU was chosen largely due to the core count

Case: Jonsbo N4 MicroATX Desktop Case
MOBO: MAXSUN Challenger B760ITX D5 WIFI (mainly got it for the price - has enough sata ports for now -
CPU: Intel Core i5-13400 2.5 GHz 10-Core (wanted at least 10 cores for all VM/containers)
NVME: Western Digital Black SN770 500 GB (only for Promox)
SSD: Orico Y-20 2 TB 2.5" (Used to install Jellyfin, docker and all other applications)
Mass Storage: x3 Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 14 TB 3.5" (Pulled HDDs)
PSU: Corsair SF750 (2024)

Budget under 2k AUD which this is just.

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/9Ht7HW

 

[arghdubya]

I could probably do this with a $300 used HP prodesk G4 G5 MT.
(well the (3) 3.5" drives are a prob)
minecraft might see the only benefit with your overpowered CPU (for this use case)
FYI, cores are not dedicated to VMs - they can be overprovisioned and are shared. so a 2 core cpu can run 3, 4, 10 VMs etc

RAM is usually more a consideration than CPU; since it cannot be 'shared'

but these discussions are like someone buying a Porsche because they don't want ice cream to melt on the way home. almost any other decent car is fast enough unless you're >30min on the autobahn, but if the person feels better buying a Porsche and has the money - then sure it works too.