I Built a $40 Budget Home Server!

In today's video I am showing you the budget $40 server I am building with massive upgrades! Dual Intel Xeon 2470 CPUs, 128GB ECC DDR3 RAM, Dell Perc H330 RAID Controller and 1tb of SSD boot storage!
💡 Who this video is for:
- People who are interested in building a budget home server setup
- Tech enthusiasts building their first home lab
- Users interested in NAS and media servers
- Anyone upgrading a PowerEdge T420 server
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[@AlanKlughammer]

A T420 for $40? Great deal.

[@dleer_defi]

That’s what I’m saying! Thanks for watching 🤝

[@drnotna8713]

Is it just me or is the audio not matching the video

[@michaelmcconnell7302]

Yea it's like it's dubbed over a foreign language or something

[@dleer_defi]

I'm not sure what happened with the intro clip. I might have to reupload if I can't figure out a solution in KZbin studio

[@PeterMulm]

Great quality!

[@dleer_defi]

Thank you, that means a lot!

[@HORNOMINATOR]

[@dleer_defi]

Me too! :D Thanks for watching!

[@0p.4]

Solid vid dude. Just wanted to point out the ESD strap needs to be flush against your skin to be effective. I'll be following your career though with great interest!

[@dleer_defi]

Thanks for the advice and support!

[@zeroturn7091]

Wouldn’t mind getting one of these for that price, but from what I’ve read they don’t work well with TCRPL.

[@dleer_defi]

TCRPL?

[@zeroturn7091]

@@dleer_defi Tiny Core Red Pill Loader, the successor to Xpenology.

[@AndsimGamingVideo]

hi , i notice your video have abit issues on audio, it not really sync where u on ur cam at beginning

[@dleer_defi]

Thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately there was an audio syncing issue with the intro clip in post production.

[@MrOnycz]

Hi! nice video loved it. I would like to ask you, what is the consumption of electric power on this thing. Thank you

[@dleer_defi]

Thanks for watching! I am working on a video that dives into the power consumption of my entire home lab. PowerEdge T430, R720xd and T420 along with some other hardware.

[@jackipiegg]

23:03 Do check the power consumption on idle. If its above 150W idle, probably not a good idea to run it at home.

[@AnIdiotAboard_]

150 watts at idle means its got big problems, those things idle at 75 to 90 watts, i got about 20 of em lol

[@TheRaretunes]

@@AnIdiotAboard_ what? my ryzen 1700 "server" idles at about 55/65W

[@HORNOMINATOR]

dont blame my superior quad opteron system for 400w idle, no shaming please

[@dleer_defi]

@@HORNOMINATOR based

[@OfficialMikeJ]

your audio and video is out of sync. fyi and the cpu's your talking about are called Xeon's not Xenon's.

[@dleer_defi]

Yea… audio in the first clip got messed up in post 😭 and I know Xeon and Xenon are pronounced differently but for some reason I can’t say it 😂

[@Yandarval]

If all you can more or less afford is $40 for a server. Especially an older server. You will be unable to afford the electricity to run it. Even the lower prices in the US compared to Europe. The cost will spiral quickly.

[@dleer_defi]

That is a great point. Operational costs are easy to forget about until the power bill arrives

[@Yandarval]

@@dleer_defi I had a dual CPU HP sever of the same generation as the T420. Even with the L (low power) series of CPUs and 64BG of RAM. Its still idled at 127 watts. Which is a lot when its doing nothing. If you poke around. You will find a lot of servers of that generation, dont have many C states for the CPU. So the CPUs dont go into a low power state very often.

[@HORNOMINATOR]

@@Yandarval opteron lololol

[@Yandarval]

@@HORNOMINATOR 1st or 2nd Gen Intel E5 2630L or something like that. Certainly Intel low power/high core count ones.

[@christopherjames9843]

He never said it was "all he could afford".

[@martontichi8611]

yeah right more like $400

[@krissy_h7854]

There look to be extra sata ports available. Why not use one of them for boot SSD and mount it under the optical drive? This way you'd have the 4 bay HDD cage available for entirely for storage.

[@dleer_defi]

That is a great idea!! I will do some research on feasibility