My Most EPYC Server Build to Date!

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I'm upgrading my Cloud Gaming Server with an AMD Epyc 7742. Holy $hit!
But first... What am I drinking???
From Treehouse Brewing, it's Very Green Double IPA @8.6%. This is nearly the perfect blend of NW IPA and NE IPA styles. West Coast hop profiles with East Coast juice. HIGHLY recommended.
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[@Level1Techs]

ayyyyyyyy glad we could help, keep up the good work :)

[@anthemsjam]

Dude you guys are the best.

[@DavidAshwell]

That time one mad scientist finds another...

[@brycedavey1252]

Thank you for supporting, this has been a very interesting series for us home lab enthusiasts. Let the series go on!!!

[@Ang3lUki]

You are a real King Wendell, you do so much good for this community.

[@nevoyu]

Any chance I can get a homelab starter kit? Been using an old gaming comp but the motherboard freaks out when I slam my ryzen 5 with 4 VM's without ECC and running btrfs tasks in the backround.

[@EposVox]

You have *12 headless Gamers* in your basement? Time to call the FBI.....

[@CraftComputing]

Hey! I keep them in an air conditioned cage. I'm not a monster.

[@harrythehandyman]

@@CraftComputing Are you sure they are not refrigerated instead? LoL😂

[@sophiethecat9256]

@@harrythehandyman nah he keeps them in a meat locker coated in salt to eat later 😋

[@Space_Reptile]

Craft computing: "if its worth doing, it's worth overdoing" My bank account : "DON'T YOU DARE LISTEN TO HIM"

[@stevep4320]

Agree .. I would be divorced in 3 sec.. give or take 10% for "latency".. but Willamette Univ College of Law is just down the road and if not for LVL1 generously providing the $$ in heavy lift, this "shenanigans" might have been the straw to break the loving wife's back.. but bet WU would provide her with legal services pro bono... PS it is insane comuputing system .. and congrats on the new one being built .. looks like about 7 months til system post is done .. PSS did you test the resolution and speed of the ultra sound.. "just for kicks" that is. :-)

[@danielstellmon5330]

Could not have said it better myself.

[@JeffGeerling]

4:30 congratulations!

[@CptPatch]

I love the callback joke to Wendell being able to teleport through telecom racks.

[@magoid]

About that, I don't think Jeff didn't beam Wendell over because he don't have a telecom hack. I think he didn't want to execute the pentagram ritual to start the beam over process ...

[@CraftComputing]

Technically Steve was trying to summon Linus. I think he just Ping'd Wendell by mistake.

[@CheapBastard1988]

@@CraftComputing Yes but Steve got cold feet and disturbed the pentagram. So he got Wendell wearing an LTT hoody. I can still remember Steve screaming "NOT HIM!" when we started hearing Linus' voice.

[@angrynerd2103]

More and more im concerned the techtubers have a cult...

[@pamdemonia]

@@angrynerd2103 oh they have a cult. I'm just worried about the dark turn it seems to have taken. Is 54000+ in R23 actually worth summoning Satan? Some would say yes.

[@mkbean]

The quality of that B reel with the toys is why I come back.

[@TechTechPotato]

One of these days we'll hook you up with a dual 64 core epyc. 256 threads will really blow your socks off

[@CraftComputing]

I promise to use my newfound power only for good. Most of the time anyway.

[@arcadeportal32]

@@CraftComputing I really have to look into making a server for myself to store files my network/personal cloud, just sounds like a fun project

[@carlosc3260]

"If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" ... This guy is my spirit animal

[@JeffJohnson]

This video was about showing off the LEGO collection first and gaming server second. Awesome either way !!

[@nekomakhea9440]

Pretty sure he spends more time tinkering with this 12 Gamers 1 CPU server than actually gaming

[@sarkasaa]

After all that is half the fun, isnt it?

[@madson-web]

That's pretty much what I would do

[@CheapBastard1988]

Well he gets to play with awesome hardware and the family can play videogames. Win - Win

[@andersthorsen8862]

Big congrats with the new family member. Crossing my fingers that everything will go smoothly.

[@KayJay01]

11:12 the processor was so powerful it went back in time and corrupted the footage.

[@Kenidashi]

4:29 Whoa what a drop! Congrats on the new kid!!

[@hughdavies8124]

Love the pun!

[@MrFluteboy1980]

Absolutely loved the empty server case decorated with the X-Wing and A-Wings so it looked like a hangar! Hardware obviously was insane, but the little decorative touches really made this video

[@aliens1990990]

That server is unreal I love seeingservers with fully memory ranks!

[@benputhoff9898]

props for sourcing this stuff in today's market

[@VinnyVidiVintage]

Congrats on the new baby on the way!!!

[@asdf51501]

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.” Love it!

[@HeavyD6600]

Congrats on the new addition the the fam, dude! Awesome video as always.

[@pilsen8920]

I can tell Jeff had fun with this one! B role was extra good this video. And he can't stop smiling

[@ewenchan1239]

Congratulations on your soon-to-be-new baby!

[@vicchopin]

gotta love this show! amazing host, god tier components, interesting ideas, sweeeeet lightning and that cozy feeling covered in uh, woodgrain-ish walling. I don't drink, never did but that "sip" @ 17:27 made me jealous af. ciao! ps: steam deck day one mr crafty!!

[@S0K0N0MI]

The 50's style art deco music over the assembly montage is oddly soothing.

[@brandonchappell1535]

"if its worth doing, its worth overdoing" is the shirt i didnt realize i needed till now!

[@PCTechHustle]

Loved the transporter beaming in of the CPU!

[@henderstech]

Wow, this is so cool. One day I will do a project like this but it will be 2nd hand eBay parts for me lol

[@PCsandEVs]

Congrats on the next kiddo!

[@boombalabo]

Hey congratz on the kid! in a couple year you will need a 13th VM for him/her

[@krzyzakpolska]

been watching your channel for a while. Its great to see how you progressed and your videos are pro quality :)

[@Derpuwolf]

Now this, is Epic

[@CheapBastard1988]

*Epyc

[@carlnauwelaerts4802]

According to your Amazon link I used, this is called a 'Tetrahexaconta-core' cpu. :-)

[@bfredd3333]

Nothing can beat the chill music and vibes of your content

[@CraftComputing]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@gueroloco8687]

I heard the fans ramp towards the end of the test!! Awesome video!!

[@dennisdoherty1133]

Good to see Tree House on the show. It's a bit of a drive for me as its in "Nowhere Massachusetts" but still worth the time and tolls on the Mass Pike

[@Arek_R.]

Me: makes my PC boot fast, gets like 30 seconds. Me: adds dual 10G SFP+ server card PC: boots 5 minutes

[@bambinone]

I don't know if you can do it with your particular card(s), but on e.g. LSI SAS HBAs, you can remove the UEFI ROM if you don't need boot support.

[@Arek_R.]

@@bambinone I was talking about network card. Though I do have other otherwise fast PC that gets slow down by RAID card

[@bambinone]

@@Arek_R. I know. Some NICs have flashable ROM.

[@MichaelSmith-fg8xh]

@@Arek_R. Same thing might apply though. I disabled functions of the pcie NIC that I don't need in motherboard settings to speed up booting

[@majorgear1021]

Use sensors and home automation to automate the pc booting when you get nearby. That was its already booted when you want to use it.

[@JarrodCoombes]

Congrats on the new server! Oh, and the new kid, that's also pretty cool I guess... :D

[@BigBismark]

You don't have to bend the heat pipes if you have clearance issues you just gotta drill several small holes on the top of the case in the exact layout of the heat pipes at the exact size of the heat pipes where they make contact with the case and they will just pop out neatly (provided you do the measurements correctly). Each hole should only be a few millimeters larger than the actual pipe and this is plenty of clearance. Saw this once a few years ago the only downside is that it may have clearance issues on a rack. Looks pretty neat otherwise.

[@Leifflei]

Gotta love that LTT teleporter

[@pyroslev]

Wendell is the cool server uncle of the KZbin space. Yeah, Linus makes the big ass storage arrays but Wendell bails everyone out. He's an absolute gentleman.

[@vitor000000]

Oh man, I know just how you feel. I've mounted last year my very first server. And the second one come real quick haha and it's an amazing feel! I can't even imagine how it would be to mount such a powerful machine!

[@johnnyxp64]

loved the Lego addition to this video 🤣

[@MrTrilbe]

Congratulations on the new gamer to be

[@thurmanite77]

Never expected to see Tree house on here but I recognized the can as soon as I saw it! Great video as always.

[@dailypcandgaming5329]

I did the same exact thing with the heat sink, but not with a noctua cooler, it was an arctic one lol. I ended up switching it out with an extra low profile noctua cooler I had laying around.

[@thenanook]

i love that you pop a beer after all this, cheers

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

its should be illegal to have this much processing in this man's server closet. I am joking this type of videos get me excited for tech . thank you my good sir❤️

[@SimRacingFanDK]

Cool project, congrats on the family growing 🙂

[@peterpensi9478]

Oh, didn’t know yet. Congrats!

[@hamishspicer6207]

Congratulations on your new child!!!! My first child was only just born on the 18th of July!

[@Defiant031636]

Glad to see more Epyc content! Interesting to see the 3x 1070 Ti replaced with a pair of old Tesla K80s, assuming the next video will go into more detail around that.

[@TeaObvious]

I am also very curious about the k80s, did not find a reference that connects the vgpu unlock with Kepler cards. :D

[@chrisa.1740]

Where's the beer description? Did Noom not "let" you drink a beer during this build? I get it though, most of us have absolutely sported the infamous dad-bod. Love the props in your B-roll footage!

[@mito-pb8qg]

LOVE the Star Trek bits!

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

0:18 _If it's worth doing, it's worth over doing_ That's a merch store shirt slogan.

[@la009895]

Wendel is like the tech Santa Claus. Sending ltt some epyc. Craft computing some storage. What a guy. Go level one!

[@majstealth]

we need a dual socket system now - that will also need 2 scrollbars^^

[@ryanmalin]

Man Wendel is the fucking OG for sending that EYPC over!!! Nice build bro

[@tobiasfalk402]

congratulations

[@Arcanum417]

Internal screaming in "I don't need this"

[@jonathan.sullivan]

Came for the EPYC, stayed for the Treehouse.

[@Alphahydro]

I was puzzled when I saw the ASRock box and that CPU tray, until I saw the Epyc printing. I have that same board with a Supermicro SP3 cooler for proper airflow direction. The boot delay is attributed to the inventory setting on the board.

[@mattw3406]

Audio glitch at 11:12. Congratz on this owning this beast!

[@stevewalton2959]

Had the same problem with cooler height on a threadripper live streaming setup. I ended up going with the EK-MLC phoenix, which allowed for easy maintenance due to the quick disconnects. Definitely would recommend a case like RSV-L4500U which allows you to mount a 360 rad to a bracket.

[@hotrod54chevy]

OMG! EPYC server build?? Cloud gaming?? Overkill build?? Star Trek and Star Wars references? OH MY GOD, LANDO CALRISSIAN'S CAPE IS FLAPPING!!! *squee!* ☺️

[@rhekman]

9:56 I'm just here for the Enterprise gear.

[@jbonn5365]

Treehouse is amazing!! You should try a few more! I don't think they make a single bad beer!

[@Technocrat.]

I get this feeling your a huge Star Wars fan, can't say why!

[@andreavergani7414]

Fantastic! I'm Happy for you

[@Graham_Rule]

I keep watching these videos for hints of upgrades I could do to my own computers at home. Then the reality hits me - I can afford to have only one of a) Craft Computing's idea of a decent computer setup, and b) a home to keep it in. Oh well, it's nice to dream.

[@Raymond6494]

Very nice machine, nicely built

[@kevinbeefchips]

Big shoutout to Wendell, mans is a goat

[@Wirenfeldt1990]

That seems a bit harsh 😋

[@twobombs]

Cant wait for the k80 goodness

[@adrianamadioful]

congrats jeff on the new baby

[@massam9343]

God, i love this guy b/ground, all those bottle drinks. A bottle of gin with a founder edition = perfecto. Personally its better than those typical tech channel

[@ORBPHIL]

Its good you now have an AMD EPYC server build this time. This may become your master server build while the other Intel sever builds are back up machines or additional servers in conjunction in sharing the workloads from the EPYC server build🤔😁

[@Miphen0707]

Thank you. Enjoyed the video. Michael in Australia

[@CraftComputing]

Thanks!

[@kevinschroll4890]

I’m in the process of building an almost identical Setup (waiting on PSU, GPU, CPU Cooler delivery Wednesday). I tried to get the BeQuiet 1500W PSU but everywhere was backordered, so I went for the Corsair AX1600i. I also went Threadripper Pro due to higher core frequency. I even have the ASUS PCI card that came with the Mobo, still deciding what NVMe’s I want to throw into it. My Build: Threadripper Pro 3995WX IceGiant ProSiphon Elite ASUS Pro WS WRX80E Sage 256GB (8x32GB) DDR-3200 Silverstone RM42-502 Corsair AX1600i RTX 3090 Founders Edition

[@CraftComputing]

Nice!

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

congrats I start day dreaming about all those cores running crysis.

[@oakfig]

Wendell pulls through again!!!

[@__murf]

As an Aussie, I feel compelled to let you know that Galaxy is Australian! If I'm going to have national pride over anything, it may as well be the hops! haha

[@martinpalenik]

Congrats Jeff on the core powerhouse.. amazing.. I'd love to try this in proxmox :)

[@T313COmun1s7]

Wait!!! Was that Cameron? I haven't seen him since Ferris took that day off.

[@StuMcDonaldStuey]

Digging the Lego.

[@RobertMizen]

That Cinebench score made me fizz a little downstairs. You could say, it was....EPYC That is all :)

[@WesllyOni]

You can keep the server Jeff, if I can keep the toys. Seriously good B-roll shots.

[@NoOnionsUK]

06:42 - anyone else have a flashback to Tony Hart's "The Gallery"?

[@TheRobMozza]

Do they even know of Tony Hart over West?!!

[@stevearkwright]

@@TheRobMozza: Doubtful. I imagine it went out on British television only at the time.

[@TheRobMozza]

@@stevearkwright I related at least! Thanks for the reminder, just needed Morph!! 🤣

[@stevearkwright]

@@TheRobMozza: Well, the similarities to the *‘Vision On’* children’s television programme are vividly obvious. Pretty sure it was BBC - 1970’s BBC at that. Now I’m wondering who created the music (not that I personally ever cared for it myself!).

[@TheRobMozza]

@@stevearkwright uh-oh.. sound like your going down a rabbit hole! 🙄🤣

[@erwintwr1193]

having some audio sync issues after first cinebench run,,,got better later in the video, but still seems off sync with a 100 to 200 msec otherwise -> awesome build! Congrats with mini-Craft #3!

[@blaringice]

Jeff, I'm not saying anything here, but I just upgraded to that motherboard a few weeks ago - coming from a platform that was pretty much the same as your old one which I had put together only a few weeks before you did your video with the S7150x2's. Back then, I was trying a single S7150x2 but I never got it to work - pretty sure it was dead. Used single card's passed through for quite a while until I saw your vGPU video. Been trying a couple different cards out with that with mixed results. 1060 did well. Got a Tesla M40 24GB that's been having some issues - have a github issue in with DualCoder on that now, but I think I'm just going to return the card and get an M60 instead unless I can get a major breakthrough before I have to send it back for the return. I with I could afford the amount of RAM and that CPU that you have - I've just got a 1st gen 16 core and 64 GB. Very cool project though! Keep up the progression on this, it's been very cool to watch and compare!

[@chazsewell]

Yeah with EPYC servers and lots of GPU I'v had servers that took almost 45min to post, makes troubleshooting a nightmare...

[@RubyRoks]

Epyc server and Epyc baby announcement. Congrats

[@shammyh]

And now... 3x years later... A single 7970x 32-core can do ~70K in R23. Pretty crazy how fast this stuff evolves...

[@rachitbhengra4298]

Yoda @ 6:31 : Epyc shit, This is.

[@camjohnson2004]

If you are using a Noctua SP3 cooler its designed to handle Thread ripper 3rd gen and that does 280watts

[@Movingfrag]

I have the same motherboard and almost the same CPU (it's 7742 QS on my side). Firstly - motherboard allows memory overclock and i am running my 2400 memory at 3200 no problem. Secondly its Mini-SAS HD headers are not U.2 - they are SATA headers, you will have to get OCuLink to U.2 cable to connect U.2 drives to it. And finally - while there was an OcULink to 4xSAS/Sata split cable in the box i was not able to make it work no matter what. Otherwise - this system is very cool!

[@TheSinzia]

Tuesday... why is it always Tuesday! Medical staff- Tuesday. Tractor Beam- Tuesday. Server RAM- Tuesday.

[@niekversteege]

Oh damn, I know I am late but I am laughing at your cooler fitment woes. Last year I did the EXACT same thing. I built a new CI/CD server at work with a Threadripper and that cooler. And tried to fit it in a 4u chassis. I looked up everything beforehand and triple checked it. Still made the mistake thinking it would fit.

[@erichankins2634]

Wendell is the man!!!

[@Thewickedjon]

im loving the lego space ships

[@PinkyTech]

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth over-doing…..well said, sir….well said.

[@majorgear1021]

It would be interesting if you virtualized a gaming pc and used something like Steam Remote play to test it while playing a game. I’ll curious how good the gaming experience would be with a streamed game using a gpu passed through to the virtual gaming pc.

[@mashirohakase]

if the U12S-SP3 doesn't fit, u could have tried the U3-SP3. At 125mm high, it makes it 33mm shorter than the U12S, so it should fit :)