EPYC Homelab Server

Homelab server based off an EPYC 7302 CPU geni.us/AMD_EP... and a H12SSLiO motherboard geni.us/MBD_H1... is a great way to get a fully capable PCIe4 homelab server if you need to run multiple PCIe devices at full speed without standard desktop limitations! The best part is this platform is the cheapest way to a mega upgrade CPU that is a 64 core 128 thread MONSTER on this affordable Supermicro H12ssl-i motherboard.
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EPYC BUILD
CPU EPYC 7302 geni.us/AMD_EP...
Supermicro H12SSL-I-O Motherboard geni.us/MBD_H1...
SSD
Samsung PM9A3 NVME geni.us/Samsun...
RAM
256 GB geni.us/DDR4_E...
GPU
3080Ti geni.us/GPU3080ti
A4000 geni.us/A4000GPU
CASE
Fractal Meshify XL2 geni.us/Fracta...
CPU COOLER
Arctic geni.us/Arctic...
Noctua geni.us/Noctua...
POWER SUPPLY
EVGA Supernova 1600 G+ geni.us/1600w-...
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[@its1one]

Started watching and listening to the stream, gave my dog a bath and a haircut, took a nap, woke up and your still streaming. True beast mode weekend stream. Thanks

[@datpspguy]

Ended up going for a build just like this as the parts are slowly trickling in. Watched the livestream as you upgraded but going with the EPYC 32C CPU and will throw in a Nvidia 3060 just for cloud game streaming to my steam deck. This should definitely be able to run a ton of my DevOps projects and fool around with Local LLMs for some AI RestAPI calls as well. Got tired of my Dell and being confined to their locked down processes and loud fans and will be using Proxmox to host all of my services. Thanks for sharing.

[@Unhandled_Exceptionx86]

I like your build :D I'm doing something similar, consolidating 2 Older Xeon D-2100 Servers in my homelab and just purchased an EPYC 7313 & GB MZ32-AR1 and will be using an older SuperMicro CSE-836 I had lying around. Hoping it'll be the same or slightly lower on power, but I really needed more ram and PCIe Slots. Thanks for the insightful video!

[@DigitalSpaceport]

You made a great choice on the CSE-836 case. I'm thinking of making a big switch to big supermicro cases. They just are the best.

[@jerryshanghai8802]

I finished built my Epyc budget server myself as well ,,also 7302, with gigabyte MZ32-AR0 mothboard + 256 DDR4 2666 RAM + 3080ti , all second handed, so far runs unbuntu just fine .

[@DigitalSpaceport]

I'm doing the benchmarking now on the 7302 and 7B12 and even the desktop feel is much much different between them. I've had mine running down to 2400 but it won't accept the 2133 unfortunately.

[@jerryshanghai8802]

@@DigitalSpaceport yeah, I also tried 2133 as well, not working, eypc starts with 2400....

[@edwardhewer8530]

Nicely shot build video DSP team. I have three Fractal cases. Love them but wish they used aluminium!

[@computersales]

Nice setup. I'm thinking about doing an unnecessary upgrade from my R720, but I want to stick with Dell for a variety of reasons. A Poweredge R7515 or R7525 would be amusing but well out of my budget for what I am doing with it.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

When it comes to computers, sometimes the more it doesn't make sense the more it makes sense.

[@jasonblake6539]

While I love dell r 13 and 14 gen servers for home labbing, I would stay away from 15th gen epycs ( r7515 / r7525 ) as they vendor lock the CPUs once booted. For the cost of those cpus I'd rather go with a DIY build. Just my 2 cents

[@computersales]

@@jasonblake6539 I'm not a big fan with how big of a pain the supermicro stuff is. Are there better affordable options that would be a big jump from 13th gen Dell?

[@krishnachaitanya4822]

EPYC for a home lab? I can barely afford an RPi 4 😄

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Nothing wrong with a raspi at all! They can do a lot also.

[@manw3bttcks]

I always wonder how many people incorrectly set the fan to blow into the heat sink. You want the fan to suck air through the heat sink because laminar flow is better than trying to push turbulent air from the fan into the heat sink

[@Cowayger]

I do it too on mini itx systems. It just sucks to have warmed air being pushed into system instead of reverse.

[@darrenehrlich6482]

Whats the drive cage at the top of the empty case at the start of vid? My meshify 2 XL didn't come with it and am interested if it's an accessory

[@DigitalSpaceport]

its an addon cage and they are awesome. www.fractal-design.com/products/accessories/mounting/hard-drive-cage-kit-type-b/black/

[@asoteico9528]

Great !!!

[@directtrading7302]

Can you explain please what difference between 7302 and 7B12 "even in desktop feel"?

[@Nimitz_oceo]

Hi I’m about to buy the cpu cooler and I will like to know how loud is that Noctua cooler you have.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

This is the exact one I got and it is super quiet. geni.us/NoctuaSP3_CPUCooler

[@yellowbiker7286]

Love ur video. I'm wondering if the motherboard will support regular GPU (non quadro). Thanks 🙏❤

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Yes it works just fine with 3090s or A5000s. It is running a 3070 right now.

[@yellowbiker7286]

@@DigitalSpaceport thanks so much ❤️

[@trousersnake1486]

Using the same case but using a 5900x /3060ti and hdd's not sas

[@DigitalSpaceport]

I'm wildly impressed with this case. Mainly just use servers, but this case is simply amazing.

[@trousersnake1486]

It's damn near perfect imo. I'll have to look into maybe upgrading to an epic system like in your vid if I ever have extra money.

[@abokefa7]

can explain the compromised. plots and is it required to replot all my plots?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

you do not have to replot. OG plots will continue to work.

[@abokefa7]

@@DigitalSpaceport my current plot is not compressed , can I compress it to get more space for new plots?

[@computerenthusiast402]

I want to build something similar ( PC/Workstation ) with lots of PCIe lanes. What’s the Best affordable CPU/Motherboard combo ?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Likely still this. Rome chipset is when you really got into great Gen4 lane speeds and I dont think there is anything cheaper in a workstation format. Dont go with a high core count like 64, the single core speed will stink. I think they have F class chips that hit 4 in the 32 and 48 core however. Depends on your workload if that works or not but it is my observed limit.

[@VictorYoutube-y7g]

What model of case is it?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Sry for late reply but its the Fractal Meshify XL2 which does a great job being massive and versatile. I mean massive also. Things a monster! geni.us/FractalMeshify_2XLCase

[@ronwatkins5775]

EVGA 1600G PSU's

[@DigitalSpaceport]

That looks like a nice PSU. For the 64 core chip I want to get a different PSU so I can toss in a better GPU, added this to the list.

[@garymaya1767]

Well, how did you get the video out on gpu

[@cinemaipswich4636]

I have been looking at the same eBay seller for MB/CPU/RAM. I will soon build my own, but I am looking for a case to give me air flow.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Define Meshify XL2 is a great choice IMO. Really does have a lot of room for these mega boards.

[@therocinante3443]

2:17 That's what she said!

[@DigitalSpaceport]

😅😂🤣

[@wangshuokevin]

By not using 3200 ram, you are leaving a lot of performance on the table. Well some money in the wallet as well..

[@DigitalSpaceport]

I do now have one machine worth of 3200 speed ram and dang it is still expensive in 32GB dimms

[@wangshuokevin]

@@DigitalSpaceport yeah that sucks, hopefully with DDR5 coming into market they will finally start to drop fast.

[@VVP77]

I came across a problem that for some reason the server boards Supermicro H12SSL 7763 percent, the EXTERNAL video card does not turn on, (I don’t know about your video) they rewrote the BIOS, and they couldn’t find why. We tried two AMD RX 7900XTX video cards, the video signal appeared several times. But when you reboot the PC, the board is immediately transferred to the internal video card. Maybe super micro specifically blocks cards from AMD. We also first tried with a GIGABYTE motherboard and the same thing. That is, it turns out that anyone who wants to build such a PC with AMD cards will not work!!! You will only need to buy NVIDEO, and it is not a fact that it will work with everyone.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

I've ran about every Nvidia 3000 card, quadro a4000, a5000, p2000 1030 1070 and K2200 and they all worked without issue. I have some enterprise AMD cards I'll test in it

[@VVP77]

@@DigitalSpaceport Will wait. We are increasingly finding videos where people are trying to connect AMD video cards to the server, but so far nothing has worked.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

How stupid is this! I tested a Radeon older 450R7 and it didn't work. It's AMD gear on AMD chipset....what the F?

[@luqmanhaqim97]

If you're using windows on supermicro board with dedicated GPU you will need to disable onboard graphics. The jumper for it is at the bottom of the motherboard.

[@VVP77]

@@DigitalSpaceport I wrote on the technical support forum about this problem, but they did not respond. And as I understand from other comments on the forum, AMD does not provide technical support for its products (very rarely). Everyone there complains about them. This is reality.

[@NTATchannelNickTaylor]

Have you checked your thermals on the CPU with it pulling though vs blowing through?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

I dont but I did notice recently that I have mine in pull configuration currently running on the 7B12 for about a week straight 80% workload and its mildly warm to the touch. This heatsink is an absolute chunk.

[@NTATchannelNickTaylor]

@@DigitalSpaceport Nice..

[@vtr8427]

That’s what I have dawg

[@DigitalSpaceport]

H12SSL-I is a killer board! Thinking of picking up my 3rd EPYC CPU soon here

[@level80888]

yeah, psu is a slouch.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

yup I am checking for a 1600 now

[@arigornstrider]

🤤

[@callirgos01]

What's a NOCTUNA?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

I know 🤣🎣

[@bopal93]

How much power does this thing draw on idle?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Power usage idle with 8 ram sticks, a U.2 nvme, a 3090 and 6 NVMe is at 140w.

[@bopal93]

Thanks for the reply. I am thinking to do a similar build. Very helpful

[@DigitalSpaceport]

@@bopal93 I think you will really enjoy it if you go EPYC you might consider the balance of the core count/cost/GHz better than I did. I eventually went with the 7B12 has a massive amount of cores, its not that great for desktop virtualization as it throttles up to only ~3.1GHz. In hindsight I wish I would have gotten a F optimized chip that could hit higher with fewer cores.

[@bopal93]

@@DigitalSpaceport I was thinking to get epyc 7313 (16 cores 32 threads) but due to availability issues the seller is offering a free upgrade to 7J13 (64 cores 128 threads) with the same price, which is wayyy more cpus than I need. Now I'm worried about that many cores consumption power unnecessarily. Do you think 7J13 is a good cpu?

[@DigitalSpaceport]

@bgk93 You are losing 200MHz in exchange for dramatically more cores and Milan was about 20% faster across parity sky's vs Rome. While I'm not sure if Milan is impacted by the same issue Rome has in 16core sky's, Rome for sure operates better in 4channel vs 8channel due to ccd issues. Milan doesn't idle as well as Rome however so it would be less energy efficient but not dramatically. If your workload has high dependency on single thread speed, I would consider that strongly at 3.5. Are you planning desktop virtualization is a good question. If so 3.5 might not feel right for a user experience.

[@amberm4178]

can you please post a link to your discord? i cannot find a valid link.

[@DigitalSpaceport]

Amber there is no longer a discord

[@JimMegan-r3w]

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