@not_benis What's the point of OEMs putting 2.5G NICs on motherboards?
@not_benis Next what's the difference between A620M and B650 chipset what am I bottlenecking by putting a 7950XD3D on a A620M?
@not_benis Some of these boards have video out on the io. But I don't think that means I can use it unless I have a chip with discreet graphics. Am I able to run these boards headless with that 7950X3D or would I need any of the 8000G chips.
I'm wanting to build three of these systems for a cluster but also match the CPU count of my 1950X. I don't want to buy a Graphics card if I don't have to.
Here's my parts list so far
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DHZmTY
NCORE 100 Comes with AIO and SFF PSU. $370.61
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/max/mini-itx/ncore-100-max/#
Total cost is $1582 per unit.
Not listed is any 2.5GbE switch, TinyPilot or PiKVM (extra $250-$360). I could reduce the core count to 8-12 and memory to 64GB if heat and price is a concern. Wanted to see if I could get into an iTX format. Originally was going to use 3 HAF Stacker 915F but I can't find them anymore.
One of these could also be a desktop during the day so I could put a GPU in it and then put my TR into a datacenter or retire it.
The 3D chips have a lower TDP of 120W should I just go with that instead 7800X3D and 7950X3D or 7700X because it has 105W. I can reduce the RAM and swap the board.
I'm probably going to go with (theoretically for this case) a GRE card. I would go XT and XTX but those will probably cook everything in the case.
General desktop, and KVM cluster so things like virtualization. The virtual machines run postgres, redis, ffmpeg (alot), and nginx.
Ffmpeg likes to have lots of cores for transcoding, which is why I want more of them. But there is a thermal constraint with this case, but the case is chosen due to space constraint.
I can deal with having less cores because I can setup render servers on the other two cases.
So it's really a question of 24 cores that don't thermal throttle, or 48 cores that most likely do.
@not_benis Well I'd only do that if I went with threadripper, and more so because I want to do an open loop.
@not_benis I really don't want to go with AIO if it can be helped because traveling on a plane with these machines becomes more difficult. I'd need to put the cooler on my checked bags.
@not_benis At that point I probably should just get Ampere ARM servers cause they probably are going to cost the same, and take up less space.
@not_benis Nevermind that's too expensive.
@not_benis I probably am not going to be cooling it with that 120mm either considering card and PSU are venting through it but that case footprint is just foo good.
Parts availability is a concern as well.
I really wish they just had this case. I could have done a lot.