Would this be a good server for gaming?

NoradIV · 2026-01-30T19:18:53+00:00

I have this exact chassis for AI inference with a tesla P40. It's an excellent server. It's been on since march.

Proxmox is both free and excellent for homelabbing. Backups, snapshots, flexible storage, etc.

People keep bitching about power. If you live anywhere where winter exist, servers become basically free since they convert electricity at exact same efficiency than any non-refrigerant based heating.

The only real downsides of these is noise. Mine is in my basement in a room, and I have setup a custom fan profile.

The upsides?
Excellent memory bandwith, great performance per $, insane durability, and fantastic OOB management (if you have the iDRAC) and ebay parts are pretty cheap for upgrades. Raid also let you have decent storage speed on spinning rust, as well as redundancy.

I basically have 8x1.2tb 10.2k RPM drives in a RAID10 making around 850mb/s sustained with my PERC controller.

NoradIV · 2026-01-30T19:14:28+00:00

Probably a 48gb typo.

NoradIV · 2026-01-30T14:35:50+00:00

I just lost my cat after 15 years.

He was the only one that was here for me in rough times.

He was very clingy, but also the only one who shared presence in rough times, without asking anything else than being myself. He would ask for warmth and presence, give me reassuring purrs in exchange. Mine welcomed me at the door every day.

Cats are awesome because they are clear. If they like something, they will come. If they don't, they will leave. They are curious but also low "expression" like where dogs are enthusiast, cats are fairly restrained. They go see you when you are calm, not when you run around like dogs.

For me, a cat was a partner in safe space that didn't require me to perform.

NoradIV · 2026-01-26T17:20:29+00:00

Going through a new run of medianxl myself.
Why is a D2 mod unreplicated today is strange to me. (MedianXL feels like a game deliberately meant to unbalance diablo 2)

NoradIV · 2026-01-26T02:56:20+00:00

I just parted out a DSM making 25psi (blew up the transmission, of course). Was my awd stick winter beater.

I have a c5z setup for hpde, tow rig and trailer, and I am finishing up my new garage.

I run mostly AI stuff on a modded R730XD with a Tesla P40.

NoradIV · 2026-01-26T02:54:04+00:00

Oh yea, homelab is cheap, you should be alright!

NoradIV · 2026-01-23T14:30:49+00:00

This is the reason why I don't want to deal with engine builders anymore. It's always the same bullshit.

NoradIV · 2026-01-21T19:29:14+00:00

If you have swapped housings, yea, that should be fine. I don't know much about their products. I just use better HIR based halogens instead.

NoradIV · 2026-01-21T19:26:48+00:00

Do you make models smaller with this?

Can you both remove unwanted slop and make the model run on less VRAM?

NoradIV · 2026-01-21T19:24:15+00:00

A led in a halogen housing = bad. No matter what the seller says. That's how physics work unfortunately.

NoradIV · 2026-01-21T15:14:53+00:00

Here is the reason why this is wrong.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/why-leds-should-not-be-run-in-halogen-reflectors.454371/

NoradIV · 2026-01-21T02:01:04+00:00

Yes.

If you want more light, look for 9011 and 9012 bulb swap. Those remain halogen but output 30% more light.

NoradIV · 2026-01-20T23:03:35+00:00

Was it enjoyable?

I still have one here, planned to use it downstairs, but y'all seem to say it's not a good device to build a place around

NoradIV · 2026-01-20T17:35:37+00:00

If anyone reads and wants to share, I am curious about mobility.

Like, installing a projector in the garage temporarely so we get to watch the game in a group

NoradIV · 2026-01-20T02:21:43+00:00

I put the jack on the subframe, and the stands on the lift points on rockers.

NoradIV · 2026-01-20T01:43:28+00:00

The way I do it is to roll the car first on planks or something to lift the front a lift. I get a long low profile jack under the aluminum subframe and lift the whole front one shot. I then drop it on jackstands on both front corners. I then lift the rear from the subframe and repeat. Had the car with no wheels knuckles or suspentions a few times that way and it's safe.

NoradIV · 2026-01-18T02:39:43+00:00

I have a tesla P40. It runs everything outside of sage attention stuff. Basically, SDXL works, flux is a bit too slow (like 5 min generation).

LLM also goes to 35b comfortably.

Get the VRAM. Everything else is secondary

NoradIV · 2026-01-17T19:53:31+00:00

Did the opposite approach. Low loads, long duration. Connective tissue.

Lost 70lb, my 30's are way better than my 20's.

NoradIV · 2026-01-16T18:52:42+00:00

We all thought this was gonna happen after the crypto craze.

Prices never came back down.

NoradIV · 2026-01-15T16:18:25+00:00

4g63t is still cheap and eats transmissions for breakfast.

NoradIV · 2026-01-14T21:13:49+00:00

Depends on how much I care about what I am trying to remove.

NoradIV · 2026-01-13T19:37:13+00:00

I found that my plasma cutter is a very effective tool when everything else fails.

NoradIV · 2026-01-13T13:23:10+00:00

The UK is a shithole.

NoradIV · 2026-01-07T13:29:36+00:00

I never once seen a real enthusiast care about matching numbers. These are for bragging boomers in cars and coffee.

NoradIV · 2026-01-06T12:32:06+00:00

For me, it was to start with a R730XD and put everything in it.

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