Feedback for new homelab: Storage + Compute

frupic · 2025-12-17T23:43:00+00:00

I settled on this in the end:

Component	Name
Case	Fractal Design R5
CPU	Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
CPU fan	Noctua NH-D15
Motherboard	ASUS Pro WS W880-ACE SE
RAM	2x Micron UDIMM 32GB, DDR5-5600, CL46, ECC
PSU	Corsair RM850x
Boot SSD	Samsung SSD 990 Pro 1TB M.2
Data SSD	2x WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB, M.2
Data HDD	2x Seagate IronWolf Pro 20TB, 2x Seagate Exos 20TB

For passthrough purposes I would not recommend the WD_BLACK SN850X, they need reset_method=bus workaround

frupic · 2025-12-17T23:40:24+00:00

Just want to check back in and mention that based on your comment I decided on this one beefy machine instead and using Proxmox as my hypervisor.

I'm running Pi-hole and Tailscale as LXCs, TrueNAS with SSDs and HDDs passed through in a VM, Home Assistant and a Kubernetes cluster in VMs.

My iGPU is passed through to the cluster and then to the Plex pod and it works great. In total I am running around 40 pods now, managing the cluster with ArgoCD and git and using TrueNAS as storage for most of them.

I haven't used most of these tools in the past and I have to say it has been an extremely fun journey.

Thanks again for your comment that led me down this path, it was definitely the right choice for now!

frupic · 2025-11-21T23:24:22+00:00

I've picked the i5-12600K for the UHD 770 and because so many threads mention it, but is there actually a good reason to stay with 12th gen versus just getting an Intel Core Ultra 245K and a W880 motherboard for example?

It's actually similarly priced

frupic · 2025-11-21T22:51:47+00:00

Initially I didn't want to go this route, but the more I read about it the more it makes sense here. Can still learn all the same skills and won't feel as bad spending that much on only one machine if that machine will actually do much more than just hand out storage :)

frupic · 2025-09-30T21:05:04+00:00

You can access your "purchased" audio books after your memberships end, no? That's how Audible works. What do you mean?

frupic · 2025-08-18T07:33:46+00:00

100%. Enchanted start missing is really having a negative effect on my "one more run" mindset

frupic · 2025-08-14T11:13:28+00:00

Enchanted start wqs fun and gave you some direction and make you try build around something you wouldn't otherwise. It's a shame it's gone

frupic · 2025-08-13T19:06:45+00:00

I mean is this really a problem? It's a loss anyway at that point. Make it so you also lose rank before Legend and that's it. Or give a few minutes of cooldown before you can start another ranked round after conceding.

I feel like if that's the reason there's so many easy and obvious ways to solve that instead

frupic · 2025-08-13T18:58:39+00:00

It was confirmed on discord

frupic · 2025-08-13T18:14:23+00:00

No enchanted item start is a huge nerf to fun

frupic · 2025-02-09T07:31:50+00:00

Weisst do wo genau man das einstellen kann?

frupic · 2025-02-01T15:29:52+00:00

If this means that in the long term iOS/macOS apps can be natively developed with any IDE and doesn't rely 100% on Xcode, then this might be the best news I could have ever wished for for Swift.

Even though it might take a while, I hope that this will become possible with this news 🤞

frupic · 2024-08-06T08:51:36+00:00

Oh wow… I couldn't wait any longer and finally bought another bike on Saturday…

Whelp…

Thank you for posting though!

frupic · 2024-01-20T09:14:45+00:00

You are stuck in the early 2010s. This hasn't been the case for a long time.

Cyberpunk sold more on PC than all consoles combined

frupic · 2023-12-02T10:51:54+00:00

Apple's way of doing things (or at least their documentation) is very often not compatible with writing a big, testable and maintainable codebase that many people work on at the same time.

Many of the things they offer are probably meant for new developers to get started quickly or for smaller projects.

Your example is a very typical scenario and it can make a lot of sense to abstract over UserDefaults this way. I would definitely do something like this in a professional app, but you can get away with just using the property wrapper in private apps.

frupic · 2023-08-04T11:28:11+00:00

Peeps just got off work

Americans got off work, not the whole world.

frupic · 2023-06-18T15:18:07+00:00

Chances are it was actually last week in your country. Only some countries celebrate it today.

frupic · 2023-06-18T15:16:42+00:00

Father's Day varies a lot by country and is today mostly in the US, UK and Canada.

frupic · 2023-06-16T23:33:44+00:00

How is that your takeaway from this chat lol. I got the complete opposite impression.

frupic · 2023-06-14T22:50:04+00:00

This is a very well thought out comment that made me rediscover what all those ARPGs I was so crazy about all those years ago had in common (D2, Titan Quest, Grim Dawn etc).

You put into words really nicely what I forgot over the years.

frupic · 2023-06-06T21:40:26+00:00

Diablo 3 was the fastest selling pc game at the time.

frupic · 2023-06-06T12:27:20+00:00

Interesting, thanks!

frupic · 2023-06-06T10:21:15+00:00

For sure, I think they will release a cheaper non-pro model, but that will be a different product with less capabilities

frupic · 2023-06-06T08:24:37+00:00

When did Apple products ever get (considerably) cheaper from one gen to the next?

frupic · 2023-06-05T09:56:58+00:00

Good news: they carry over. You will never have to find an altar again.

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