Ok, hear me out. Yes it was built from scraps, but see what had happened was:
I had to replace the motherboard and got a good deal on one bundled with RAM at MicroCenter. Got it home to do the swap and realized I’d bought an ATX board when I had a mid tower.
So then I went and bought a nice big new case so I had space to work in. Then I found my power supply (which was reused, but missing cables and this wasn’t an issue before) was missing cables I needed.
So another trip to MicroCenter and coming up empty on these damn cables I needed for the power supply I said fuck it and bought a new one. Only to get it home of course and find out the fucking connectors were non standard mini connectors and the cables that came with it were too short.
So I had to run back to MicroCenter and swap it.
So more money than I tracked later and I basically ended up with the Server of Theseus.
Oh and then after a couple of months my reused RX480 started triggering thermal shutdowns (I think) so I ended up replacing my 1080TI with a 3080 and tossed the 1080 in the server.
Pssh. You bought your home server instead of just assembling it from a box of scraps you had lying around?
Ok, hear me out. Yes it was built from scraps, but see what had happened was:
I had to replace the motherboard and got a good deal on one bundled with RAM at MicroCenter. Got it home to do the swap and realized I’d bought an ATX board when I had a mid tower.
So then I went and bought a nice big new case so I had space to work in. Then I found my power supply (which was reused, but missing cables and this wasn’t an issue before) was missing cables I needed.
So another trip to MicroCenter and coming up empty on these damn cables I needed for the power supply I said fuck it and bought a new one. Only to get it home of course and find out the fucking connectors were non standard mini connectors and the cables that came with it were too short.
So I had to run back to MicroCenter and swap it.
So more money than I tracked later and I basically ended up with the Server of Theseus.
Oh and then after a couple of months my reused RX480 started triggering thermal shutdowns (I think) so I ended up replacing my 1080TI with a 3080 and tossed the 1080 in the server.
look at this blessed individual who has a MicroCenter within reach, lucky you!
It’s a bit of a drive tbh. Like 45 minutes, but still within reach.
I miss Fry’s tho.