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1. 

   @drusimp

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   What is the specific model of the terra PC?

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   @maandalorian

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   More "power" to you, my friend!

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   @TutoDS2014

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   Can you recommend my a setup for build my first server please?

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   @Daniel01239

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   Anyone who ever worked with terra will not even look at the speccs, its just utter crap sadly

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   @1xXNimrodXx1

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   I got a r7 pro 4750ge (35w) used for cheap. Which Board would you suggest regarding power efficiency ?

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   @mgaborio

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   Benchmark idea: ingest a photo library with PhotoPrism. It does AI face recognition and photo classification while building the index.

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   @MickeyMishra

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   I kept looking for a newer Dual CPU Xeon system as I have 2 older servers that for some reason don't have native PCI-E slots in them sadly. But the more I did the numbers, the less it made sense to keep using these when even a consumer board with a Ryzen CPU would beat them out handily doing A.I. stuff with the M40 GPU cards.

   The only real plus is that the cases can take these cards and keep them cool, but I still would have to limit myself on the amount of GPU's I could fit inside. So something like a Mining Rig / Case would work better.
   But as I keep doing the math? It just makes sense to purchase new hardware as its just so many leaps and bounds ahead of the older stuff of even a few years ago.
   And right now seems to be the best time to get into AM-5 as what it can do per clock cycle and with the amount of cores it has is staggering.

   Even the AM-4 systems still pack a pretty good punch.
   The Only reason why I would stick with an older platform is that that DDR-3 Memory kits are so cheap, getting 1TB of RAM is even affordable.

   I guess the next hot ticket would be to get a Old DDR-3 ECC memory moudles with some kind of riser and use that as a massive scratch drive using it as iSCSI / NAS array for video scrubbing. But its only me, so no need for something like that.

   Great Video btw!

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   @SantaClause-m9h

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   apu not cpu

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   @Grolboy

   October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

   i bought a second hand terra nuc
   i never heared of the brand but, I am happy with mine

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10. 

    @Eysenbeiss

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G Tray (100-000000143) – regular store in Germany 102€ plus P&P, about 7€

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    @hcjkruse

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    At 7th of April 2024 I spotted a 4650G processor for €121 retail. So still not a bad deal for a complete pc. Looking into replacing my Haswell board if it dies. It looks interesting!

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    @massimogiussani4493

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Hey, I am trying to lower the consumption of a MSI B450M PRO VDX-MAX (paired witjh a Ryzen 5 Pro 4650G CPU – stepping RN-A1). I updated the bios to the latest version as of this writing (B.L0), but, with a BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 Gold 550W PSU, and a NVME drive, and 32GB of DDR4 3000MHz Crucial RAM (2 x 16GB), I cannot reach any level similar to Wolfgang's ones. Using an el-cheapo Lidl watt-meter, I see that it draws, from the wall, something between 19 and 45W (on average 30-ish). My system reaches C6 states for over 90% of time, when idle.

    Any suggestion? I tried powertop –auto-tune, plus enabling ASPM states in the bios.. I even tried to force as, power limit, 35w on the CPU.
    Are MSI motherboards less power-efficient than, let's say, AsRock or Asus?

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    @marksulloway5669

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    I discovered exactly the same low idle wattage with both of the 8 core Ryzen APU's – 4750G Pro and 5700G – both draw 7-8 watts at idle on an Aorus B550 ITX motherboard. The 5700X idles at 30 watts, the 5950X at 40 watts – all on same B550 motherboard. As you pointed out only the Pro models alllow allow ECC memory. Gruess aus Florida!

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    @MatteoComensoli

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    currently my nas consist of a i5 4460 , the ultra efficient 400w psu you talked about and a bunch of 2.5 inch ssd running on windows 10 file share + jellifinn . i have a r 7 1770 in my rig and was thinking to upgrade , shuld i put the 1700 on a nas whit a tiny gpu ? i got a gtx 620 for free so i was wondering , maybe undervolting the r7 and put it in the nas ? what do you think ?

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15. 

    @sageosaka

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    i wish i could find a system like that here!

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    @user-rk9kb2sd9b

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Just because something has 6 cores, doesn't mean that it's powerful when single thread performance is horrible.
    Passmark benchmark score: 16212… that thing is crap.

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17. 

    @mirovinac3968

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Simpler and cheaper solution if you are mostly using your "home server" as a media player: buy external usb 3.0 3tb 2.5" hdd for 60 euros or 2tb ssd for 100 euro. Plug it into your tv or PC and transfer it via wifi all over (personaly I don't use wifi at home).

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18. 

    @hakancav3661

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Hi, I'm looking for a NAS for personal storage (4 to 8TB max), but mostly for running Ollama and an AI model on a NAS. Have you tried using it for that purpose?

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19. 

    @Cpt_Wolf

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Should have used Ryzen 5 Pro 3400G or 3350G. Four cores and eight threads are more than enough for home server.

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20. 

    @Tooth1212

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Hi Wolfgang! Thank you for all your nice content!
    I recently built a homelab server: Ryzen 5600, Asus Prime B450M-K II, 32gb ECC, GPU GT 610, 650w gold psu, 1 ssd (for os), 1 hdd, Coral TPU. Installed proxmox (with one VM (Homeassistant) and checked my idle watt.. Never lower than 60w, often between 70-80. Have tried everything with Pstates etc. but no luck.
    Do you think this is normal? Any suggestions what could be wrong? Gonna try a windows install and see what kind of wattage that will give.
    Regards / Tobias

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    @shalak001

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Is there a list of AMD Linux-compatible CPUs, in regards to the c-states? I'm wondering if going with Ryzen 9 5900X or Ryzen 9 7900(X?) and I cannot find reliable info if it works nice with Proxmox and Linux in general…

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22. 

    @NtheAE

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Late question the system can function with a Ryzen 5 4600G pre built?

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23. 

    @sebastjansslavitis3898

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    what is home server?

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24. 

    @denissimicic4838

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Hi,
    This is some awesome power-tech, half of which i don't understand cause i ve been lazy to learn anything about networks and servers… but what i do like is efficiency and design, and boy this chasis on 16:50 looks awsome. Is it possible to get its name ?

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25. 

    @ClacKeyTech

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    I recently built a server/ pc with an xeon e5 2680v4 and an ati hd5850 (rx5700xt on the way), i just chnaged the power supply setup today (i had 2 psus because i needed one more pcie 6 pin connector for the gpu) now I have a 600W 80+ bronze psu that i got for 15€ (5€ for the psu, 10€ for the corsair psu modular cables i modified to work with the sharkoon psu)

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26. 

    @CoreyPL

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    As for PSU in this PC – OEM PSUs for inexpensive office prebuilds are rarely going through certification process, which costs money. They are usually quite efficient, often placing in the range of bronze/silver/gold, which is usually backed up by manufacturers internal testing with results available in documentation. Full certification process is usually made for retail market or higher grade professional units, like for workstations and servers, where you can add the cost a lot easier.
    FSP is a well-known brand manufacturing for OEMs and under their own brand. They have a great Hydro series PSUs.

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27. 

    @michaelrichey8516

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    For just over $100, you can get a Lenovo Thinkstation M75S-1 with a Ryzen 5 Pro 4650G. The motherboard/CPU combo supports 128GB ram (including non-registered ECC) which is enough horsepower to run 7B parameter LLM models on CPU.

    Cheers 🙂

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    @gittin_funky

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    You show a Ryzen 5 pro 4650g 3.7ghz in the video, but on ebay the Ryzen 5 pro 4650g 4.2ghz seems to be cheaper – is there any difference between the two in terms of power usage and suitability for home server

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29. 

    @PierreVilleneuve88

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    How can I know which CPU to get if I want to be able to do transcoding in PLEX ?

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30. 

    @icebread9335

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    how did you passtrough the integrated gpu in proxmox

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31. 

    @mtrps_

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    where have your channel been all this while…

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32. 

    @adziak

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    I love the fact you care about energy efficiency but also reliably working system.

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33. 

    @FinbarMonroe2

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Anyone that cusses Wolfgang we wolves will attack

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34. 

    @whitepawrolls

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Would this in turn means the 5600G cpu be as good of, or better of a choice?

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35. 

    @alexn.2199

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Gibts deine videos auch in deutsch?

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    @niyamimbi1179

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

    Hola, was in the process of getting something like this, all 2nd hand older hardware, was browsing into ECC ram, now:; do you bnother going with Motherboard QVLs? or just ddr4 2666 ECC, non registered for example, using QVLs has turned into a bit of a monster. Thanks!

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37. 

    @WolfgangsChannel

    October 25, 2024 at 11:15 am

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    The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription.

    Correction: The Ryzen 3600 die shot at 3:30 has the "IO" and "CCX" labels swapped (thanks @Weyzar !)

    ASPM Tuning Script: https://gist.github.com/baybal/b499fc5811a7073df0c03ab8da4be904
    Needs to be changed according to your PCIe devices before running!
    Use this command to see what devices support ASPM: sudo lspci -vv | awk '/ASPM/{print $0}' RS= | grep –color -P '(^[a-z0-9:.]+|ASPM )'

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