I’m a bit late for the contest but my contribution might nevertheless be useful for others.
I wanted to replace my ageing and quite limited HP DL20 Gen9, 48 GB RAM, 2x4 TB HDD RAID 1, Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 @ 4.2 GHz.
I settled on a Asrock Rack Bundle ALTRAD8UD-1L2T from Newegg to build my new homelab server.
Here is my bill of materials.
| Quantity | Category | Item | Total price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motherboard | ASRock Rack ALTRAD8UD-1L2T + Ampere Altra Q64-22 64 | 1500 $ |
| 2 | RAM | Micron 64GB DDR4 3200 8Gx72 ECC CL22 RDIMM | 310 $ |
| 1 | Case | Innovision M24306 with NVMe backplane | 256 $ |
| 1 | PSU | FSP FC210 Power Distribution Board | 145,90 € |
| 2 | PSU | FSP550-20FM AC/DC Converter 12V 500W | 277.02 € |
| 3 | Cable | 10Gtek SFF-8654 8i Cable, SAS 4.0, 85 ohm | 89 $ |
| 1 | Storage | Samsung SSD 980 PRO M.2 PCIe NVMe 2 To | 196.90 € |
| 1 | Cable | StarTech.com 9 Pin Serial Male to 10 Pin Motherboard Header LP Slot Plate | 5,52 € |
| 2 | Cable | Molex to to Dual SATA Power Adapter Splitter | 4,99 € |
| 3 | Storage | Samsung SSD PM1735 6.4 TB | reuse |
The most difficult part was to choose the case and PSU and make sure everything would fit in and connect without having to play with my soldering iron…
Nevertheless, the build is finished and working ! I’m pleased with the results !
If you want to know more about the in and out of the build of this server, including budget, shipping and motivation, be sure to checkout my blog post !
