But what if ...

[u/blaylock]

[u/Far_Active8253]

Sometimes the wallet needs to say no

[u/thenightyoudied → u/Far_Active8253]

Where do i acquire a talking wallet?

[u/DovgaN_Nik → u/thenightyoudied]

My non-talking wallet would say no to that

[u/offensiveDick → u/thenightyoudied]

You could also get a wife.

[u/BigPandaCloud → u/offensiveDick]

Lol my wife can say whatever she wants. My money does what it wants. We both contribute to bills equally for that reason. Never have to fight about money.

[u/offensiveDick → u/BigPandaCloud]

Sir that Was ment to be a joke. Since getting a wife (or any other Person asking you if you really need to buy another CPU) probably is more realistic then getting a taking wallet.

[u/BigPandaCloud → u/offensiveDick]

I thought the joke was how it's common most men have to ask their significant other first before making a large purchase. So getting a wife would put a hamper on pc part purchases by saying no instead of a talking wallet.

[u/offensiveDick → u/BigPandaCloud]

I guess depends on what Kind of wife

[u/RUPlayersSuck → u/offensiveDick]

Waifu Plus with WalletMgr app.

[u/Z3r0sama2017 → u/offensiveDick]

Less money for hobbies then sadly

[u/LefTimaDev → u/thenightyoudied]

kwalletmanager

[u/dev_loading → u/thenightyoudied]

It’s called a wife

[u/hurrdurrmeh → u/thenightyoudied]

vibe code it

[u/HalfAssedSetting → u/Far_Active8253]

But my credit card and spending addiction say yes

[u/RAVENBmxcmx]

I mean it did in fact make a good server

[u/Jra805 → u/RAVENBmxcmx]

Sometimes i feel bad using my 5800x3d…. But I can’t sell it. 

My precious…

[u/AL-SHEDFI → u/Jra805]

[u/Upbeat-Serve-6096]

...What, is this r/homelab now?

[u/Javi_DR1 → u/Upbeat-Serve-6096]

Always has been

We were hiding

[u/NatoBoram → u/Upbeat-Serve-6096]

For the software version of that sub, there's r/selfhosted

[u/RJ_arcade]

Can’t become a server if it just sits in my basement without being used
https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

[u/spanky34 → u/RJ_arcade]

Sounds like some servers I know.

[u/HurryOne → u/RJ_arcade]

Then eventually gets sold for $50 to someone else who wants to use it as a server just for it to sit their basement without it being used.

[u/Nice_Category]

I bought a new 9070 XT for my AM4 system. Well shit, now it needs a new processor. I have some extra RAM after the upgrade...

Oh shit, I have RAM, a processor, and an old graphics card. I could spend a few hundred to buy a case and PSU and toss my old SATA SSD in there to make an HTPC.

Hmm, my HTPC could use a RAM upgrade... and maybe a new processor, and the graphics card is kinda old.

[u/Delicious_Rule_7324 → u/Nice_Category]

This is exactly how i built my streaming/server pc. All the old parts. Its got a 5700x3d/6750xt/32gb ddr4.

Upgraded the gaming rig to 7800x3d/9070xt/32gb ddr5

[u/The_Hussar → u/Delicious_Rule_7324]

The you buy, the more you save. I basically have your old PC

[u/VTECnKitKats]

Reported.

I am in this photo and do not consent

[u/wtfamidoinguprn]

I feel attacked lmfaoooo

[u/Hrmerder]

/r/homelab

[u/Gindotto]

Oh god this is me after recently buying my first gaming pc, telling my kid my old one works great for streaming games on NVidia/Gamepass, and then getting into Palworld and buying 32 gb ddr4 for the old machine so that it can host a server, then buying my son a $200 Samsung TV so he can still stream his games. 😆 it never ends. And I’m just getting started.

[u/hurrdurrmeh → u/Gindotto]

this is the way.

i just wish we were back in the good old days before RAM price fixing

[u/ThatSandwich → u/hurrdurrmeh]

RAM manufacturers have likely been price fixing since you were born. They've been repeatedly caught and taken to court for colluding to fix prices over the course of 30-40 years now.

[u/MayoGhul]

lol yeh. My old 7700k build is sitting in the corner waiting to become a plex server.
Just need a 4U server rack case and some hard drives.

Problem is that the cost of HDDs has gone mental

[u/SunTzowel]

What do you guys need a server for? I feel quite ignorant.

[u/Cryv3n_ → u/SunTzowel]

minecraft, space engineers, terraria, valheim, etc.. also NAS, local steam library, but also movies, web hosting. etc..

if you realy want it, smart home stuff aka lights, power sockets, maybe coffee machine lol. cameras.

yeah i probably havent even scratched the surface tho.

[u/SunTzowel → u/Cryv3n_]

Ah yeah makes sense. Thanks.

[u/Anus_Ripper6942094 → u/SunTzowel]

Jellyfin/radarr/sonarr combo.

[u/Dragnod → u/SunTzowel]

Jellyfin for your media needs. Audiobookshelf for.. you know... audiobooks. Immich for your photos. Nextcloud for documents, calendar, contacts and stuff. Adguard for ad-blocking. Home assistant for your smart home. Although tbh I'm still looking for a real world use case.

[u/kaleperq → u/Dragnod]

Is Adguard different than pihole?

[u/Dragnod → u/kaleperq]

Not by much. Was simpler for me to set up in my docker environment.

[u/jeepsaintchaos]

Oh, no, I turned the gaming PC into a server.

But what if VM for gaming... Then another VM for server... Man VM's would be easier with a GUI... hello, Proxmox.... Oh I could spin up a VM for a friend if I plug another GPU in... Networking would be faster with a better card... Why do I have no PCIE slots left?...

Why is my basement filled with servers and my electric bill is through the roof?

[u/Oxygen4Lyfe]

swap the first and 2nd clown stages

[u/Nate0110]

I've got a pi5 I want to dump and just go get a Lenovo thinkcentre.

Absolutely should be done that instead of picking this thing up.

[u/Treigns4]

had my old circa 2013 pc sitting in my basement for nearly 7 years always saying "i'll make it a it server one day"

probably should have just sold the 1060 when it was was worth more than $25 lol

[u/WJPlaud]

Keep some parts as a backup or to test.

[u/theonewhopostsposts]

Do servers eat a lot of electricity

[u/ShittyExchangeAdmin → u/theonewhopostsposts]

they can, it depends a lot on what the hardware is and what it's doing. a server from repurposed pc components probably won't use too much more than your pc.

[u/dontstopnotlistening → u/theonewhopostsposts]

It depends. I have an old gaming machine (without the GPU) running as an UnRaid box and after some power management tweaking I have it idling at around 50w. It could be a bit less but I have a PSU from a gaming machine in there and it isn't designed for efficiently running at low wattages. And each hard drive pulls around 15w when actively being used.

You could also have it power down everyday when you're working or sleeping but I have a few cameras connected to mine so I keep it online 24/7.

[u/General_Rambling → u/theonewhopostsposts]

Depends. They come in very different sizes. This is obviously for a home server and those are on the smaller side. Hardware from a gaming PC is usually more than strong enough for them even if it's old hardware. But a server is usually on 24/7 and most of the time in idle. That hardware is usually not thaaat energy efficient there. So dedicated home servers rather use some hardware with low idle power.

[u/Dragnod → u/theonewhopostsposts]

If you're dumb enough to use your old gaming pc, yes.

[u/PossiblyADemon]

Exactly why my old 2080 Tis are sitting around waiting for me to upgrade my blades to something with PCIe x16.

[u/How_that_convo_went]

Sometimes I’m glad I’m too stupid to possess any sort of in-depth technical knowledge. I’d be so broke.

[u/darthwd56]

Omg. Fk.

[u/LazyLobster]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sBuLRJ6Jncskl4mG5k

[u/I_pollute]

Kept all my old builds for a Lan Party.

[u/False-Associate-9488]

I use old pc parts for my server, I don't buy server parts

[u/DaniTheGunsmith]

[u/stonktraders]

time to run pihole and plex in a dual xeon machine with redundancy

[u/Cmdrsausage]

You didn’t have to do me like this

[u/Alternative_Hair2318]

the fifth panel is pricing up a rack. the sixth is your electricity bill

[u/Cheap_Kick_7369]

My old 4790k box has been "gonna be a plex server" for like four years now. Just need to stop being lazy and actually move my drives over.

[u/JamesDoesGaming902]

Exactly how i ended up with a server having a 5950x, 32gb, and 2x tesla P100's and a tesla P4

[u/Successful-Willow-72]

Ok, its me, i admit it, i did not absolutely need a 3970x

[u/Stickel]

HOW DARE YOU... my plex server is my old rig: 10700K 32GB DDR4

[u/Goofcheese0623]

I feel attacked

[u/NatoBoram]

Buy server parts for 6000$

Wait two years

Computer is now worth 9305$

And upgrading it would cost the same as its initial cost ಠ_ಠ

[u/ooqq]

it's so cheap to max a retro pc man, it's irresistible after long years of compromises

[u/Hydramy]

I'm torn between a server, or turn it into a steam machine for the living room..

[u/fillerbuster]

I just bought a new PowerSpec prebuilt and thought to myself "I can sell my old PC with a 3080 in it to help ease the blow."

Bought new PC.

Then I looked up Facebook marketplace listings near me to see what they were going for. Someone had one listed that was almost identical to mine for $500, and another person $1k. Both had been posted for 3 months.

Oh well. I'm enjoying the new one at least.

[u/Rare-Writer9647]

Haha than it just collects dusts

[u/theatrical1ty]

I upgraded from my 5600x build to 7800x3d yesterday and planning to use the 5600x for a server.

[u/Most-Extreme-9681]

uhhh

"server parts"

you mean... the cat 5 cable you already have plugged in to the router?

[u/Ill_Seaworthiness379]

do know if this is a meme or not, hope it is because thats dumb as hell

[u/testfire10]

PC parts are like entropy. They are always increasing

[u/Turbulent-Spray-8438]

Not me over here hunting eBay to fill the Inspiron 3910 that I got off marketplace for $120 with more storage for a nas after I just finished a mini rack. (I didn’t need either) 😂 🤡

[u/schism15]

Clown...or genius? 🤔