Computer Builds/Rebuilds Thread (1 Viewer)

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

 I'm sorry to ask again, but as I said before I am completely lost and out of touch when it comes to today's builds. 

 Can somebody pretty please help me?  (See the post above)

 

[captain_amazing]

Just purchased this Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 for $90 on ebay.  Seemed like a steal (4 core, 16gb ram, 1.5tb hdd).  I'll be migrating my current server environment, which is sitting on two, old workstations (I think an old Dell optiplex and some other sff workstation).  Going to setup esxi and virtualize my current environment.  I do web hosting/email for some very small clients, along with running plex and some other stuff.  It'll be great to segment all of that.  Probably work on moving them all to centos as well (both servers are running ubuntu 16.04 lts).    

With all of the extra storage/power I'll have, I'm trying to come up with ideas on what to do.  I'll probably spin up some lab environments to play around with some things I haven't played with yet - cumulus linux, still haven't spun up server 2016, so probably that, try and get my hands on some other NOS vms to play with, etc.  Any ideas on things to mess around with for fun or education purposes?

 

[captain_amazing]

So I've got my new rig and am loading up vms.

- my website

- client websites

- dhcp and dns, moving role away from router 

- file server, gonna setup a samba file share for all my docs and media items for plex

- plex

- gns3, lab environment for networking

- sever 2016, for lab purposes

- a vm for community work (dedicating for stuff like SETI)

Considering a pfsense vm to have a real firewall in place rather then my router, but I may do that at a later time.  

Looking for other ideas too.  Might build a few random websites to do random stuff. Might try out some forum software too and build a personal forum.  Really not sure yet.  

 

[captain_amazing]

Maybe build a website dedicated to yoga pants.

 

[belljr]

posted in video game thread but might get more traffic here

looking for a new gaming/general use PC.   Not looking to break the bank and not looking to build one either.  

I have a GTX1060 video card so i can replace the packaged one if need be,

last one I built for about 600 willing to spend a little more

 

[matttyl]

posted in video game thread but might get more traffic here

looking for a new gaming/general use PC.   Not looking to break the bank and not looking to build one either.  

I have a GTX1060 video card so i can replace the packaged one if need be,

last one I built for about 600 willing to spend a little more

You'd have to build it, but I can send you one of these, these, this and this (the 120GB variety) and throw in a case if you want for much less than $600.  Purchased for a build I never did.  I'd do $250 right now for it all. 

 

[belljr]

You'd have to build it, but I can send you one of these, these, this and this (the 120GB variety) and throw in a case if you want for much less than $600.  Purchased for a build I never did.  I'd do $250 right now for it all. 

since it's been about 6 years since I build my last and I'm out of touch and not one that normally builds pcs- what would I need (salvage from my current rig)

My PSU is 550W

My HDD - I assume I can just use them as extra drives outside the SDD you listed

Bluray/DVD - tray.

I would need to purchase a Windows disk or downlaod Redhat if I want to go that route?

 

[matttyl]

since it's been about 6 years since I build my last and I'm out of touch- what would I need (salvage from my current rig)

My PSU is 550W

My HDD - I assume I can just use them as extra drives outside the SDD you listed

Bluray/DVD - tray.

I would need to purchase a Windows disk or downlaod Redhat if I want to go that route?

Yeah, I could throw in a PSU if you wanted, but your 550w one would be more than fine.  Yes, you could still use a lot of HDDs for storage, just use the crazy fast SDD I listed for the OS (it's literally GBs per second, not MBs per second).  And yeah, whatever optical drive and OS you wanted to use.

 

[belljr]

Ok thanks.   let me think it over.