See if you can find a Monsterlabo case. They went out of business, but their fanless cases are all heatsink so zero noise.

I picked up the itx model and overspecd the power supply so that the power supply fan never turns on either.

Seems cozy

You left in your IP no0b! Now I'm gonna pwn your server with my super hacker skillz xoxoxoxo

P.S. That's is one hell of a setup! I am surprised how well ventilated it is

What part of the world calls temperatures "tennis"? Sounds like something the Aussies would come up with

For anybody not doing generative AI with it and not running massive loads on it, if you're going to use an old gaming PC as a home server, at least replace the graphics card with a cheap one with no fans or use the integrated graphics on your CPU (something I believe pretty much all consumer CPUs of the last two decades have) and underclock the CPU if you don't need full processing power since even small reductions in clock speed can significantly reduce the maximum temperature.

I think "tennis" was supposed to be "temps" but got autocorrected.

A little bit of airflow can make a huge difference. If it works it works. I think the doubters have just never experimented.

Here's mine : )

or use the integrated graphics on your CPU (something I believe pretty much all consumer CPUs of the last two decades have)

many ryzen CPUs don't have integrated graphics. I think it might have become baseline from just ryzen 6000? but plenty of very still good chips were released before that. I wouldn't trade them for an intel.

and underclock the CPU if you don't need full processing power

underclock and undervolt

I just sent a ddos attack to his ip. In an unrelated event my doorbell camera has stopped working?

underclock and undervolt

If I'm not mistake only hobbyist level motherboards let you control the voltages and if one knows enough to get one of those they probably don't need the advice I gave.

Also it's hard to end up with a non-working or unstable configuration with underclocking, whilst it's pretty easy to do so with undervoltage.

That said, for those who know what they're doing, your suggestion definitely delivers lowers temperatures than underclocking alone though at the risk of a less stable system (which can be ameliorated with proper stress testing).

I'd also put mine in the basement, but I live in a flat.

This post here. I fixed it on most replies, but SwiftKey did not like me using the word temp

Oooo, cute mini system! I've always wanted to start a cluster with tiny towers like that

My dang autocorrect last night refused to use the word temps 😂 caught it on most of my replies, but it slipped past a few times

That's crazy! That would be such a fun system to play with for a silent transcoding setup. Thanks for sharing 😊

Hahah. Excellent.

You used it so many times that I was sure its some weird slang word somewhere. It is now, I've tagged you as "tennis"!

Here's my tdarr flow. I have redundent paths to handle if qsv fails and to retry in software if you're curious of why it splits

Also, here's my lil gaming rig too. Runs warm, but it's tiny.

It's a 9800x3d paired with a 6800xt

Thanks! Has been alot of fun playing with

Surprisingly the server is pretty good on pretty usage. It pulls about 300-350w from the wall, so probably about $50 a month. For being my security system and media server is pretty cost effective

Plus the other fan hiding behind the system 😉 posted temps in a comment of you eye curious

Super quiet, and had been running non stop for over a year no with no problems 😊 also that i9 runs super hot. When it was in my lil gaming rig it was always running up near 90. So retiring to the server had been much more gentle on it, lol

I shall now my known as Sir Hamknight of Tennis 😂❤️🎾

Means you got the wrong ip...the correct one is 127.0.0.1

I posted specs and temps if you were curious 😊

127.0.0.1 sweet 127.0.0.1

It was shortly before I replied back in a different comment 😊

Always in 90s? Did you remember the thermal paste on reinstall? Lol

It just had a very undersized cooler at the time (pics of case are hiding here somewhere lol). It would idle normally, but load put it near throttle. Moved to the 9800x3d though in the same case and that performs like a dream

They won’t really produce any heat if they sleep properly. Also that should help them last quite a bit longer.

I personally built a server house a couple hundred feet away from my mansion.

Raid z1 with 10 14tb disks? That's a bold move cotton, let's see how it plays out.

Still rocking my fractal R3 nothing beats it for disk space and sound proofing

An...interesting approach to noise-proofing your system :D

Yea, I definitely would have gone z2, but this all started with the drives, and slowly expanded into this monster. But so far it's been running smooth. The drives were added at different times to so they shouldn't fail at the same time (hopefully 😂)

The only negative is with the case installed, you don't know if it is powering on when you hit the button, because there is no fan noise or HDD noise (I used SSDs). So you have to peek in the top vent to see if mobo lights flicker. 😀

Is there high tennis?

Lol. I mistyped tennis so many times 😂

I mean... Look at the setup, though.

Nobody is trying to be mean, it's just a pretty rough setup where thermals are concerned. And OP appears to be dismissing every joke about it and claiming it's not an issue.

Good luck, OP. Hope this is the hottest your place ever gets, in which case you might be alright. Just keep an eye on those temps since servers need to run very cool to avoid long term damage and wear and tear. Be extra cautious of your large array of HDD's. Those can get hot and people don't always think about that.

Edit: OP mentioned lower in the thread that they are pulling 300-350 watts from the wall. That is a lot of heat. Maybe they live in Alaska and keep their place at 55 degrees, though. We don't know... But for those looking on and considering their own setup, a lot of red flags are here for those who have higher temps in their homes.

I just built a new rig and was soooo close to going mITX, but I just didn't want to deal with the cramped build space. And the selection of MoBo's was abysmal compared to ATX and mATX.

I still always get a bit jelly when I see people do it, as they are clean AF. Good on you!

And as others have said: you're taking the criticism on the chin like a champ. It's fun to experiment with weird things and you found something that works for you. That's all that matters.

Enjoy the weekend!

Are the spinning disks for Linux ISOs? If so, why raidz1 instead if snapraid?

I want to point out that for a media server, OP's GPU is excellent.

Sparkle ARC cards are the way to go for sure. The fans are a pain in the ass on Linux, though. They like to start and stop a lot.

Yeah man, that's the perfect choice. I use a very similar card myself. They outperform gaming GPU's for this purpose!

Oh man, treat those drives well. The last 18TB drive I bought a few years back went up $500 in price!

WHOA, that is a lot of energy. What CPU are you using? That thing must run HOT.

I've got a new setup (runs what you're running and a few others) that takes in 60 watts. I live in SoCal, though, so our rates are insane. For me 350 watts would run me $125 a month. It's so bad here...

Indeed good Sir!

It's alot of fun. NSFW makes some really easy to build in ITX cases if you ever want to dabble. My req though is too put a baffle made of stuff foam to force cool air in for the gpu. I'll post a Pic of my main setup when I get home later this week if you want

Was just what I was experimenting with when I built it a few years ago. Never gave may issues so I've just stayed with it. Would be nice to be able to mismatch my drive size though

They basically just sit and spin with all reads going to a cache nvme drive 😊 should live as long as possible

I9 11900k and about 18 spereate sata drives. The lil amounts add up 😂