dbrand666
@dbrand666@mastodon.social
I'm told having a bio makes you less creepy, so... Dad, husband (desktop support), engineer. Mostly harmless. Joined The Great Resignation in 2021 after 40 or so years in tech. Definitely not one of the "80% who regret their decision" according to Paychex survey 🤔. Still messing with tech on my own terms, traveling, learning to read, reflecting.
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An old desktop is a great place to start but if you're buying, don't rule out old servers. They're much better at thermal management very important if you're gonna stuff a few drives into it.
They're surprisingly power efficient. And many of them are whisper quiet with the right config.
I'm running an old Dell T430 and all I hear is the hard drives. It's pulling about 70w with 6 hard drives in it (plus an SSD).
No GPU though.
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