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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/DontBflat on 2023-08-11 00:19:10.

I have an aging dell r710 server with a Md1000 disk shelf as a home server. It is loud, power hungry and old enough that I’m worried about eventual hardware failure.

My needs are fairly modest; Plex, *arr stacks, a windows vm, and NAS for just a few users. So performance isn’t a big concern.

In your opinion, should i try to find a rX30 generation server or just build something out of consumer gear? I think the price could be similar if not cheaper for consumer gear, but I think the server hardware would be noisier and more power hungry long term.

I’m in Canada, so server hardware is MUCH more expensive up here.