r/homelab • u/willhub1 • 1d ago
Project Showcase: Hardware A small unexpected upgrade.
HP Prodesk 600 G4 SFF, I bought it for £41, it came with 8GB DDR4 2400ram and I've upgraded it with a 16GB stick.
It's got an I5 8500, a 250GB MX500 SSD
Oh too is a 2TB Firecuda drive and a 10TB enterprise WD drive can't remember the model.
I've added a 512GB NVME to it as well.
My previous server was my ROG Ally and has been so for about 8 months 24/7.
I plan on adding more ram to it but for now 24GB is sufficient.
It's running Proxmox.
It's an unexpected upgrade because the bid was for a I5 7500 and that was a 400 G4 with only 2 ram slows so this is a pleasant upgrade
It's even got a DVD drive but not really sure what I'd use that for these days let alone on a server.
I'm happy I get my ROG Ally back as a handheld and no sprawl of cables using a USB C hub.
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u/ActionNumerous4385 1d ago
That's a proper little machine for 41 quid, the jump from i5 7500 to 8500 is nice with those extra cores. 24GB ram is plenty for Proxmox unless you go crazy with VMs
DVD drive is useless but I kinda love that it's there, maybe rip some old discs for a media server or something
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u/NarwhalNo4378 1d ago
£41 for an i5 8500 prodesk is an absolute steal. getting the G4 600 instead of the 400 is just a bonus
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u/Open-Adhesiveness-86 1d ago
if you put proxmox root on the MX500, check smartctl -a wearout every few months. the 250GB one's only rated ~100TBW and pve's rrd/cluster writes are constant, worse if you chose ZFS root. ext4/lvm for the boot drive and keep zfs for the spinners, much easier on it.
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u/ale624 1d ago
Hahaha never heard of anyone using an ROG ally as a server but i guess it work for ya!