Is this a good deal?
Is this a good deal?
1X Asrock Rack EPYCD8 motherboard. 1 x AMD Epyc 7642 cpu. 4 x 16 G 2133P DDR4 ECC (in total 64G). AMD EPYC™ 7642. CPU AMD EPYC™ 7002/7001 series processor family. AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series. ASRock Rack Instant Flash.
It seems good based on the price of just the CPU. If it's good, what kind of server case would it need?
It does seem like a good value. It is shipping from China, so some risks for international orders. I have had sellers ghost me for smaller value items. Not much I could do. I get more nervous on higher dollar items, but this seller has okay history with two negative reports in the last month. One of the reports is worrisome.
The board is an ATX board, so any case that fits ATX should work. Of course cooling solutions will need to fit, too.
"Too good to be true" is something to consider, but fleabayers do sell lots of things at well below market value, so I am conflicted. Ultimately, I am not sure I could pull the trigger given the costs and the international purchase.
You might also want to consider a Supermicro H12-SSLi - takes the same CPUs, but does PCIe 4
Make sure you factor in electricity and cooling into your cost.
What will be your usecase for this?
Probably something that could be handled with a rpi
Lol, I ran a very simple pfsense box on a R710 for years. The most expensive router I've ever had (due to power costs).
Looks like a reasonable deal. The mobo has IPMI, which if you've never used it, it's a dream for server management. It's no iDRAC or iLO, but it should work well enough for hands-off management.
iDRAC and iLO are brand names for IPMI
Not really. Ipmi s a protocol. Ilo uses redfish iirc.
They're all bmc communication methods tho.
This answer would be incomplete without mentioning that Dell iDRAC and HPE iLO have a lot of proprietary functionality beyond what the IPMI standard requires. For example, iDRAC and iLO support rich KVM-like screen sharing, plus the ability to mount ISOs and other media onto the server. Indeed, so much more functionality exists in these implementations that a license key must be purchased to enable the most fancy features.
I will note that SuperMicro does simply call their offering as "SuperMicro IPMI" despite having a few of these proprietary features. But by and large, basic IPMI is an interoperability specification, with each implementation having their own unique strengths.