So, this open computer has been my homelab for a good while now, but I desperately want to upgrade it, so please recommend any hardware/upgrades.

Edit: I will use this server primarily as a media server! (shock) Edit2: I’m based in Norther Europe, so Amazon is not an option for me.

Current hardware: /What you see on the picture

  • Motherboard: B250M Performance
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 (defect, runs like an airport as soon as it needs to do ‘a heavier task’)
  • CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
  • CPU Cooler: Some cheap XILENCE fan
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • PSU: WPM600 Bronze
  • Case: Custom company (defo want to replace)
  • Storage: 1TB HDD + (2TB HDD but dead)

What I have to spare from previous build;

  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060
  • CPU Cooler: AMD Stock fan (doesn’t fit this motherboard) Computer
  • LunchOP
    1•8 months ago

    I’ll look into the heat sinks, hopefully that’s the issue!

      • LunchOP
        2•8 months ago

        Just to clarify, an extra fan sitting at the back of the case to “get rid of” the warm heat from the cpu?

        • @[email protected]
          2•8 months ago

          yup, highlighted in yellow. Looks around a 120mm aperture, but check 'cos hey, I’m looking at a photo :P

          Hot air rises, so you have this sort of cloud of heat hovering there from the CPU and the back of the GPU card - a fan will suck it straight up and spit it out the back of the case.

          • LunchOP
            2•8 months ago

            Thanks for that. Just to clarify, the case right now is this open, I’ve never had the side panels for this case haha. But I will get a fan for that place in my next case 👌👌

            • @[email protected]
              2•8 months ago

              Even if open it’s worth considering - unless you literally have exterior airflow source blowing in the side, pockets are pooling. To give you an idea, i have roughly the same setup - granted it just runs a slack lamp - but i don’t even need a cpu fan, just the stock heatsink and the case is closed. Intakes and exhaust, unless you got a watercool chiller airflow, airflow, airflow is paramount.

              (My main beast has a 250mm window fan plus intakes/exhaust, ambient temp is about 8c over room temperature even when thrashing)

              • LunchOP
                1•8 months ago

                Gotcha, I’ll do that then - thanks 😊