Some things have changed since i started my journey.
The i3 NUC started having issues with it’s internal power supply, well issues…. it didn’t want to turn on anymore.
Luckely i was able to get my hands on a HP Z840, it’s a great and beefy machine.
– Xeon E5-2660v4 (14c/28t)
– 4x16GB ECC DDR4
– 2 NVMe SSD’s, 240GB & 480GB
Making it a big upgrade for the old i3 NUC.
But with a great upgrade comes even greater power draw.
Going from ~10w to ~70-80w without a GPU, and ~100w with a GPU.
With the high prices of power and natural gas, this was far from ideal. But like we say here in The Netherlands: “een hobby mag geld kosten”, translating to, a hobby is allowed to cost money.
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