Hi, so I want to building a pc for a home server (?) or NAS. I dont really know whats the most appropriate term but what I intend to build is a one pc for my household. currently my requirement is one work ‘pc’ capable of heavy 3d modeling one light work pc. two 4k gaming tvs. (they most likely wont be used at the same time)

my knowledge of technical stuff is bretty basic so please be patient with me.

before, i used my steam deck to stream my work pc using parsec but i thought i just want to jump all in on linux and using vm to use more niche 3d softwares.

my budget is flexible as long as i dont need to use enterprise hardware. also i heard nvidia is not good for linux so i’d like to confirm if that is still the case as im thinking of using 5090 if not, i hope amd releases an equivalent capable card or if any according my quick research suggest.

as for linux, the only distro (?) i ever used is the steam deck one and i love it. im not a programmer or even remotely capable one so i’d like to avoid anything that has to be manually typing commands at terminal but im open to surface level tinkering.

thank you for your time

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    I think I’d recommend having at least 2 PCs. Your gaming PC is going to be terribly inefficient and draw 10x as much power at idle as a server with a mobile processor. Leaving it running 24/7 will get expensive to the extent that buying a dedicated server makes more sense. Plus if your gaming/work PC ever crashes while you’re working, your server will crash as well.

    Also if you ever work outside the home you probably want to have something that doesn’t require a network connection.

    You can get Yunohost set up with a single command.

    • brandon@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      Your gaming PC is going to be terribly inefficient and draw 10x as much power at idle as a workstation PC.

      Is this really true? Modern components have fairly robust power saving capabilities. Just because it’s got a 750W power supply doesn’t mean it’s drawing 750W all the time.

      • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        My gaming PC takes 250w while gaming, my diy mini pc daily driver desktop takes 40w while working, my mini pc server running proxmox takes about 15w on average. The difference is over 10x in my case.

      • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        41·
        23 hours ago

        It’s not really 10x unless you’re comparing to something like an N100 mini PC. It’s not unusual for a gaming PC to idle around 100 watts though. That does get expensive if it’s on 24/7.

        • lemonuri@lemmy.ml
          5·
          23 hours ago

          Yeah, a sff mini pc draws below 10 W on idle, so the math is about right, even if a gaming PC can also draw as low as 40 Watt on idle if you buy a reasonably powered gpu.

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
          11·
          22 hours ago

          It’s not really 10x unless you’re comparing to something like an N100 mini PC

          I assume most people running a dedicated personal server are using that or something similar. In the case of RPi or similar SBC it will be even more.

    • Cikos@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      23 hours ago

      i see, that def a good consideration. other people suggest a lot of great options, ill try those first and if in the end it doesnt work, this will be my final solution.