It's been long time since I followed the best value discarded enterprise hardware on eBay, but there is a community that really does, this one:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php Problem is there are now too many generations of Epyc and Xeons, so making the right choice requires some research. Also the dual-systems are still problematic in some instances, even Corona seems to struggle with them in some particular configs as can be seen in some threads on this forum as well, people wondering why the rendering speed isn't doubled, until they "solve" something 6 months later and then it runs as should. This issue usually stems from what tier is the individual chips, is it very late engineering sample? Are there good chipset drivers for it? Does Windows play nice with? (Linux is often safer bet for all these various ES/QS chips).
Seems like the situation is quite complex, so I personally can't offer any exact config.
I would ask the sellers, or search the
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php community for Cinebench scores and divide that by dollar value, to see what you're getting.
I would probably skip first gen Epyc (7xx1), those were very weak.
For general build though:
- No need to watercool even the most powerful 330W Server chips. They are massive chips, and super easy to cool with Noctua server air-towers (or in case of Epyc, the regular sTRX coolers). The reason some of these are sometimes watercooled is when they are 2U racks where fitting heatsink is almost impossible. In any tower case, no problem at all.
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