Michael Stapelberg 🐧🐹😺

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Ryzen 7 Mini-PC makes a power-efficient VM host

The ASRock DeskMini X600 barebone uses less than 10W of power but supports latest-generation AMD CPUs like the Ryzen 7 8700G!

A perfect base for your home-lab, self-hosting, hobby project or small office server needs

https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2024-07-02-ryzen-7-mini-pc-low-power-proxmox-hypervisor/

Ryzen 7 Mini-PC makes a power-efficient VM host

When I saw the first reviews of the ASRock DeskMini X600 barebone, I was immediately interested in building a home-lab hypervisor (VM host) with it. Apparently, the DeskMini X600 uses less than 10W of power but supports latest-generation AMD CPUs like the Ryzen 7 8700G!

Michael Stapelberg
Jul 2, 2024 at 3:27pmWeb
Show threadChris 🏃 🐧Jul 2, 2024
@zekjur reaaaally neat!
Show threadzeik0sJul 2, 2024
@zekjur it seems they planned ECC Support for the 8000s APU series, but removed the info later on
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-confirms-ryzen-8000g-apus-dont-support-ecc-ram-despite-initial-claims
AMD confirms Ryzen 8000G APUs don't support ECC RAM, despite initial claims

Maybe wait for Ryzen 8000G Pro versions.

Tom's Hardware
Show threadcmairJul 2, 2024
@the_grue not exactly your use case but still interesting.
Maybe search for other boards with the same chipset as it can be low power, apparently.
Show threadBrunoTeixeira1996Jul 2, 2024
@zekjur how did you measure the Wats from that PC and display on grafana?
Show threadMichael Stapelberg 🐧🐹😺Jul 3, 2024
@bteixeira Using a https://mystrom.ch/wifi-switch/, which has a REST API for fetching measurement values
WiFi Switch (Works with Apple HomeKit) | Smart Home | myStrom

The versatile WiFi socket. Control devices remotely. Measure and save electricity. Track mini PV power production. Temperature sensor. Burglary protection.

myStrom AG
Show threadDenisJul 3, 2024
@zekjur Besten Dank für den Tipp. Mal direkt nachgekauft, bin gespannt!
Show threadDenisJul 19, 2024
@zekjur Wirklich super! Ersetzt zahlreiche Einzellösungen mit Raspberry usw. - schön leise. Der Blogpost war der Anschub, um das Proxmox Projekt anzugehen. Danke! Kaffee wird zeitnah geklickt. 😉
Show threadLeah NeukirchenJul 3, 2024

@zekjur Some people online seem to complain about the power supply fan noise, can you say something about that?

Edit: Sorry, that was about the Desk*Meet*.

Show threadMichael Stapelberg 🐧🐹😺Jul 3, 2024

@leah Uh, the power supply doesn’t have a fan? :)

I haven’t noticed the power supply making any noise

Show threadLeah NeukirchenJul 3, 2024
@zekjur Yes, I confused the reviews. The bigger DeskMeet has a power supply, and the fan isn't so silent apparently. The DeskMini just has a brick I guess.