Hello guys,

I’ve had some raspberries for a few years, and I wanted to try something more serious at home to run some server and services. A main concern was power consumption, so I looked around and mini-PCs were a good solution. I only bought barebones because my storage/RAM needs were not met when I looked for pre-made configs. So here’s what I finally bought :

• 2x MSI Cubi N ADL-002BEU (Intel N100 proc). Both with 16 GB DDR4 (maximum). One with 2 TB NVMe and the other with 500 GB.

• For more intensive tasks, an ASRock 4X4 BOX-7640U (Ryzen 7040U proc). With 2TB NVMe and 64 GB DDR5

• And of course, a Eaton Ellipse PRO 650 for power outages (common in my area)

I installed proxmox for the first time and i’m quite happy with it. I created a cluster so I can easily see all Mini-PCs stats & consumption at the same time, move VMs, set automatic backups... This is quite powerful and easy to setup.

When I took the screenshot (about 50% load) the power consumption was only 60W for the 3 mini-PC, my ISP box and an old D-link switch. Power consumption when idle is about 30-35W. I haven’t tried yet for the max consumption.

Performance is quite good too. I have game servers on the N100 without any problem and the NVMe speed is amazing.

Next step is to buy a NAS for storage and backups :)

If you guys have any advice or questions do not hesitate.

Cheers