This may be my favorite server build yet! Dell Poweredge T420 project

I have a bunch of scheduled videos in my backlog so I am going to be running some more bonus videos with my daily videos. This was a really fun build for an upcoming video. Featured is a Dell Poweredge T420 server. Specs of this build:

Dual Xeon E5-2540 2.1GHz eight core
192GB PC3L-12800R (12x 16GB DDR3)
Dell Perc H710 1GB RAID Controller
8x 300GB 10K RPM SAS Drives (1.6TB Raid 50)
iDrac 7 enterprise
Intel i350 quad port NIC
EVGA NVIDIA 1070 8GB
NEC USB 3.0 card
Dual 1100W power supplies

I ran into some issues on the way, but I got it going. Esxi is my hypervisor I am running with multiple Windows 10 VMs and Truenas storage. This would make for a fun homelab setup that would allow you to run your PC in the same box as your virtual machines.

Check out ‪@WaybackTECH‬ and their video for a similar project with a different approach:
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