This is the Lenovo ThinkSystem ST45 V3 Low-Cost Tower Server

We take a look at the Lenovo ThinkSystem ST45 V3, the company's new AMD EPYC 4000 series server, and compare it to the Intel Xeon E-2400 and Xeon 6300 ThinkSystem ST50 V3. We then upgrade our base model with more NVMe SSDs, more USB 3 Type-C, and even 10GbE and 2.5GbE functionality, making it great. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/lenovo-thinksystem-st45-v3-review-amd-epyc-4000-entry-server/ Substack: https://axautikgroupllc.substack.com/ STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a STH YT Member and Support Us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join STH YouTube membership to support the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6J_jJa8GJqFwQNgNrMuww/join Professional Users Substack: https://axautikgroupllc.substack.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find The Unit We Purchased Note we may earn a small commission if you use these links to purchase a product through them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lenovo ST45 V3 (Lenovo Affiliate): https://fave.co/42zkHcG Sonnet McFiver Card (Amazon Affiliate): https://amzn.to/3GMxOi3 Syba Dual 2.5GbE Card (Amazon Affiliate): https://amzn.to/4iD9NaJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/servethehome-com/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ServeTheHome/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servethehome/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Buying the Most Popular Newegg AMD Server: https://youtu.be/XUsNMSyVQU8 - SMT is Still Important: https://www.servethehome.com/the-key-feature-for-server-cpus-amd-still-two-threads-per-core/ - AMD EPYC 4004 - https://youtu.be/JokLRV6KLeE - AMD EPYC 9004 "Turin" https://youtu.be/sM_lWr6iRds - Intel Xeon 6300 - https://www.servethehome.com/intel-xeon-6300-launched-for-entry-servers-with-2019-core-counts/ - Intel Xeon E challenge in 2025 - https://www.servethehome.com/the-intel-xeon-e-challenge-in-2025/ - Intel Xeon 6900P - https://youtu.be/-Pq_nFLL9n0 - HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 Review - https://www.servethehome.com/hpe-proliant-dl145-gen11-review-an-amd-epyc-8004-edge-server-nvidia/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:48 External Hardware Overview 04:53 Internal Hardware Overview 08:43 JetKVM, McFiver 10GbE, Syba 2.5GbE Customization 12:10 Power Consumption and Noise 14:00 Performance AMD EPYC versus Intel Xeon 15:42 Key Lessons Learned and 96GB of ECC Memory 19:14 Wrap-up