Kind of a cute 1U barebones system with hot swap U.2 support. Everywhere else seems to be selling it for $800ish.
As a reminder: C252 doesn't have quick sync.
As a reminder: C252 doesn't have quick sync.
Asrock Rack 1U2E-C252 Server Barebone Intel Xeon E-2300 and 10th Gen Intel Pentium (LGA1200) C252 - $386.27
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STH review: ASRock Rack 1U2E-C252 Intel Xeon E-2300 1U Server Review
Seems to idle around 30W with Intel Xeon E-2378G and a SSD (guessing this is a SATA SSD?) and interesting to see it has a HDMI video output as a nice change.
If only my M720Q + XL710 router had a problem...
Seems to idle around 30W with Intel Xeon E-2378G and a SSD (guessing this is a SATA SSD?) and interesting to see it has a HDMI video output as a nice change.
If only my M720Q + XL710 router had a problem...
If it was a C256 I'd be all over it at this price. Would make a nice router/plex server!
Glad I overcame my excitement long enough to see that caveat - this would have become a dedicated media server.
yeah kind of a bummer. Typical Intel market segmentation nonsense.
Price went down to $386.
Interesting, so @Patrick tested it with a Quick Sync capable processor, but @autoturk you mentioned it was not Quick Sync capable. Is there something I am missing with this? For the price barebones it is really tempting since my "home media server" was going to be an HPE EL1000 with a Xeon E-2200 series M750 blade but for the same price I can have a dedicated 1U to better fit in my laundry room rack I am building out.
"The system does not have the ability to use expansion cards as configured"
Would it work if you replaced the riser? You then can only use sata for the front loading drives? Any idea what you could drop in to use a the expansion slot?
What is the expected use case for this hardware config?
Would it work if you replaced the riser? You then can only use sata for the front loading drives? Any idea what you could drop in to use a the expansion slot?
What is the expected use case for this hardware config?
so the C2*2 chipsets don't allow for taking advantage of the Quicksync capabilities of a CPU unfortunately. It's a chipset limitation, not a CPU limitation
something like this should work I think: https://www.amazon.com/GODSHARK-PCI-Express-Riser-Degree-Adapter/dp/B07VV18PQD/ but it might require some trial and error.
If you wanted to Frankenstein something together, you could get the below and swap the board into the above system: https://a.co/d/8TmbvWN