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    Best low power SFP+ cards

    [ATTACH] Just as a point of reference on the heatsink thermal dissipation issue. Mellanox ConnectX-2 on top, and Solarflare SFN7122 & SFN8522...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 19, 2019 at 2:53 PM in forum: Networking
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    Best low power SFP+ cards

    Unfortunately I don't know about the SFN5152F. I went with newer Solarflare for the moment (SFN7122 & SFN8522). I have those paired with cheap...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:48 AM in forum: Networking
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    Best low power SFP+ cards

    Many current/recent Solarflare cards (7000 & 8000 series for example) are around 7-8w for dual port, but single part are hard to find I believe....
    Post by: Markess, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:08 AM in forum: Networking
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    Home AV / Internet / Low Voltage System (Concrete walls/floors)

    +1 on the network tester. Especially if you didn't plan/do/oversee/label the original installation. I have CAT 5 coming into every room and a...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 18, 2019 at 8:12 AM in forum: Networking
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    eBay 10% off. Expires 09/30. Max $50. Limit 1 use

    Yes, what you said. I see the same. Also...normally, I ALWAYS get the discount coupons. Every single time anyone posts a coupon here or...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:44 AM in forum: Great Deals
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    EU ebay: Supermicro X10SLE-F (Micro-Cloud node) usually under 10 Euro

    X10SLE-F | Motherboards | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc. I'm by no means an expert on all this stuff, but the product page specifies ECC,...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 16, 2019 at 3:28 PM in forum: Great Deals
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    EU ebay: Supermicro X10SLE-F (Micro-Cloud node) usually under 10 Euro

    As far as I know, Gskill didn't make ECC Unbuffered DIMMs. If its not an ECC UDIMM, the board won't boot. With non-ECC RAM in the board, it...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 16, 2019 at 2:42 PM in forum: Great Deals
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    Intel 82599ES Transceiver Compatability (SFP to RJ45 1G)

    Posting an update to close the loop in case anyone finds this thread on a search. I ordered the 10Gtek transceiver in the link above. The one I...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 14, 2019 at 10:58 PM in forum: Networking
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    Interpreting S.M.A.R.T. data on Sun F40 (LSI/Seagate WarpDrive)

    I decided to try this drive in my desktop, which dual boots Windows, and installed Crystal Disk Info. That program tells me all 4 drives are...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 11, 2019 in forum: Hard Drives and Solid State Drives
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    SMCI X9 Bifurcation I Why some boards but not all ?

    Interesting thread. My X9DRT-F doesn't have bifurcation, but then again it also doesn't have 3.3 BIOS either. I wrote to SMC about when/if...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 11, 2019 in forum: Hard Drives and Solid State Drives
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    Supermicro X10 mATX board and Hyper 212 EVO?

    I volunteer at an educational non-profit and use the gear they have for Maker Education classes. They've got a Lulzbot Mini and a number of...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 11, 2019 in forum: Processors and Motherboards
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    Supermicro X10 mATX board and Hyper 212 EVO?

    Won't get any protest from me! I've got no room to judge. One of my servers with the Narrow 2011 sockets is fitted into a 1st generation 2006...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 10, 2019 in forum: Processors and Motherboards
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    Firesale from closing up shop

    I've got really really poor impulse control (and my having CPU & RAM already on hand isn't helping). So will somebody PLEASE buy that Asus P9D-MV...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 10, 2019 in forum: For Sale/ For Trade/ Want to Buy
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    Supermicro X10 mATX board and Hyper 212 EVO?

    Thanks for sharing this. I'd somehow missed the Noctua offerings. I think that's definitely a good way to go if one is going air in a non-server...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 10, 2019 in forum: Processors and Motherboards
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    Interpreting S.M.A.R.T. data on Sun F40 (LSI/Seagate WarpDrive)

    I got the 400GB F40 model of one of these a while back but never got around to plugging it in:...
    Post by: Markess, Sep 10, 2019 in forum: Hard Drives and Solid State Drives