Recent content by mophk

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    Sensibility of my Define R4 NAS

    tbh, I find the r4 better than the r5. The cages imho better, but you do you.
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    ESXi 8 boot from DOM/NVMe/USB/SATA ?

    i'd go with the ssd 100gb. it should live for about 10 years so plenty of time to upgrade or change it out.
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    EU WTB server board for esxi host for homelab on the budget

    thread can be closed, I will be getting something from @gb00s
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    EU WTB server board for esxi host for homelab on the budget

    Ill pass, I can get 32gb sticks in poland for less and even if i'd pull the trigger on them i'd get 8 of them, which would right now take all my budget.
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    EU WTB server board for esxi host for homelab on the budget

    I saw his listing, but getting that without 2nd cpu, would cut my ram by half, other than that, it would be great deal for me. Currently the price for 8gb ecc modules in my country seems to be about 19 euro each, so i can recover more than I paid it seems, but the upgrade to 16gb sticks would...
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    EU WTB server board for esxi host for homelab on the budget

    I bought super cheap ecc ddr4 modules some time ago, for about 12eur/each. The plan is to use my current 8x8gb modules + 1 cpu. next I would buy another cpu + ram just to fill the board fully. I think 128gb of ram and 2x low power cpu would be ideal to me. DDR4 is still "current" tech so if I...
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    EU WTB server board for esxi host for homelab on the budget

    I can get the board from ebay for about 250 eur shipped with 2 cpu coolers and i/o shield so a bit less than you think luckily. as for the chasis sure 3u or 4u would be ideal for me imho. for now I would be happy with 8 drives
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    EU WTB server board for esxi host for homelab on the budget

    Hey guys, Im looking for a board similar to a X10DRi from supermicro. I am also considering single cpu boards. I would like to buy a board that has 8 slots for ram per cpu and it uses ddr4. If you would have a whole server without ram, cpu's, psu' (atx psu compatible)(or the psu/cooling...