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You might be able to use an internal USB port if the T740 has it. That's easy 5v to find and should default the fan to max speed. The Noctua also comes with an included adapter to lower the fan speed.

I skimmed through the thread mostly. I'm using a T730 with an X550 to go from my 5gbps modem to my 10gbps brocade switch. I added a Noctua fan and haven't seen any issues. My internet is only 1gbps, I'm getting slightly over 1gbps using pfsense though (overprovisioning)...

Sorry to revive an old thread, I just wanted to post the results of upgrading to a 10gb nic on the T730. I took some time today and upgraded the NIC in my T730 to a 10gb X550. This gives me two copper 10gb ports and does connect at 5gbps to my modem (5gbps is the max speed of the modem). I...

Bought mine June 15th. $180 shipped for 2 in the US.

Guess I should have bought a few more before posting. :p

Not my listing. I ordered 2 last week and they came in over the weekend with both the tall and short brackets. Appear to be new, work great at 10gb, 5gb, 2.5gb speeds. https://www.ebay.com/itm/203993548232 More info...

There is a bios setting that can enable or disable an installed RAID controller. I can't remember offhand which menu it is. It is the top option of one of the menus. Drive configuration on the H710 is done through a separate preboot menu- not the bios. During the boot process it should...

I have an r720 already, was looking to expand the storage. This one is a SFF (no trays... It needs 8), 2x E5-2620 v2 (6 core), 64gb 1600mhz ram, PERC H800, H310 mini, iDRAC 7 Enterprise. For $210, I may just keep it. I went ahead and ordered the SC200. I need the LFF version and this was...

Well, my "MD1200" arrived today. I put that in quotes because they actually sent me a Dell r720 instead. I'm debating whether to return it or not, it's a pretty good price for an r720. Anyway, eBay doesn't seem to have a great deal on the MD1200 at the moment, but, I found an SC200 for $200...

I just got an r720 and a T3600 with a perc H310, ironically. The r720 normally wants a raid card. There is a controller built into the system, it needs a different cable than what the built in RAID card normally uses. I haven't done this. Discussion on this: r720 can i connect sas/sata hdd...

I bought an MD1200 today that I'll be playing with soon. I also bought the password reset cable and a Perc H810 that I plan to use to update the firmware on the MD1200 (or use the password reset cable). After that I'll follow Fohdeesha's guide to flash it to IT mode. Is it best to have the...

Check if your server supports vPro or out of band as well. An IGP is useful when using vPro for remote KVM (a discrete video card usually don't support this).

Check out the HP T610 Plus, T730 and T740. Less power, but, they have the PCIe slot.