EXPIRED Supermicro AOC-STGF-I2S PCIe Intel X710 Dual Port 10gb SFP+ Network Card $38.55 OBO

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Supermicro AOC-STGF-I2S PCIe Intel X710 Dual Port 10gb SFP+ Network Card | eBay

<p>Tested on an open test bench.</p>

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This came up in the saved search I created several months ago. It may not be a great deal, but it's probably an OK deal. Please do your own research.

I ended up purchasing 2x Lenovo 00JY823 (Emulex OCE14102) for $10/each and Mellanox CX312C for $20.

 

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Notable that these are 3.0x8 cards, so you can run them without a bottleneck on a 3.0x4 link. Useful for desktop platforms or any other place you only have a x4 slot available.

 

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Notable that these are 3.0x8 cards, so you can run them without a bottleneck on a 3.0x4 link. Useful for desktop platforms or any other place you only have a x4 slot available.

All 3 cards that I mentioned are PCIe 3.0. I have multiple Dell Precision 3420 with only x4 slot available. I just wanted to experiment with 10Gbps at minimal expense.

 

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This is more expensive (once you factor in shipping) than the HPE-branded ConnectX 4 Lx 25G cards posted last week, which still show a dozen in stock. Unless you really need Intel or a specific feature found on the X710 but not the Mellanox it seems like the latter would be a better choice.

 

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This is more expensive (once you factor in shipping) than the HPE-branded ConnectX 4 Lx 25G cards posted last week, which still show a dozen in stock. Unless you really need Intel or a specific feature found on the X710 but not the Mellanox it seems like the latter would be a better choice.

I'm no longer actively searching, so I missed that deal. Back when I was shopping, I didn't realize that SFP28 was backward compatible, so I probably overlooked some newer cards.

HP 640sfp28 aka Mellanox4 Lx MCX4121A-ACAT $29

If you need a low-profile bracket, that would be extra expense.