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    [FS] Lenovo Tiny 10/25G Network Fan Shrouds

    Yes. t730 slot config t740 slot config
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    Netgear WAX630E: $170.99

    How much is that Netgear Cloud management thing going to cost? I can't imagine them not charging a recurrent subscription for it...
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    [FS] Lenovo Tiny 10/25G Network Fan Shrouds

    Do one for the HP t730/t740/t755 as well? Us GhettoMiniMicro boys can certainly use a shroud/fan housing to get some airflow on that slot.
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    So, eh, about the HPe Microserver Gen 11

    Anyone else found it a bit...weaksauce, as the kids would've put it? The pricing I've seen so far from the usual channel partners also doesn't exactly excite me, either. A base model with 2 Alder Lake P-cores sells for around 2100 each?! Edit: Oh geez, there's already an existing thread on...
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    It'll try for a link re-negotiation at a provided speed (4,3,2,1) if you ask it, but it's up to the hardware to honor the request. It might honor it, it might ignore it, or it can try, fail and crash your device. Eh, maybe? Bulldozer architecture CPUs aren't that great versus the Intel...
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    Eh, keep in mind that the 5070 "big" is PCIe 2.0x4 only. 2GB/sec max. Probably not going to be saturated by a dual 2.5Gbit but cooling the card will be an even bigger issue since it's completely passive (no fans). I don't think bifurcation will be that much of an issue for 4 lanes.
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    Oh yeah, he was. In that case...try setpci and using some kind of script to force the link speed? I ran cards in there with PCIe 2 and 3 and they all seem to work fine (provided that you cool them).
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    I used a t730 for years with a SolarFlare SFN5122 (which is a 10GbE PCIe 2x8 fiber NIC) until it was swapped out for a ConnectX3 VPI, and it had been solid. So, eeeeh, potential cooling issue?
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    Eh...from a power efficiency standpoint, you are still better off with a Wyse 5070 "big" (around 90 bucks stateside) versus the t730 if you need the PCIe slot, or the t640 if you want a 10w mess-around machine for projects (they show up on fleabay for 50-60 bucks nowadays as a complete set, so...
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    Unfortunately not something you can force - that M.2 A+E/PCIe slot is wired to the PCIe 2.0 side of the APU. It's also based on a 10 year old APU (the FX7600p) so even if your card is much newer, it's still not going to get the faster connection speeds.
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    $250: Intel NUC 9 Pro Compute Element - NUC9VXQNB

    It's not bad, but how exactly is this "an excellent value"? Are we only weighing this in terms of "small-ish chassis with more than 1 PCIe slot"?
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    (US) 90 dollar Wyse 5070 Thin client/mini-server?

    Yeah, I thought about using 433 MHz sensors with my HA VM - but I went with Z-Wave instead - mostly because I plan to control window AC units, and I couldn't find a 433 Mhz outlet controller that I can trust with high draw appliances through. The missus also didn't like the idea of having way...
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    (US) 90 dollar Wyse 5070 Thin client/mini-server?

    Definitely a bit of a Frankenstein there - but hey, as long as it works. Since I have a pair of cats who treats my entire home as their jungle gym, I prefer to keep everything in a single chassis. That A+E slot can also take also take a dual 1GBit M2-i350 if you want to give SRIOV a try...
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    $250: Intel NUC 9 Pro Compute Element - NUC9VXQNB

    Eeeeee. So in other words, potentially 150 dollar box which requires a 400 dollar chassis to function.
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    $250: Intel NUC 9 Pro Compute Element - NUC9VXQNB

    Okay, I'll bite. This is a Xeon-E 2286M based computing element (aka the PCIe card) but without the NUC9 chassis though, right? Or does it come with the chassis as well? Technically it's not a terrible buy, since the E2286M is around the same ballpark perf-wise as the V2546 in the new(-ish)...
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    ESXi free 8.0 seems to be the last one !

    Now try running that XCP-ng on something like a Framework 13 Gen 2 board (with an Alder Lake), a Lenovo EliteDesk m75q gen 2 (with a Ryzen 5650) or an XPS15 9750 (Intel iGPU and nVidia GeForce GTX1050M) what I usually use to prototype hypervisors), and you'll find yourself run into multiple...
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    It's the extra air gap near the vents. The fan on the t730 only pulls air from the outside and blows it onto the APU - it does not/cannot push airflow directly onto the PCIe slot (since it's on the other side of the board) - whatever air movement is either convective or indirectly from the...
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    HP T730 8GB RAM 32GB Storage Thin Client

    It does if you use the option port (basically the one for the fiber NIC/wifi card) - which is MiniPCIe. The issue is that it's facing outwards so you'll need an extender ribbon to the M2 carrier/adapter, and it's only have a PCIe 2.0x1 coming out of that slot so you'll be bandwidth gimping it...
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    RAM failing on new 6port router from AliExpress

    Eh, the SODIMM looks like run-of-the-mill stuff shipped with DDR5 notebooks nowadays - DDR5 4800 CL40 is pretty typical for Ryzen Rembrandt and Phoenix machines, or newer Intel 'Lake DDR5 machines. The interesting thing is that Intel tends to gimp the memory limit on Atom based machines in the...
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    RAM failing on new 6port router from AliExpress

    Eh, RAM shouldn't give you issues unless it's substantially above 70 C for an extended period of time. 52 C is slightly high as than operating temp, but should otherwise be still fine as the chips on the SODIMM module should be able to handle temps from 0 to 85 C. Given the fact that this...