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    ASRock Rack B650D4U MicroATX for Ryzen 7000 processors

    What's the current state of ECC on this board with EPYC/Ryzen Processors? Got this board, EPYC and some ECC 5600 memory. Wondering if I wanna swap for faster CPU and faster non-ECC memory. Box won't do anything mission-critical (storage) and memory will be tested before putting it in use.
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    Looking to build a server...

    Im very happy with Xeon 2600v3 and v4 systems: tons of cores and 4 memory channels. All in all, on par with modern 8-core ryzen with dual-channel memory in multicore. Some old server boards come with handy onboard stuff, such as SAS controllers. Most modern systems are made for PCIe NVME...
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    Socket 2011 square & narrow ILM active cooling solutions

    If that response was for me, you'd need different brackets, that are not available from Amazon, but you can get them from Noctua. Check out Manual for cooler that's suppose to work on Narrow-ILM: https://noctua.at/pub/media/blfa_files/manual/noctua_nh_d9dx_i4_3u_manual_en.pdf It shows "NM-XFB4"...
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    Aruba Bootloader recovery process

    Hi. Does anyone knows how to recover Aruba AP with faulty bootloader? I've done reset via APboot multiple times and it works great for home, but got couple of APs that don't even get to that. Seems that actual boot loader got deleted/damaged. I assume I'll need a way to read memory, most...
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    Socket 2011 square & narrow ILM active cooling solutions

    I got C14s in two systems with Narrow ILM. You have to email Noctua and convince em to send you a kit though. That's great cooler that helps with memory temps a bit. Now that I mounted all my stuff, I have some spare parts up for grabs: -Noctua D9DX i3 3U in "airflow across ILM" config...
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    Advice sought: What to buy for small-ish, beefy nodes?

    I currently have 9800x3d that's overclocked, with delid kit and mora watercooling ready to go. While I entertain idea of spare desktop (macmini) it seems unnecessary. Plus you confirmed my fears that miniPC with some fan will run circles around streacom system. Speaking of miniitx with cou...
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    Advice sought: What to buy for small-ish, beefy nodes?

    ITX is easy when you don't have GPU and not aiming for sub-10L build. Totally agree on WAF and small/compact build. I'm running mATX "main server" that sits in the the corner nicely and building "backup" server with spinners. Interestingly, that since I posted I acquired free Streacom FC9...
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    Advice sought: What to buy for small-ish, beefy nodes?

    Im afraid, there's no miracle and 65w cpu will perform close to others CPUs running at 65W. Effeciency curve goes down with higher wattage, and newer CPUs are more effecient. I love tiny PCs myself, but server-grade sff stuff gets pretty expensive. Sticking some 65W CPU into ITX case is pretty...
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    Colo Space!

    I actually moved to Bay area and located nearby. I'll get back to this in a few days
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    Socket 2011 square & narrow ILM active cooling solutions

    I got two boards with narrow ILM. There's Narrow ILM mount for asetek AIOs, and corsair makes cpu waterblock with such mount, so you can swap better cooling system. I probably don't need that for my usecase, but im intrigued.
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    AQC113 PCIE Link question

    Im linked at 10gbps and rest of functionality looks good. It's just bandwidth that is not available.
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    AQC113 PCIE Link question

    I've ordered AQC113 but my NIC is identical to AQC113C picture. I'll double check device manager tomorrow. I might be reading wrong line and it was linked at 3.0 x1 but was showing device is 3.0 x2 capable. I noted that too, since I only got 4.0 x1 port on my board.
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    AQC113 PCIE Link question

    its one of those ebay listings, where it says: " Communication Protocol Standards: Compatible with PCI Express 3.0 to 4.0 (supports x4/x8/x16) Not for PCIE X1 " Can you expect 4.0 PCIe from that or just backward compatability with 3.0 where it will run 10g off 3.0x4 :mad: Interestingly, that...
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    AQC113 PCIE Link question

    Hi all. Got myself 10G for my SFF computer with AQC113 chip. According to manufacturer it supports PCIE Gen 4.0 and should work off pcie4.0 x1 link. According to ASUS I got exactly that port. I'm seeing speeds around 6.0gbps, and AIDA reports device as pcie 3.0 x2, which is not enough for...
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    HEDT platform advice

    It will work for arcade games, but for anything fast real work station is the way to go. I'd also split due to efficiency concernsm, but that's just me.
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    HEDT platform advice

    I would split main gaming system and the rest of em. I doubt mac os X will be fast with passthrough and etc, so I'd ignore performance aspect there. For me it will be: Xeon with lots of memory and PCIe slots for everything virtualized and personal gaming/workstation rig. I'm running...
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    Need help with redesigning my home network

    You must really like consumer-grade wifi routers. I'd go with mesh-like network, such as Omada, or Aruba IAP (my setup) and some switches. Most recent articles about 2.5gbe poe switches on this site are very helpful. You can do server and virtualized VM if you want (and have hardware to do so).
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    From thought to hardware: How do you did it?

    Living in apartment, so everything must be small/silent. Now moved to big house, but still following that idea. Have 10G network available for servers/etc, using fanless 10g/poe switches. I'd prefer to keep it silent and small, until I get my own house and place rack (or two there)
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    Picking a board/cpu for a SMB file server

    I keep mentioning: EPC612D4U-2T8R. mATX board with Xeon with integrated both: HBA/SAS and 10G NIC. Small form factor, plenty of slots for spare devices.
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    Server "closet" in small apartment?

    I was in your shoes. I'd recommend paying for more powerful server and passive (silent) poe switch. All the enterprise features in small package.