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    Minisforum Elitemini B550 - Full B550 AM4 65W Socket, APU + x16 eGPU Docking Station - $319

    I bought three of these for my home lab. One thing a Linus Tech Tips video mentioned got me *extremely* interested. They were successful in running an Nvidia 1050 Ti on the external PCI-e dock without external power. Instead of a GPU, why not a fast network adapter? I'm planning to use the...
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    the unobtainable home lab we all dream of thread (was: home lab starter kit)

    Whew, I didn't win. Any chance it was someone here? 6x Dell PowerEdge R720 [Infinidat Branded] 144x16GB RAM 2x10C-Xeon E5-2690 V2 | eBay
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    1.6TB Intel DC P3605 (P3600) - $800

    Update: My opening bid of $480 was accepted last night. Might be some room below that, even. Approaching $0.25 per gig for enterprise SSD? Yes please!
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    1.6TB Intel DC P3605 (P3600) - $800

    10+ available at $589 with BO available: Sun Oracle 1.6TB Flash Accelerator F160 Card Intel SSD DC P3605 Series NVME PCIe | eBay I snagged one last time and have overkill on my home gaming machine. I just might pick up another...
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    (DEAD) HGST Ultrastar 3TB used/pulled drives from Monoprice for $40/ea

    HGST Ultrastar 3 TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive 7200 RPM 0F17731 (Pulled Drive) - Monoprice.com Looks pretty reasonable if you have the drive slots to spare. EDIT: Out Of Stock as of late yesterday.
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    1.6TB Intel DC P3605 (P3600) - $800

    Wow, the seller "vineandbrown" accepted a $600 offer. Looks like I found my new workstation boot drive. Thanks for sharing!
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    VIRIDENT FLASHMAX II 4.8TB PCIe SSD $700 starting bid

    Ha, awesome to see that another member picked it up. @nk215, let me know how that testing goes. I'd be interested at the $800 price point. I was trying to snipe as well on eBay :)
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    New server build: 2x E5-2670 project - Advice for first timer

    With the Phantek case, I just put two of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO's on yesterday. I'd highly recommend them. They fit like a glove, after I remembered to move the screws to the 2011 position. I love that cooler... less than whisper quiet on low settings, with low temperatures.
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    FS: Intel Pedestal Workstation LGA2011 (E5-2680,128GB,19.1TB)

    sachem87184 -- PM sent about the other tower.
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    Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

    Peter99 - what Gigabyte board, case, case fans, etc are you using? I'd like a quiet setup for home as well, and your Prime95 test sounds like it's pretty ideal.