DL180 G6 Rear PCI Cages - $89 shipped

[cptbjorn]

An ebay seller has posted some 3x rear PCIe cages for DL180 G6 HPs, looks like it comes with a 1x x16 riser. $89 shipped with best offer available:

HP DL180 G6 PCIe Riser Cage 502428 001 507258 001 490450 001 | eBay

 

[NetWise]

Thanks!

I've been waiting to find these for a while. In the interim, I've stumbled across the C2100, which seems like it would be a reasonable alternative. Any particular reason one would like the C2100 over the DL180 G6?

 

[cptbjorn]

Hmm, C2100 looks very interesting - 6 more DIMM slots means 72GB if you fill it up with cheap 4GB DIMMs. I wonder what the noise level is as well since the DL180s are pretty loud. There are much fewer listings though for C2100s and parts though, right now it looks more expensive to get a similarly configured c2100...