Project TinyMiniMicro: Reviving Small Corporate Desktops

[Nonetoo]

Thanks. I'd looked at that but it's quite expensive. SFP+ with DAC cables ends up being much cheaper. I decided to go with some M920Qs for $125 with the riser ($7 on ali express) and a SolarFlare SFN5152 single port SFP+ NIC ($14).

Perfect, that was my path too, I have a M920Q with a mellanox 10GB SPF+

 

[wociscz]

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After couple days of testing different m.2 adapters, network cards and other stuff, finished my first tiny proxmox host node.
HP Elitedesk 800 G3 (i5 7500, 16GB ram, 256GB nvme) with m.2 a/e realtek 8125 2.5gbit network card /w 3d printed bracket (replaces detachable displayport mini card).

It works flawlessly. Original gigabit nic used for kvm/vPro only.
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Bracket is my work - will post it somewhere (with update of this post with a link), ping me if you need it sooner.

Aliexpress links: variant1 variant2