Hi all,
I just spotted a most unusual thing on Amazon UK. They were selling (direct from Amazon, not 3rd party), Dell-branded Intel E10G42BT dual-port 10GbE adapters, for £225 new. I've never seen them for less than about £500 anywhere else.
I've chucked in an order for a few of them, just incase I got lucky with this. Just wanted to check if I wasn't missing something. There shouldn't be any issue with them being Dell branded right? They're essentially just the basic Intel board aside from the Dell name on the box?
Also, am I able to connect 10GBASE-T cards directly to each other using a Cat-6e crossover cable, like the olden-days? It's a long time since I've needed to cheap out and not run things through an Ethernet switch.
...wow, that's the third time that's happened in two weeks. No sooner than I placed the order, the stock level dropped the amount I ordered, and the price got revised up to £480!
I've done this with two separate batches of Seagate Constellation CS hard drives on Amazon, and in both cases, the price has leapt up the moment I've placed the order, and they've honoured the deal anyway!
I feel like I've discovered some strange Amazon amazing-deal black hole. I keep waiting for some horrible realization that I've been conned somehow. I haven't had a chance to check over the drives yet, as I'm not home until the weekend, but apparently they appear to indeed be brand-new.
I just spotted a most unusual thing on Amazon UK. They were selling (direct from Amazon, not 3rd party), Dell-branded Intel E10G42BT dual-port 10GbE adapters, for £225 new. I've never seen them for less than about £500 anywhere else.
I've chucked in an order for a few of them, just incase I got lucky with this. Just wanted to check if I wasn't missing something. There shouldn't be any issue with them being Dell branded right? They're essentially just the basic Intel board aside from the Dell name on the box?
Also, am I able to connect 10GBASE-T cards directly to each other using a Cat-6e crossover cable, like the olden-days? It's a long time since I've needed to cheap out and not run things through an Ethernet switch.
...wow, that's the third time that's happened in two weeks. No sooner than I placed the order, the stock level dropped the amount I ordered, and the price got revised up to £480!
I've done this with two separate batches of Seagate Constellation CS hard drives on Amazon, and in both cases, the price has leapt up the moment I've placed the order, and they've honoured the deal anyway!
I feel like I've discovered some strange Amazon amazing-deal black hole. I keep waiting for some horrible realization that I've been conned somehow. I haven't had a chance to check over the drives yet, as I'm not home until the weekend, but apparently they appear to indeed be brand-new.