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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 22:10:08 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   I'm eventually going to want a new 1U system to use as a router. Max depth 15", single socket, single PSU, PCIe 3.0+ 8x slot (for a QSFP card) or better, used. What should I look for?

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 04:30:24 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • benjojo

     @benjojo PCIe 3.0 is at least a generation or two old now. I don't really want to spend more than a few hundred pounds. I see a lot of 1U systems with PCIe 2.0 on eBay for like £150.

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     benjojo (benjojo@benjojo.co.uk)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 04:30:25 JST benjojo

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     @ryanc If you want new-ish, I suspect a 1019C-FHTN8 chassis would work well for homelab-ish use cases. Front facing PCIe slot. The vendor I use to build my (non 2nd hand) chassis have a configurator for it, and they seem to be mostly reasonable: https://www.broadberry.co.uk/superservers-supermicro-servers/sys-1019c-fhtn8

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 06:42:51 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • benjojo

     @benjojo This would be great, actually: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156235954599

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 06:46:42 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • benjojo

     @benjojo Seems like having something shipped to me while in the US and then flying back with it would be the way to go here.