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HPE ProLiant DL385 G10 Plus v2 2U Rack Server - 1 x AMD EPYC 7313 2.90 GHz - 32 GB RAM - 12Gb/s SAS Controller

A decent deal for anyone seriously looking for a powerful rackmount server, however, be prepared to spend considerable extra money on HPE extensions for PCIe risers, etc. eBay is your friend for these items; I've bought several add-ons for 1/4 of what HPE sells them for.

This machine is still being sold by HPE resellers for well over $4k-8k depending on the configuration. The Gen11 being sold now by HPE doesn't come with many of these add-ons in this CTO build. e.g. 10Gb network card

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Created 12-28-2023 at 01:13 AM by dmgdev

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12-29-2023 at 07:21 PM.

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Oh, no, I don't want you to trouble yourself on my account. I was just curious. Thank you for offering though. I hope you have fun with your new toy. https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...lies/smile.gif

The NS204i-p actually came in the mail today so I added the card to the first riser PCIe slot and installed ESXi on it. I was going to use Proxmox, but wanted to get a bit of experience with the former first. Everything is working very smoothly out of the box, no complications other than the server doesn't come with an AC power cable - only an extension cable. lol Ran over to BestBuy to grab a couple.

I'll record a short video of the noise at various levels tomorrow. However, even at idle, this is not a machine you want sitting around your home office or living room. I'll definitely be looking at picking up a sound-proofed cabinet at some point. Fortunately, the apartment I'm currently living at has all the building fiber/ethernet terminals running into a guest room's walk-in closet that's away from everything and accessed only from a guest bathroom. Currently have all my UniFi rack gear sitting there.

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01-03-2024 at 05:53 AM.

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I ended up buying this, but it's still being shipped. Depending on your configuration, HPE recommends you buy their performance fan kit - instead of the default fans provided. I looked up the fans which are manufactured by Sunon. They list around 67db, 16,500 RPM. So, very loud at max. I'm going to look at potentially modding this to use Noctua fans, but don't want to risk damage to dual Epyc 7313's. Will monitor the temps and do some testing

Dual Epyc? The listing states it come with just one. Did you buy an additional one from another seller? Does the server come with both heatsinks?

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01-05-2024 at 01:13 AM.

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Dual Epyc? The listing states it come with just one. Did you buy an additional one from another seller? Does the server come with both heatsinks?

I bought an additional Epyc 7313 - open box item on eBay for $399. I actually just put it in the server today and it runs great.

The server only comes with one standard heatsink. I bought two of HPEs high performance heatsinks separately.