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| From | D <nospam@example.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Dell prepares to rebrand |
| Date | 2025-01-15 19:05 +0100 |
| Organization | i2pn2 (i2pn.org) |
| Message-ID | <727001d5-6a32-5ccc-aa6e-eef45df0799d@example.net> (permalink) |
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2025, Theo wrote: > D <nospam@example.net> wrote: >> >> >> I have very good connections at supermicro, and sadly what was >> communicated to me a few months ago was that they are only interested in >> selling "AI" servers now, so cheap, high:ish density 1U servers are out >> and no one gets a lot of commission on it, so it's a pain to get anyone to >> care about those orders. =( >> >> Chenbro I have not heard about. I will check it out! Another option is >> Gigabyte, sometimse it seems as if Gigabyte can be a good replacement for >> supermicro. > > We have some Gigabyte. They're fine, they're kind of mid range in price and > in creature comforts (BMCs etc) but they're ok. Chenbro is very much at the > budget end, would tend not to go there (sharp metal, cheap PSUs, ...) > > Put in some Asrock 1Us, there are some with Ryzen desktop CPUs that > have very good price/performance (~£3k for similar spec to a £6-8k Dell) but > they can be a bit hard to buy. > > But the most recent batch was Supermicro AS-1015A-MT, Ryzen 7950X3D, 128GB > RAM, 4TB NVMe, 1U for about £3k. > > Theo I discussed Chenbro today with my HW partner and the price difference compared with supermicro once you start to add apu, ram, nvme etc. is minimal. His recommendation was to stick with supermicro to get a better quality chassi, psu etc. and if the difference will only be a few 100 of USD it does sound reasonable.
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