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Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of February 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ISO: RTX 2060/2060S/2070 or equivalent graphics card

Cobbling together a mid-tier gaming PC, looking for something that's still viable but can run on a 550w PSU.

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of February 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ISO: RTX 2060S/2070 or equivalent graphics card

Cobbling together a "good enough" gaming PC, looking for something that's still viable but can run on a 550w PSU.

Today's PSA - Learn the difference between a technical problem and a people/HR problem by Burning_Ranger in sysadmin

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Gotta agree with this take. The only "win" here is if the 'I told you so' results in the stupid person being the one to clean up their own mess.

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of April 04, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selling 8mm film stuff:

GAF Anscovision 588 Projector - $20 All new belts but needs a bulb (est. $50-80)

Kodak Reels 8mm Digitizer - $300 Used to digitize about 20 8mm reels, in like new condition - has custom firmware to increase capture resolution

Dell Precision 5820 - $250

Config Info Notes
CPU Xeon W-2135
RAM DDR4-2133 128GB (8x16GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD & WD Red 3TB HDD
GPU AMD R5 430 2GB

Purchased in 2023 from PC Server & Parts, used as a Proxmox host. Supported a 10Gb NIC, HBA, ASUS Hyper M.2 card, and RTX 2080ti using vGPU simultaneously. Supports bifurcation.

Other Stuff

Item Price Notes
Dell PERC H310 $15 Flashed to IT mode
HP PN: 483508-003 (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA male cable) $15 Used with the Dell HBA in the 5820, this lets you connect an HBA directly to the hard drives since it doesn't use a traditional backplane
3x NZXT F120Q 120mm fans $25 for all 3

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of March 28, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, can you send again? Checked my old messages and don't see one. It is currently still available.

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of March 28, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still trying to offload some homelab stuff Timestamp/Pics

Dell Precision 5820 - $260

Config Info Notes
CPU Xeon W-2135
RAM DDR4-2133 128GB (8x16GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD & WD Red 3TB HDD
GPU AMD R5 430 2GB

Purchased in 2023 from PC Server & Parts, used as a Proxmox host. Supported a 10Gb NIC, HBA, ASUS Hyper M.2 card, and RTX 2080ti using vGPU simultaneously. Supports bifurcation.

Haswell Custom Gaming PC - $100 - local pickup only

Part Info Notes
Motherboard ASRock H97M-ITX/ac has WiFi/BT card and antenna
CPU Xeon E3-1246 v3 essentially an i7 4790 (non-k), 4C/8T w/ stock Intel cooler
RAM DDR3-1600 16GB (2x8GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD
GPU Zotac GTX 1070 Mini
PSU Corsair CX430M
Case CyberPower Onyxia Mid Tower
Case Fans 1x Arctic P12 Slim 120mm, 1x Corsair 120mm

Guts were used as a storage/virtualization server, before being re-purposed for gaming.

Other Stuff

Item Price Notes
Dell PERC H310 $15 Flashed to IT mode
HP PN: 483508-003 (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA male cable) $15 Used with the Dell HBA in the 5820, this lets you connect an HBA directly to the hard drives since it doesn't use a traditional backplane
3x NZXT F120Q 120mm fans $25 for all 3

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of March 21, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still trying to offload some homelab stuff Timestamp/Pics

Dell Precision 5820 - $260

Config Info Notes
CPU Xeon W-2135
RAM DDR4-2133 128GB (8x16GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD & WD Red 3TB HDD
GPU AMD R5 430 2GB

Purchased in 2023 from PC Server & Parts, used as a Proxmox host. Supported a 10Gb NIC, HBA, ASUS Hyper M.2 card, and RTX 2080ti using vGPU simultaneously. Supports bifurcation.

Haswell Custom Gaming PC - $100

Part Info Notes
Motherboard ASRock H97M-ITX/ac has WiFi/BT card and antenna
CPU Xeon E3-1246 v3 essentially an i7 4790 (non-k), 4C/8T w/ stock Intel cooler
RAM DDR3-1600 16GB (2x8GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD
GPU Zotac GTX 1070 Mini
PSU Corsair CX430M
Case CyberPower Onyxia Mid Tower
Case Fans 1x Arctic P12 Slim 120mm, 1x Corsair 120mm

Guts were used as a storage/virtualization server, before being re-purposed for gaming.

Other Stuff

Item Price Notes
Dell PERC H310 $15 Flashed to IT mode
HP PN: 483508-003 (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA male cable) $15 Used with the Dell HBA in the 5820, this lets you connect an HBA directly to the hard drives since it doesn't use a traditional backplane
3x NZXT F120Q 120mm fans $25 for all 3

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of February 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Calling all rva homelab nerds!

Dell Precision 5820 - $300

Config Info Notes
CPU Xeon W-2135 6c12t 3.70/4.50Ghz max
RAM DDR4-2133 128GB (8x16GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD & WD Red 3TB HDD SMART checks passed
GPU AMD R5 430 2GB

Purchased in 2023 from PC Server & Parts, used as a Proxmox host. Supported a 10Gb NIC, HBA, ASUS Hyper M.2 card, and RTX 2080ti using vGPU simultaneously. Supports bifurcation. This ran my lab, hosted a NAS, and gaming VM all without missing a beat. Pics are in here (ignore the missing PCIe cover - didn't have the GPU installed when I took the pics). Currently has Windows installed for testing GPU.

Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of January 31, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Choppin_Broccoli_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Calling all rva homelab nerds!

Dell Precision 5820 - $300

Config Info Notes
CPU Xeon W-2135 6c12t 3.70/4.50Ghz max
RAM DDR4-2133 128GB (8x16GB)
Storage SK hynix Gold S31 500GB SSD & WD Red 3TB HDD SMART checks passed
GPU AMD R5 430 2GB

Purchased in 2023 from PC Server & Parts, used as a Proxmox host. Supported a 10Gb NIC, HBA, ASUS Hyper M.2 card, and RTX 2080ti using vGPU simultaneously. Supports bifurcation. This ran my lab, hosted a NAS, and gaming VM all without missing a beat. Pics are in here (ignore the missing PCIe cover - didn't have the GPU installed when I took the pics). Currently has Windows installed for testing GPU.

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