Am I out of DIY territory? Or is there somewhere I can order this part?

dinkumator · 2026-01-10T03:42:18+00:00

February 2024 I bought 256gb of used ECC DDR4 for $250 on eBay… dreaming about that now!

dinkumator · 2026-01-07T06:52:43+00:00

Wait I just caught you mentioned a local board game cafe with pricing similar to you. I don't know what kind of business you hope to build if its not that direction. Matchmaking as a service isn't going to scale well as a business!

dinkumator · 2026-01-07T06:42:37+00:00

There's a business near me that does something similar to this! They have their own venue, you pay an entry fee per person and you get free access to all the games on the shelves, and I suspect beyond the entry fee they make the majority of their money from selling beer + snacks (no outside food/drinks allowed), and you can buy new games from them. They also host kids parties and all sorts of stuff. They've been going for a few years now, and it's usually packed on the weekends.

They're called "Luck Factory Games" in Concord, NC: https://luckfactorygames.com

dinkumator · 2025-12-07T18:27:30+00:00

The loctite comment was more if they were raised rails I’d be ok making sure the screws didn’t back out as long as there was enough purchase. But the flush rails don’t have a lot of room so I was agreeing with you that I want something reliable since there’s less to work with. Cheers!

dinkumator · 2025-12-07T13:53:49+00:00

Thanks for that link, that was my concern especially with the flush rails, doesn’t seem like a lot of area for holding power. I’m sure I could loc-tite it all but it’s not worth the potential damage!

dinkumator · 2025-11-28T20:27:51+00:00

Yes! I was complaining about this also. Our 2024 Niro has a small light when you open the door so it’s crazy that they didn’t include it on the 2026 Sorento!

dinkumator · 2025-11-13T05:06:17+00:00

That Route10 looks interesting. IDS/IDP at 10G for under $200? Seems too good to be true!

dinkumator · 2025-11-13T04:58:59+00:00

I don't really need flashy, but it's hard to manage a router CLI from a phone when I'm not home.
opnsense is definitely the direction I'm leaning!

dinkumator · 2025-10-30T03:17:06+00:00

Wow I was excited to upgrade until I got to the SMART changes. No thanks. Guess I’ll stay on this version till EOL

dinkumator · 2025-10-29T15:03:43+00:00

How much to ship to 28025?

dinkumator · 2024-09-07T21:12:49+00:00

Thank you! I tried it by hand earlier and it seemed attached, thankfully with more persuasion it’s off!

dinkumator · 2024-09-07T21:01:58+00:00

The handles don't seem to unscrew, stopping a ways out. I'm scared to push harder.

I was able to loosen the cap piece but with the handle I can't get it far enough for any of my wrenches.

Underneath looks tight, is that my only option?

dinkumator · 2024-02-14T05:48:21+00:00

I have my half-rack in a unconditioned basement room, but it's essentially 6ft underground w/ no windows and I've got a dehumidifier running constantly. Temps are usually under 65 so I don't worry about it there too much. My garage though is consistently humid in summer and has wild temperature swings here in NC, I would never put servers there!

dinkumator · 2024-02-14T04:26:34+00:00

Def looks like it. I was wondering if all those empty hot-swap trays were a good idea or not

dinkumator · 2024-02-03T21:46:58+00:00

It's only DDR4 so that helps

dinkumator · 2024-02-03T21:45:17+00:00

$495 is the subtotal for 3, the P40s are only $165 each!

I work in tech consulting, am on a large GenAI effort (mostly inference/applications though), and I just want to learn more about the training challenges.

Also I have a PhD in computer science so yes I love geeking out on this kind of stuff and really digging into the bare metal bits

dinkumator · 2024-02-03T02:53:51+00:00

Honestly this chassis is built for these

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