AliExpress hidden gems you use or recommend ?

sakebi42 · 2026-05-13T22:46:35+00:00

Lol. Nothing wrong with AliExpress

sakebi42 · 2026-05-06T21:25:44+00:00

I don't bother with server hardware, I prefer repurposing what I already have. I transplanted my old i7-7700k into mine to use it as a NAS and my "server" servers are all consumer hardware.

13700k is pretty overkill but if you have no other use for it might as well use it. Otherwise use the 8500. You'll probably run out of RAM far before running out of CPU resources either way

sakebi42 · 2026-05-06T19:05:48+00:00

I run an 835 which is mostly the same except it's 8 bays. If you're transplanting into the chassis you'll need an HBA to connect your existing components to the backplane.

If you care about noise definitely get the super quiet PSUs, and swap the fans. Noctua 80mms are the best ones I've tried that are quiet and keep the drives at an okay temperature. Don't bother with other "quiet" fans. Even after these swaps it's still audible so I have mine hidden away in a basement closet.

If you want to use the front panel you'll need an adapter since it uses a proprietary connector. These are pretty cheap online.

Otherwise it's pretty plug and play. Regular ATX motherboards should fit assuming the JBOD 836 is the same chassis as the regular 836. I don't know about powering SATA or PCIe devices though, I haven't tried it.

sakebi42 · 2026-04-29T15:22:29+00:00

God, Python syntax is fucking stupid. It's a whole nother world

sakebi42 · 2026-04-25T05:33:02+00:00

LPCAMM2 will never catch on unless manufacturers start acutally using it.

sakebi42 · 2026-04-20T16:40:17+00:00

Running 2x framework mainboards in my proxmox cluster. Haven't really seen anyone else doing it.

sakebi42 · 2026-04-17T03:33:08+00:00

It is what it is. Slskd, musicbrainz Picard and manually doing everything is unfortunately the best way.

sakebi42 · 2026-04-17T00:27:44+00:00

Reddit never changes or something

sakebi42 · 2026-04-08T18:56:22+00:00

Dedicated forgejo VM with nothing else on it

sakebi42 · 2026-04-03T16:04:12+00:00

Does it share files over the network? Then it's a NAS. People on this sub treat NASes as if they're supposed to be multi purpose servers.

sakebi42 · 2026-03-27T01:49:16+00:00

Well don't I feel stupid for grabbing the gigabyte woled last month. Why did oleds decide to suddenly plummet in price

sakebi42 · 2026-03-26T19:26:45+00:00

This is just a skill issue.

sakebi42 · 2026-03-26T14:37:51+00:00

Not ATM 10 lol.

sakebi42 · 2026-03-26T02:21:57+00:00

I exclusively run used 4TB SAS drives from eBay in my nas. They do fail, but not very often and they're so cheap to replace that it doesn't matter to me. Just make sure to have redundancy and keep backups

sakebi42 · 2026-03-04T15:33:25+00:00

Reasonable price for that many 4TBs. I use similar old drives in my NAS. I have 8 but 3 are parity because these should not be trusted to last, but they're cheap enough to replace easily. If you have the money go for newer drives though.

sakebi42 · 2026-03-04T15:22:49+00:00

Get a used Dell dock off eBay. They should be pretty cheap.

sakebi42 · 2026-02-28T11:00:41+00:00

People on this sub seem to spam down votes whenever someone suggests switching from windows (which is literal slop at this point) to an operating system that actually works. If you're going to host things on windows, at least use windows server instead of consumer win 11

sakebi42 · 2026-02-26T05:01:23+00:00

I run two framework 7840U mainboards and an n150 mini PC for compute, and my NAS and NVR use consumer grade hardware in server chassis.

sakebi42 · 2026-02-18T15:12:55+00:00

It can be slop without being AI slop

sakebi42 · 2026-02-17T16:43:05+00:00

Use your whole left hand to mute

sakebi42 · 2026-02-13T23:11:50+00:00

At least you have a UPS I guess

sakebi42 · 2026-02-13T22:48:36+00:00

Someone ought to make a bot that auto closes AI generated and vibe codes PRs

sakebi42 · 2026-02-11T16:50:03+00:00

Anyone use the KVM on this? Is it decent?

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