May 11, 20215 yr I grabbed one in 2019 for $50 but I'm striking out currently. I figured out that a ConnectX-2 card was the cause of my unRAID server crashing when Windows 10 VM's were rebooted/shut down for some unknown reason so I'd like to find a spare ConnectX-3 card. I'm in the US and would rather not buy from China.
May 12, 20215 yr 8 hours ago, jlficken said: I'm in the US and would rather not buy from China. I'm not located in the US, but China is exactly the source from where I found mine (and everyone else, I think). Even if you find a seller, that is shipping from the US, this is most likely where that seller got the stock from. Otherwise, look for a dealer, selling reused/refurbished server parts but then go for an Intel chipset and brands like Dell, HP, ...
May 12, 20215 yr Author I actually just stumbled across one with OEM transceivers for $80 shipped so I grabbed it. They only had one though band it has a short bracket but I can buy a tall bracket sometime.
May 12, 20215 yr 12 hours ago, uldise said: i'm interested in this too, but from Europe ...check what is floating in "the bay"...as an example, this is a set from a reputable Seller from DE: Link I bought the same from Hongkong for about half the price about 12 Weeks ago, though.
May 13, 20215 yr 9 hours ago, Ford Prefect said: this is a set from a reputable Seller from DE: Link Thanks for that. i need a dual port one, and found one on serverschmiede.com
May 13, 20215 yr I have just bought a Dual 40Gb card from https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/secondsystems_de great service. New - IBM Mellanox Connect X-3 Pci-E Adapter Server - 00D9552 < £60 inc Shipping.
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