Sources for cheap Mellanox ConnectX-3 (MCX312A) cards?

[jlficken]

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.

[Ford Prefect]

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, ...

[uldise]

i'm interested in this too, but from Europe  

[jlficken]

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.

[Ford Prefect]

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.

[uldise]

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

 

[SimonF]

I have just bought a Dual 40Gb card from https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/secondsystems_de great service.

 

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