crappy news, i think i've got crucial memory in mo...
# _labr
Rob Ryan
12/03/2025, 8:47 PMcrappy news, i think i've got crucial memory in most of my minihosts... https://www.theverge.com/news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai
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Stephen Daniel Wagner
12/03/2025, 9:27 PMNOOOO I just picked up 2 more Minisforum MS-A2 systems for the homelab, lmao
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Rob Ryan
12/03/2025, 10:04 PMyeah i got one a couple weeks ago and it was actually cheaper to buy the prebuilt one with 96g ram/1tb drive than part it out separately
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Stephen Daniel Wagner
12/03/2025, 10:05 PMDang. I have 6 now as of yesterday 🙂
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Rob Ryan
12/03/2025, 10:06 PMdo your fans continually throb in that one? seems a lot louder than my intel ms-01’s, but could be more the nutanix ce installed on it
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Stephen Daniel Wagner
12/03/2025, 10:10 PMNot bad actually. Had them cranked to high performance and it did, but changed some settings and not bad now 😊
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Jon Bucud
12/03/2025, 11:44 PMJon Bucud
12/03/2025, 11:44 PMRAM prices 🚀
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Richard Faulkner
12/04/2025, 2:44 AMRAM prices always skyrocket at Christmas. Supply and Demand.
And I have become fond of buying old I7 desktops (Z240 etc.) on Ebay.
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Rob Ryan
12/04/2025, 2:52 AMthey've been going up for months now - i easily paid half for the same amount of ram when i built my ms-01’s earlier in the year
Rob Ryan
12/04/2025, 2:59 AMdamn, even the prebuilt ms-a2 is up almost 100 in the 25 days since i got one - bare bones still same price
Rob Ryan
12/06/2025, 7:59 AMor if you really want to cry, click through william lam’s BOM amazon link: https://williamlam.com/2025/07/vcf-9-0-hardware-bom-for-silicon-valley-vmug.html
Rob Ryan
12/06/2025, 7:59 AM… from july