Cheat Codes for Breaking Device Limits in Your Home Lab (not for work)

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2 жыл бұрын

Wendell lays out some tricks for making the most out of your home lab machine using PCI-e! You won't have to go up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, back, or around for to maximize your home lab performance!
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@50PullUps 2 жыл бұрын

Good grief, why haven't 2.5+ NICs fallen in price yet?

@nevoyu 2 жыл бұрын

Because enterprise.

@marcogenovesi8570 2 жыл бұрын

Because everyone that really wanted speed has bought used 10Gbit NICs for 10$ or so

@stuartlunsford7556 2 жыл бұрын

2.5g switches have dropped...but not the nics, definitely annoying.

@LanceThumping 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcogenovesi8570 Kinda where I'm at, cheap enterprise switch that I bought only supports 1G and 10G anyways.

@damiendye6623 2 жыл бұрын

2.5g nic is about 20$ on aliexpress

@charlescc1000 2 жыл бұрын

I have really been enjoying the recent several videos surrounding self hosting and homelab related topics. Thank you!

@wehavetogoback369 2 жыл бұрын

Before I started to wise up to the options out there, I would be seriously limited to my motherboard choices because I always looked for ones with plenty of onboard SATA. Then I moved to a NAS and got a bunch of drives out of my primary work case... just to run into the same problem again! I'm glad I enjoy this journey through constantly evolving tech...

@briansalo 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the enthusiastic chef vibes kicking it up a notch 🌶 This is so useful, thank you so much!

@pkt1213 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best video on the internet...ever. I have the ASRock Rack x570 2x 1g and 2x 10g with my R5-3600. I am looking forward to replacing my desktop so I can put my 5900x in it.

@Ochadd 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only other nutcase doing this kind of stuff. Good video.

@h4X0r99221 2 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Wendell all day long. Level1 has just so much great content.

@Nec89 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen so many of these and just always assumed they're jank and as enticing as they always are passed them up for fear that they'll set my server rack and all its contents on fire. Good to know these are fairly safe as far as not killing any devices plugged into them or setting things on fire. Ill definitely be in the market for some of these

@jeremymoon9088 2 жыл бұрын

The gears r spinning again. U've been rolling 20s every video since the forbidden router, bro

@billb5732 2 жыл бұрын

This is why you're the best of the best, Wendell. Thanks.

@maestro0428 2 жыл бұрын

Been watching for some time, but this is my new favorite channel!

@TheOrganicartist 2 жыл бұрын

Please Sir, may I have another serving of a video like this that talks about more weird tech?

@mrgcav 7 ай бұрын

I had a hard time finding this video. I would not call this "Cheat codes" but rather "Creative adaptability". Very useful info. Many parts I was not aware of.

@julcrimson3323 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I've been rocking 10gbe through a riser connected to a m.2 to pcie adapter for a couple years now 😄 Gotta use those lanes!

@famitory 2 жыл бұрын

wish modern consumer boards could do that lane reallocation thing that the old cheesegrater mac pros did. have all x16 physical slots and then you can assign the lanes to them electrically to match your needs.

@brianmccullough4578 Жыл бұрын

Wendell is a madman! I love it

@chromerims Жыл бұрын

PCIe m.2 wizardry at its finest 👍 Kindest regards, friends

@beauregardslim1914 2 жыл бұрын

This kind of thing can be fun. I got a 5-port SATA m.2 card for use with a Raspberry Pi CM4, but since I had it I thought I would see what happens when I put it into my NVMe Thunderbolt enclosure I have for my M1 Mac Air. Damn thing works! 4 lane m.2 to PCIe slot adapters (with full molex power connectors) *do* exist if you can weed out all the miner garbage. The good ones aren't cheap.

@rodhester2166 2 жыл бұрын

I have used a lot of those add on cards.. they work great ..

@oddmofo 2 жыл бұрын

I freaking love this video.

@_____alyptic 2 жыл бұрын

Just opened the video, and I defo need more I/O 🤞🏼

@phychmasher 7 ай бұрын

Wendell is like every tech KZfaqr's Dad.

@RayBitton Жыл бұрын

This video was useful! Thanks you!

@brianmccullough4578 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel

@BitsOfInterest 2 жыл бұрын

Title suggestion: Tech Hoarder Opens Tech Junk Drawer. 😜👍

@jamieficken2488 2 жыл бұрын

Look at you with your fancy ConnectX-5 while I'm stuck with ConnectX-2 and ConnectX-3 cards since they're 10Gb and reasonably priced 🙂

@asm_nop 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see an AIC that has an X570 chipset on it, with m.2 sockets for breaking out all the downstream lanes.

@sarahjrandomnumbers 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for the i225 tip. Was wanting to avoid using the 1 x1 slot on my mobo for 2.5gbit and I wanted to avoid Realtek, just which I could get the dual port in the same m.2 size.

@annihilatorg 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I want to use in one of my home servers. It's just a b450 board but the top gpu slot supports 4x4x4x4 bifurcation. I'm looking at trying to get a 10gbit nic and additional nvme slots. Unfortunately, it's expensive enough that I'm comparing pricing against a more feature-packed motherboard without needing the duct tape.

@yourma-uh5um 2 жыл бұрын

I'm putting a wireless router/NAS together soon and I'm looking for a bifurcation card that can do 4 x PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots. If I could find one of those cards but also does 10 gigabit then that would be a nice bonus and would probably increase my options for choosing a mini-ITX board, right now 2.5Gb seems to be the most for mini-ITX. Like you said though, price may mean it's probably more economical to just buy a higher end board would the bells and whistles already on it.

@Snyder0317 2 жыл бұрын

What blower fan model did you use to cool those V100s? I've tried a few blower fans for GPU cooling and they always end up being loud... Thanks for a great video as usual

@johnkristian 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE this

@stuartlunsford7556 2 жыл бұрын

M.2 to Intel 2.5g? That is freaking sweet!

@elchicovip01 2 жыл бұрын

Since when Wendel is doing NSFW content?

@jmonsted 2 жыл бұрын

Just make very sure you can power that card you add. M.2 to PCIe and a mellanox 10G card did not work in my NUC because there's no 12V from the SATA port.

@PsRohrbaugh Жыл бұрын

This might let me add 2.5gbe to my wireless only laptop. Time to get the dremel...

@VincentSaelzler 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the hacks!

@Ender_Wiggin 6 ай бұрын

The w680 are available now. Also the ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore seem to have the best PCIe layout for home labing that will give you pcie 5.0

@azbesthu 5 ай бұрын

In the last few days I just realized m.2 E key slot have some secrets :) But most likely not supported widely. I miss the adapters to get the second independent or cnvi lane from E key slot. 2 Having two nvme x1 slots from E or splitting cnvi and nvme into two slots.

@floodo1 Жыл бұрын

I like the $25 cheat codes and wish the $125-$250 would come down in price to make things like Thunderbolt affordable

@tin2001 2 жыл бұрын

I've done some of this random adaptors and duct tape stuff at work... Sometimes it's the only way forward.

@gjkrisa 2 жыл бұрын

This is a video I would expect from Ltt good job.

@shanent5793 2 жыл бұрын

Early Google data center networks were cobbled together from 8-port 10Gig switches and 14m max length CX-cables. Sometimes you just can't get exactly what you need, from any vendor, at any price.

@Aint1S 2 жыл бұрын

This comment reminds me of the old days with that dingbat emo goth gamer nerd who used to cut Wendell off just as he would begin to speak...The breakdown of Google Fiber networks from so long, long ago! Good riddance to the camera 🐖that tried to ruin everything and cheat Wendell. That guy who's name I won't speak... What a piece of work. //SMH// 😔

@tin2001 2 жыл бұрын

@@Aint1S Logan isn't that bad. Wendell needed him to cut him off when he started going into ridiculous pedantic geekiness back then. He was not ready for public consumption at that stage. The break up actually forced him to become better at "public" speaking (via video).

@DrewryPope 2 жыл бұрын

MORE LANES. I'm so tired Wendell, please just put double the lanes in Ryzen. Or a motherboard that can do x8 (pci4) x8(pci3) x8(pci3), I know I know, the conversion etc.

@KevinSanti 5 ай бұрын

love cheat codes labbing

@joshhaas8121 2 жыл бұрын

Not for work he says. Challenge accepted

@nukedathlonman 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, I like the home brew cheats. :-)

@Agent_Crimson 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone share a link to the Supermicro Server video Wendel referenced I cannot seem to find it anywhere

@natpeterson7988 2 жыл бұрын

How did you know I was looking for this exact thing? lol

@PupShepardRubberized 2 жыл бұрын

love me some pcie

@dansanger5340 2 ай бұрын

M.2 slots should become standardized general purpose PCIe slots for mini PCs. Imagine if every mini PC came with one or two general purpose four lane M.2 slots with a standardized opening on the case.

@PainSled 2 жыл бұрын

13:54 Goodness gravy! I can get a whole server for only 15$?! What a meal!

@bassplaya69er 2 жыл бұрын

Tasty tasty meal

@tin2001 2 жыл бұрын

How many giggle bites does that one have though? I heard servers need more giggle bites than regular pea seas.

@zacbackas 2 жыл бұрын

Hot damn I was just wondering last night if there’s m.2 -> NIC type devices

@grimtagnbag 2 жыл бұрын

2k lord I wish. More cheats pls

@YouTubeGlobalAdminstrator 2 жыл бұрын

Talking about no W680 boards, where is the upgraded HP Microserver Gen 10 Plus with 12th gen? :| It can be a C chipset again, but why can't we buy a newer microserver platform (Deskmeet has no ECC, not enough NICs, 3.5").

@dandraeg3679 2 жыл бұрын

5:28 what was that device pocket planet pd planet?

@ierosgr 2 жыл бұрын

m.2 -> pcie x4 for a mono/dual sfp+ pci card. Shouldn t you mention if the provided power/wattage from m.2 slot can feed the 10gbe sfp+ pci card? What if no? How could you bypass that? (you should make a video showing this and that the card works fine afterwards) That is why most often these adapters come with a 4 pin power header (a little bigger than the one who would power a fan like device)

@marcogenovesi8570 2 жыл бұрын

The adapter doesn't have power lines connected because the slot power budget is NOT anywhere near PCIe slot power budget. If you don't use the 4 pin power header (or sata or whatever they use) then the card has no power.

@dawbra 2 жыл бұрын

Mini metro as a pc lines theme ? where : >

@markkeilys 2 жыл бұрын

I've been having dreams of motherboards with (near) 0 built in i/o except for PCIe and m.2 slots fucking everywhere. and knowing all this just makes it worse.

@ryanmckenzie4833 4 ай бұрын

m.2 to VGA......those are a thing?

@chadmckean9026 2 жыл бұрын

wait a second there is a m.2 gpu option so i can post my board? oh well i already have a apu (did not need lots of cpu power) and a m.2 sata card and have used every pci based slot in the system, all i have left is usb ports anyway

@lavavex 2 жыл бұрын

how many Nicks can one person have?

@CD3WD-Project 2 жыл бұрын

I will stay with my T7910 with two E5-2650v4

@mrfrenzy. 2 жыл бұрын

(Do not try this at work, only to be performed at home by serious homegamers)

@PeterMarszalkowski 2 жыл бұрын

Wenn Amds is conaktet over all cors and test in dos console and givs acent to hex code how lockaidet the test option wen its blockadet .its not a Option it lost my data mail mail performance if its the last cpu of the world it lost my data mail performance and not a options this time .how transfahre ist Complicadet in Multiconstrutuin ist crasht all options and my sistem sorry wen specter not work but securitie do it on amd better option is a big chip than an virualisation on it

@futanari333 2 жыл бұрын

Do they have any m.2 to 10g?

@rv6502 2 жыл бұрын

caveat emptor: I got an old laptop where the BIOS disabled the mPCIe slot if it didn't see a specific wifi card on it, couldn't upgrade the GPU using one of those riser/miner cables: BIOS just wouldn't allow it to happen. Software lock down.