Last month, I noticed a very interesting DIY (Do it Yourself) computer build from fellow colleague Cyprien Laplace, who you might know from the ESXi-Arm team.
No surprise, the build was for a new ESXi-Arm homelab using an ASRock Ampere Altra (ALTRAD8UD-1L2T) and configured with 64 CPUs and 128GB of memory! 🔥
first boot of my ASRock @AmpereComputing Altra machine! pic.twitter.com/iH1dYHWpWn
— Cypou (@cypou) January 14, 2024
At first, when Cyprien was sharing his build updates on Twitter/X, it looked like a standard DIY project but then several folks noticed he had a pretty unique computer case that included a built-in LCD screen! The classic grey/yellow screen pictured above running ESXi-Arm looks amazing and certainly useful for those wanting to remove the dependency of an external monitor.
If you are in the market for building or upgrading your homelab and want a unique computer case, check out th Jonsbo D31 which comes in both Black or White with two different models:
Black
White
Cyprien's ESXi-Arm build also recently won the best homelab community build (#3) project that was sponsored by Newegg and Ampere, so congrats on the W! 🥳🖥️🐈⬛
Watch the replay to see who won https://t.co/uBx5uE9uhX pic.twitter.com/Q48gCRlvyc
— Joe Speed (@JoeSpeeds) June 5, 2024
Interesting! Since 2018, I have been advocating on incorporating LCD screen , replacing keyboard and mouse with a minimal keypad. Glad others are also thinking along the same lines. Good luck to them all ! ( https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-dream-one-brick-time-ananda-kammampati )