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Intel's Battle Matrix Benchmarks and Review

Posted by wendell on Thu, 02/26/2026 - 13:58

Count'em four Sparkle Intel Arc Pro B60s in one machine doing its AI thing!
Check out the forum post here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/intel-battlematrix-b60-machine/246589/2

Looks like Micro Center is the only place that has these in stock at the moment: https://www.microcenter.com/product/705142/sparkle-intel-arc-pro-b60-bl…

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Dell Sent Wendell a New Monitor for the Studio: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor - U5226KW

Posted by wendell on Tue, 02/24/2026 - 14:36

Dell saw what Wendell had been working with in the studio and decided it was time for Wendell to have an upgrade.

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What Do You Want to Run on this 4 DGX Spark Cluster? Preparing for GTC '26 #tech #nvidia

Posted by wendell on Mon, 02/23/2026 - 20:04

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/nvidia-gtc-san-jose-2026/246626

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Ceph Shenanigans with Wendell! Broken Solidigm Firmware, Ceph on Consumer Drives, and more!

Posted by wendell on Mon, 02/23/2026 - 16:46

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MariaDB Clustering for High Availability on Proxmox - the right way

Posted by wendell on Thu, 02/19/2026 - 18:31

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/proxmox-mariadb-or-mysql-clustering-for…

0:00 - Intro
1:13 - What are we doing?
4:43 - Enter MariaDB
7:42 - HAProxy on HA PFsense
13:44 - HAProxy on Docker
15:28 - SQLProxy
16:02 - Outro

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An OLED Monitor For the Office: DELL QD-OLED S3225QC

Posted by wendell on Tue, 02/17/2026 - 19:39

Don't let the out-of-the-box brightness fool you! This Costco sale was well worth the money!

Currently $499.99 at Costco online https://www.costco.com/p/-/dell-32-plus-4k-qd-oled-monitor-s3225qc/4000…

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The Super-Server the US Government Doesn't Want You to Have!*

Posted by wendell on Mon, 02/16/2026 - 14:50

*if you're in China

We recently added a Thoughts on AI section to our forum if you want to pop in and let us know any ideas/thoughts you might have with regards to further AI vids: https://forum.level1techs.com/c/developers/thoughts-on-ai/170

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Creating a PCIe Bifurcation Solution for AI Councils

Posted by wendell on Thu, 02/12/2026 - 12:47

A flash of blue fills the screen, a familiar theming scrolling before me. Was that?... I pause the video and scroll back. It is. The Level1Techs forum on a Pewdiepie video.

Forum Post Here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/creating-a-pcie-bifurcation-solution-fo…

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0:00 Intro
0:45 What Are We Doing?
2:00 Your Cable Solution Is No Good
3:40 What We're Using Instead and Why
9:16 MCIO Interlude
10:13 U.2 and Connectors
12:43 Pewdiepie and MIG
13:30 Where I Want the Future to Go
16:11 Final Thoughts

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7 Things to Know about Proxmox! (esp. for VMWare Refugees)

Posted by wendell on Mon, 02/09/2026 - 13:37

The times are changing, so don't get left behind!

Check out the forum post here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/proxmox-everything-you-wish-youd-known-…

OpenMetal.io forum post: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/proxmox-full-production-in-the-cloud-wi…

0:00 Intro
1:34 Storage
10:32 Flexibility With Linux
13:36 Backups
15:36 Data Center Manager
17:02 SDN & Networking
18:44 Tangent
21:36 Knobs and Tunables
22:45 Community and Conclusion

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