IT'S WORKING! - Asus ESC4000 G3 Custom Power Cables

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Published 2024-05-13
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A couple weeks ago, I introduced you to the Asus ESC4000 G3, a 2U Server, and the Cloud Gaming Server of my dreams. Today, it's finally working, with a full set of custom GPU power cables, and we're going to go over how they were made, and what's in store for the server in the immediate future.

But first... What am I drinking???

Drop Bear Brewery (Eugene, OR) Wile Ryly IPA (7.2%)

Pinout for the EPS-GPU Cable - drive.google.com/file/d/14LebnomLL7ABEio75fqcPqAQx…

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All Comments (21)
  • @trevorlyman6306
    Loving this series on data center GPUs. So interesting to see what these older cards can do! I would really appreciate some local AI benchmarks as well. Tasks like benchmarking Whisper or local LLM tokens per second would be great. A lot of us out here are wondering how well we can run AI at home on these cards.
  • @Mortos592
    Awesome!, Looking forward to the GPUs video btw, keep it up!
  • @BCKammen
    Poor camera, eating the footage
  • @ghangj
    I see a craft upload about servers, I watch, I enjoy and I like.
  • @jeremyjedynak
    Looking forward to a future video where all of Jeff's crimpers have been laser engraved with "Meter twice, crimp once."
  • @anothersiguy
    I’m so stoked for the GPU benchmarks, can’t wait
  • @yoghurrt1
    Algorithm is as hungry as your camera, so take this comment.
  • @homeyboy67
    Looking forward to the data that comes out of this!
  • @BoloBit64
    In reference to the male/female designator, you are close. The male is referencing the pin itself and the female what the pin slides into. The plastic around these is called a shroud. So you would say, "a shrouded female connector. " No judgment, just more knowledge! I love your videos! Keep 'em coming.
  • @Sebahk
    Im extremely excited for the enterprise gpu results. Thank you Jeff for investing in getting this knowledge so I can spend a lot of money on thiz, but wisely (?( lol
  • @chaosfenix
    Thank you for going through all the troubles testing this out. I would love to have a similar setup for my home lab. I choose to do it in 4u instead of 2U as that makes cooling at reasonable noise levels more doable but I love using old server gear for it as it just has so many more features than consumer gear. I am not saying that everyone needs 128 PCIE lanes you get with EPYC but only having 24-28 lanes on consumer sucks because after you add a single GPU and storage you are basically done as far as expansion.
  • @buddybleeyes
    This is awesome! Thanks for making videos on this 😁 one day I will end up with a server like this 😂
  • @garthkey
    Just the video I've been waiting on
  • @DMMGroup
    Hey Jeff! Keep up the good work
  • @paulbrooks4395
    Kizakura Kuromame is my favorite beer. It's a black bean beer, that with certain foods or a pallet cleanser gives an amazing flavor. It's pretty hard to come by here in the US, but there are a small number of select grocery stores that have it, or you can find it in Kyoto's Kizakura Kappa Country if you're in Japan :). They also have a selection of other beers, an IPA, golden ale, and I forget the other (maybe a blonde?). Also, Sapporo Black is decent, but the Sapporo Gold is better imo. I'm less of a hop-heavy IPA (I only like conifers in my gin, thank you much), so these Japanese beers are much more clean and smooth drinkers. If you want the true experience, just fly to LA and go to Ootoro, spend at least $300, and weep for the lack of divine cuisine in the US of A.
  • @TDHobbies
    I just ordered the whole setup, less some video cards, not sure what to get just yet. I'm rather new to all this other than the beer drinking, so I hope this goes well for a new host machine.
  • @asbestinuS
    I hope you get into more detail how you passthrough the video cards. I have seen so many ways of how to passthrough gpus with proxmox and proxmox has added way more features and I don't know what the "correct" way is anymore...thank you!