hi. i’m ptnerd

i sell servers on eBay

and for whatever reason you’ve landed on my blog. lolglhf

im just a dude having fun offering competitively priced, high quality servers, parts, and service. thats me in a rental van buzzing from slamming six monsters trying to be artsy on my way to get more quality gear lol

ptnerd

gotta have a blog amiright?

hop in and read more about how i got started, where i get my gear, and the people met along the way

blog posts aka incoherent rambling

• ddr4 server ram marketplace pricing is bullshit and it won’t end wellOctober. 2025
  let’s talk about ram. specifically ddr4 ecc ram. and what that means for everyday hobbyists like us who enjoy n-1 or n-2 latest gen servers. it’s skyrocketed over the past year. like 100%, and if you aren’t good at math, that means doubled. i think. i’m not good at math. in some cases its even… Read more: ddr4 server ram marketplace pricing is bullshit and it won’t end well
• when people fish for free stuff..October. 2025
  this fella left me negative feedback on eBay because he got what he ordered with a different serial number then the original listing. notice how he did everything but take me up on my offer to send it back for free and receive a full refund. why? because he got what he paid for, but… Read more: when people fish for free stuff..
• reduce server noise by controlling r730 and r630 fan speeds using ipmitoolSeptember. 2025
  want to manually control your fan speeds to limit noise? super simple. here’s how. pre-req: go into idrac > network > scroll down > enable ipmi > save if you’re a windows guy, grab this: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=m63f3, then follow commands below if you’re a linux guy, install this: sudo apt install ipmitool then: ipmitool -I lanplus… Read more: reduce server noise by controlling r730 and r630 fan speeds using ipmitool
• configuring ollama and openwebui on an r730 and a tesla p40 in a ubuntu vm on a proxmox hostSeptember. 2025
  sure is a lot of words isnt it. this is a placeholder for the commands ran within part 2 of my video series on getting an llm up and running. until i get everything up to speed, you can check out the video on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIE3b-fOHFc
• silicon soul, coded and bold…June. 2025
  silicon soul, coded and bold, deployin’ the future, stories to be told! data streams flowin’, a digital tide, ptnerd’s buildin’ – with nothin’ to hide! thats the chorus i asked gemma3 to write as part of a rap song lol. i’m currently running the 4b model on a dell poweredge r730 with a nvidia tesla… Read more: silicon soul, coded and bold…
• just how loud is a dell poweredge r730?April. 2025
  if a tree falls in the woods and noones around to hear it, does it make a sound? idfk. but i do know how loud a dell poweredge r730 is lol. 51 db. here’s what our ai overlord chatgpt has to say about it: You’re talking about 51 decibels (dB), which is a measure of… Read more: just how loud is a dell poweredge r730?
• nothing yet…April. 2025
  … havent had any booze
• wth happenedApril. 2025
  part of me thought itd be funny to fire up an ai personality model and have it write this post. its my first post after all. everything on the internet is garbage now anyway why not contribute to it? maybe thats why i decided against it. man this has been something. five years ago when… Read more: wth happened