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Rackmount Keyboard/Monitors?

VioDuskar
By VioDuskar
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does anyone know if there are any rackmount Display/Keyboards (KVMs) out there that are 1080p, with only 1 input (HDMI/DP)?

Hardmode: less than $600 USD? 

 

I can't seem to find anything worthwhile and for as stupid as these things are, (19in LCD and keyboard) why the heck are they ~800+ USD?

 

I'm building a home server/ VM box, and while i plan to remote into it alot, I also want to be able to look into it while i'm home. i'm not going to get a shelf and put a full size monitor and keyboard on it, because that's dumb. 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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any IPMI KVM would be fine too...

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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23 minutes ago, VioDuskar said:

why the heck are they ~800+ USD?

It's dumb but they are low production and meant for enterprise environments where, since you only need 1 per server room, $400 vs $800 is pretty much inconsequential. 

 

If you want 1080p under $600, you are probably best looking at used. Why 1080p though?

 

 

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