View source for Shuttle XPC SZ170 R8 V2

After Many research about new home lab HW for a VMWare Cluster a finished to buy this Hardware components.<br />
I am running 3 of this Cubes with VMWare ESXi 6.7.

'''Pros:'''
* Low power consume (CPU 65W - 3 of this cubes, 1x 24Port-PoE 16Port-10Gbit Switch and a 8Bay NAS = 200Watt)
* 64Gb Memory
* 2x 1Gbit Intel NIC onboard - Fully supported in VMWare ESXi 6.7
* SATA and M2 Storage support.
* Extremely quite
* Enough PCI-Express Slots for NICs or other

'''Cons:'''
* No IPMI
* No Intel® Active Management Technology - like IMPI

== Parts List for the SZ170 R8 V2 ==
Needed Parts for running VMWare 6.7
{| class="wikitable"
|+Parts List for the SZ170 R8 V2
|-
! scope="col"| Item
! scope="col"| Part Number
! scope="col"| Qty
! scope="col"| Part Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|Case Barbone||SZ170R8V2||1||[http://www.shuttle.eu/products/mini-pc/sz170r8v2/ Shuttle XPC SZ170 R8 V2]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|CPU||BX80677I77700||1||CPU Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|Memory||CMK32GX4M2A2400C16||1||Corsair Vengeance LPX Black (2x, 16GB, DDR4-2400, DIMM 288)
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|Hadisk (local Storage)||MZ-75E500B/EU||1||Samsung 850 EVO Basic
|}


== Costs ==
I spend over a full year €2576 for the 3 Hosts.<br />
So about €860 for 1 Host.