I'm in the process of upgrading to a new used computer. I've been using an old Proliant DL380G5, then unexpectedly had to throw the drives into a DL360G5, and have been using Jessie since 2015. I now have a DL360G6 to work with and it has the same ATI ES1000 chip that the previous machines have. Graphics have always been the limitation for me with using a server as a desktop PC. I don't require phenomenal graphics abilities, but I would like to make an upgrade here, as I would like to go to a larger monitor/resolution and have a better performance overall.
I'll be running Buster if I can figure out how to get my Broadcom firmware loaded.
Here's what I need, no particular order of priority.
Either PCIe 2 x8 or x16. The x8 slot is physically an x8 slot and is half height.
Single card width as this is a 1U machine
Preferably fanless
Preferably no extra power lead needed
Absolutely something that plays well with Debian... I don't care if it requires non-free firmware.
Cheap new or used
Decent modern performance for an email/web computer
I don't have a connection preference..... I have and HDMI, DVI, and VGA cables (Is their another modern/common option here). I plan on buying a newer monitor any way.
There are so many options out there and I have been out of the hardware loop forever..... I recently pulled a Xeon processor and my first thought was wow, this is about the size of a 486
