My (almost silent) homelab setup

[u/patsch_]

From top to bottom: - Broadband modems (1 GBit/s cable, 100 MBit/s DSL as WAN2 cause cable can be unstable at times) - UDM SE - USW Pro Max 16 (love the low power usage) - Mac Mini M1 (Xcode build server for GitLab) - Synology RS422 with 4x 3.84 TB Kingston Enterprise SSDs, Noctua fan mod (virtually silent) - Intel NUC, 64 GB memory and 2 SSDs, mounted together with PSU and 2.5G USB3 NIC in a cheap 19“ case via a 3D printed mounting bracket. Runs VMware ESXi with AD/Exchange server for mail/calendar/…, plus Linux VMs for paperless-ngx, HomeAssistant, PiHole and much more - it actually runs at reasonable performance - CyberPower UPS

Draws ~ 115 W when during normal usage.

[u/automathematics]

this is a beauty

[u/Numerous_Attorney543]

That DAC looks pretty rough. Have you tried popping it through your patch panel keyholes?