Wahooo – brought a 40£ workstation – whacked in a Hard drive and got it up and working with a GTX 1050 in the machine and also a GTX 750 on the riser/hub board.
![PCI switch expander on a Dell 7010](http://www.crazy-logic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_20190109_090855-300x225.jpg)
PCI switch expander on a Dell 7010
Had to botch together a longer power cable….
![power cable made longer](http://www.crazy-logic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_20190109_091143-300x225.jpg)
power cable made longer
And now sitting next to my blade server.
![PCI switch expander on a Dell 7010](http://www.crazy-logic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_20190109_091715-300x225.jpg)
PCI switch expander on a Dell 7010
![power usage](http://www.crazy-logic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-11-at-00.59.14-300x90.png)
power usage
Power usage on the external card is less than 50w so happy with my power cable bodge.