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Bargain Servers

He has: 132 posts

Joined: Jun 2008

I have stumbled upon a few "bargain buys" among servers and am wondering which would be the best deal.

They are all rack mountable

Server number 1

  • Rackable Systems
  • Refurbished
  • Dual Opteron 2ghz
  • 120GB hdd
  • 4GB Ram
  • 1u half depth
  • $139.99USD
  • Url: Here (geeks.com)

Server number 2 (ebay)

  • Rackable Systems
  • Dual Xeon 2.8ghz
  • 2x 40GB hdd
  • 4GB Ram
  • 1u
  • $170USD
  • Url: Here (ebay)

Server number 3 (also ebay)

  • IBM
  • P4 3ghz
  • No hdd (I have a few laying around)
  • 2GB Ram
  • Cd-rom
  • 1u
  • $129.95USD
  • Url: Here (ebay)

Seeing as I don't know much about values on the parts, which one is the best buy? (My gut is telling me #1) Or if you find a better bargain suggest please.

I can do a network install for #1 or #2 but it is more convenient to do a cd install.

Thanks in advance

C.Moyer Learning Webmaster
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Joined: Sep 2006

Why is it so expensive?

He has: 132 posts

Joined: Jun 2008

Sorry, this was posted a while ago and all of the servers that I listed have been sold out or time ended on ebay. So if one of the links still works than it is linked to a different product by now.

C.Moyer Learning Webmaster
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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