[geeks] Dual Quad-Core servers on sale at Dell (again) + Dual Dual-core Opteron too

[Lionel Peterson]

No, you can upgrade to 2x 1 gig DIMMs for $89, and the chassis has 8 DIMM
sockets...

Rails, in true dell fashion, are $250 though ;(

Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: "Joshua Boyd" <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: 12/7/2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Dual Quad-Core servers on sale at Dell (again) + Dual
Dual-core Opteron too

On Dec 7, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Dell is having a sale on the dual quad-core PowerEdge SC1430 tower
> server
> ($779), as well as the PowerEdge 1900 ($1199), and the Dual dual-
> core Opteron
> 2212 PowerEdge SC1435 ($699):
>
> http://techbargains.com/news_displayitem.cfm/106063

I don't know how hard Dell enforces working configurations, but if
you try to configure the dual dual Opteron SC1435, you are told that
you must buy a 4 DIMM memory upgrade.  The cheapest of them is $119,
driving your price to $818, which still is good, but that seems a bit
deceptive.

If only I had the cash.  Actually, if I did, I still would probably
feel compelled to purchase a workstation instead of a server.
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