[geeks] Low-cost Dual-Core Opteron mini tower server at Dell

[Lionel Peterson]

  On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at  1:28 PM, Aaron Finley wrote:

> Bill Bradford wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 01:02:55PM -0500, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>>> If you can call this a server.  This is just any old PC.
>>
>> A couple years ago a single-socket dual-core Opteron *was* "server 
>> class".
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
> Both the SC1430 (2x quad core for ~$750) and the 1900 (2x quad core 
> for ~1200) deals are back as well.

As is the extra low-cost SC440 deal - $199 *shipped*[0], with low-ball 
secs:

Intel E2160 CPU
1x 512 Meg RAM DIMM
1x 80 Gig SATA HD
CD-ROM drive

Upgrade memory for $69 for 2 Gig ECC upgrade at Crucial.com, upgrade the 
CPU to a Core 2 Duo E4500 for $50, or a Xeon 3040 for $100 more from 
Dell.

You know, that machine sort of beats the snot out of the Wal-Mart gOS 
"google" PC[1] with it's Via C-7 CPU...

Lionel

[0] 
http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_server?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

[1] 
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3511118&Sku=E80-TC2502&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&CMP=OTC-GOOGLEBASE