Good Price?

[Gayowulf]

I was offered the following server packages, for the stated prices

Option - 1
>
> A.Serv 1U-A1200 Dual Athlon MP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
> E1U Aluminum-Magnesium Rack Chassis/Dual AMD (V6.1)
> Tyan S2466N Tiger MPX AMD 2P/3Com LAN
> 512MB PC2100 DDR ECC Reg RAM
> 40.0GB IDE Hard Drive (7200RPM)
> Standard 1U 300 Watt Power Supply
> ATI PCI SVGA Graphics Adapter
> 52X IDE CD-ROM
> 1U 32-bit PCI Riser Slot
> 3.5-inch 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
> Standard Standard 1 Year Parts/Labor
> 3Com Built-in 10/100 Ethernet NIC
>
> $2500
>
>
> Option -2
>
>
> 19" 1U Server Chassis /Black
> Tyan S2460/Dual AMD AthlonMP/DDR
> (2) AMD Athlon MP 1600+/1.4GHz/266FSB
> 1GB ECC Reg. DDR-266/PC2100 LP
> Sony 1.44MB / Black
> CD-ROM Optional
> IBM 40GB ATA/100 7200RPM
> Trident 9750 4MB
> Extra PCI Slot-Empty
>
> $2,349.00
>
> This is the best pricing he could get me for DUAL
> AMD systems. T
>
>
> P4 System
>
> Chassis: 1U Slim 19" Rackmount (Black)
> Power Supply: 300 Watt ATX P4
> Drive Bays: 5.25"x1 & 3.5"x1 (External) 3.5"x1
> (Internal)
> Motherboard: ASUS P4S-333VM DDR P4
> Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4
> Processor Speed: 1.6Ghz
> Expansion Slots: Riser Card Supports 1-PCI
> Serial Ports: 1
> USB Ports: 2
> RAM Type: Micron USA DDR PC2100
> RAM Standard: 256MB DDR PC2100
> Floppy Drive: 1.44MB (Black)
> CD Rom Drive: Sony 52X (Black)
> Hard Drive: 40GB ATA100 EIDE 7,200RPM
> Ethernet: Onboard 10/100BT NIC
> Sound Card: Onboard AC97 3D Audio
> Video Card: Onboard AGP
> Video Memory: Shared, up to 64MB DDR
>
> $1,189
> Add $90 for additional 256MB DDR Memory
>
> We can add memory to anyone of these systems for you
> at anytime.
> He said that since he is giving such low prices,
> that this quote can
> only be good for 48 hours because he offerds
> different pricing every
> day according to where the RAM market is, and you
> know how much that
> fluctuates.


Those prices sound reasonable to me. do they to you? Can you think of somewhere that could outdo them? they are in USD

[el crapo]

Are they serious about the Trident 9750 4MB in option 2??? For that price I was expecting a Geforce 2, 3, or 4.

And for the video card in option 1..... an ATI PCI??? for $2500 I would think it'd also be some sort of AGP video card like a Radeon, or a Geforce.

Well for those prices the hard drives could be a bit larger and I'm surpised to see no CD Burners

[Gayowulf]

These are servers, el crapo, not home computers. they are 1u units

[el crapo]

ohhhh thank god.....gotta get some new glasses....well then.....they seem ok to me.

[guitarnerd]

Geforece or radeon on a server ROTFLMAO Cd burner hahaha.

Anyway those were very good prices, I imagine as always you could get better, but if the guy is trustworthy and they are new, I would go with them if I had the money.

[guitarnerd]

I just realized you said 1u that is a hell of a good price for that!

[eclipticzero[old]]

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[el crapo]

Originally posted by eclipticzero
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You made the same mistake I made, it's not a personal computer, he's describing server packages.

[eclipticzero[old]]

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[Webdude]

eclipticzero, start typing halfway decent english and quit the projects lingo.

[eclipticzero[old]]

english only board? pretty discriminitive..i dont like that, thats one reason the worlds stupid...Id expect more from a moderator, really would, but eh, guess I was wrong..

[Webdude]

It has nothing to do with me. It has to do with all the complaints I got about it. It certainly wasnt anything to be editing posts or removing you for...so all I could do was to tell you to talk understandable..

[guitarnerd]

Originally posted by eclipticzero
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Anyway it is not cheaper to build your own server, if you go to a discount place what they do is put the computer together for you and if you include shipping for all of those individual pieces you are getting ripped. Those are probably the best good deals you are going to find, if you really plan on buying them, look around a little more and go fdor it.