Dell Poweredge Server €149 exVAT

kaizersoze

Amazing deal. Normal price according to Dell is €609 exVAT.

Offer ends 7/12/07

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=ie&cs=iebsdt1&l=en&oc=SC44402&s=bsd

TheDriver

hmmmmmmmmmm, why are they going so cheap? Any use to a home user??

FrankGrimes

does look like a very good price alright, great tip - thanks. I'm thinking about getting it to use as a Windows Home Server, but it seems it can only take 2 hard-drives, which wouldn't be enough.

Also, it asks for a business email address for registration - any issues with that?

weeder

i want one!
ive got no money

MayoForSam

Any way of removing the Bronze on-site servicing option to get the price down further? Looks like a good deal, only 1000 available though.

majiktripp

Very nice find, quite interesting discovery and for €180 with VAT plus say €50 for shipping its not too bad a deal.

FrankGrimes

mmm, have one at Checkout stage and am thinking I might go through with it, as it seems to have 4 SATA drive controllers, so I could possibly put a 3rd 3.5" HDD into a 5.25" slot and connect it to a 3rd SATA controller.

Failing that, I reckon there might be someone on here later that misses out that would buy it off me (at the price I pay) if it doesn't fit my needs.

kaizersoze

Total price including VAT + Shipping is € 239.58.

cormie

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's unsure, but what exactly is the difference between a server and a normal desktop tower?

majiktripp

Well this one comes with no Operating System (ie. XP or Vista) installed straight off, the hardware is more geared towards being a standalone machine that people connect too via the network etc than being used for everyday applications and general use.

Morlar

cormie wrote: »

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's unsure, but what exactly is the difference between a server and a normal desktop tower?

Noise levels may be an issue. If that turned out to be the case you could just strip it for parts - power supply, hdd, memory, dvdrom drive, tower, motherboard, cpu etc - everything except the fan (I think) should be identical to standard pc hardware (thats if you dont choose raid card and other options- though having said that many home pc's now come with raid support). Its starting to look like an option even if your only in the market for certain parts.

FrankGrimes

Went ahead and bought one there, so will see how I get on with it. Am hoping it'll be quiet enough cos Dells usually are. If not, I'll look at sticking it up to the attic.

That CPU alone is €72 on Komplett, so €240 overall ain't bad.

bazual

Folks,

I just got this for €188 including delivery.

Go to
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/epp/epp?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ieepp1

Then Enter in code 123-SC44402

It should come up for €188 including delivery.

A Bargain at that price......

Bazual

cormie

Morlar wrote: »

Noise levels may be an issue. If that turned out to be the case you could just strip it for parts - power supply, hdd, memory, dvdrom drive, tower, motherboard, cpu etc - everything except the fan (I think) should be identical to standard pc hardware (thats if you dont choose raid card and other options- though having said that many home pc's now come with raid support). Its starting to look like an option even if your only in the market for certain parts.

So it's just that it has no operating system and is a bit noisy? Other than that, would it still do everything a normal PC would do?

majiktripp

cormie wrote: »

So it's just that it has no operating system and is a bit noisy? Other than that, would it still do everything a normal PC would do?

Once you install an OS for example XP and get the correct drivers for the hardware in the PC then yes it would be the same as a regular desktop. It might not have the expandability of a regular desktop (ie. PCI-Express or a lot of free PCI slots) but for all intent and purposes it would work fine as a regular office,internet etc pc.

kmb

Wonder does it have pcie slot??
Or how many pci slots.

Regards,

Kieran

cormie

majiktripp wrote: »

Once you install an OS for example XP and get the correct drivers for the hardware in the PC then yes it would be the same as a regular desktop. It might not have the expandability of a regular desktop (ie. PCI-Express or a lot of free PCI slots) but for all intent and purposes it would work fine as a regular office,internet etc pc.

Cool thanks for that info. Would it come with all drivers supplied like Dell desktops/laptops do?

majiktripp

cormie wrote: »

Cool thanks for that info. Would it come with all drivers supplied like Dell desktops/laptops do?

Eeh hard to say really , I doubt it as its a server machine and not designed for the home market plus the drivers for all the OS's available to install would be different, hard to say really I doubt theres even a drivers disk for XP available for a Power Edge...
Caught me out there!
With the EPP code bringing it down to €188 I'm finding it awful hard not to buy it....stick Windows Home Server on it , chuck a wireless PCI card into it and let it stream my media out to rest of house.....hmmm...very hard to resist.

forbairt

majiktripp wrote: »

With the EPP code bringing it down to €188 I'm finding it awful hard not to buy it....stick Windows Home Server on it , chuck a wireless PCI card into it and let it stream my media out to rest of house.....hmmm...very hard to resist.

I found it too hard to resist with that code ...



To anyone else buying you might find this handy

http://www.crucial.com/eu/store/listparts.aspx?model=PowerEdge%20SC440
54 quid for 2gbs (2 x 1gb matched pairs ecc)

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forbairt wrote: »

I found it too hard to resist with that code ...



To anyone else buying you might find this handy

http://www.crucial.com/eu/store/listparts.aspx?model=PowerEdge%20SC440
54 quid for 2gbs (2 x 1gb matched pairs ecc)

Ditto... is the extra ram neccessary if your just going to be using it for streaming?

forbairt

Scarlet Abundant Hall wrote: »

Ditto... is the extra ram neccessary if your just going to be using it for streaming?

Naw it should be plenty with 1gb for most things.

Don't even know if I'll need the extra I'll wait to receive it I think and then if it needs it I'll order the extra as I'll be throwing kubuntu onto it

AlmightyCushion

You won't need the extra ram if all you are doing is streaming media through the house.

Redrocket

bazual wrote: »

Folks,

I just got this for €188 including delivery.

Go to
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/epp/epp?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ieepp1

Then Enter in code 123-SC44402

It should come up for €188 including delivery.

A Bargain at that price......

Bazual

Sweet deal, just ordered one, might get another later

zod

Seems you can mod the PCI slot to take a decent video card.

http://www.davtar.org/blog/?p=24

I did this with the original sc420 ..


Whats the GeForce 7300 GS or XFX 8400GS like performance wise ??

MayoForSam

Thanks OP (and Bazual ), ordered one for €188. Perfect for setting up my home network server (finally!), will upgrade to a bigger HD at a later date. Good timing what with the Divx update on the Xbox 360 too.

_Kaiser_

Motherboard layout - slots etc:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe440sc/en/HOM/HTML/jumpers.htm#wp1055448

zod

€26 delivered for 1GB RAM here http://www.memoryc.com/memory/TS1GDL370.html

floydmoon1

anyone have coupons to get a few more euro off.

_Kaiser_

Damn is tempting. If if knew it'd take my 8600GT card and run Vista I'd buy it now

forbairt

Forgot to say cheers Bazual for the 188 link

floydmoon1 wrote: »

anyone have coupons to get a few more euro off.

at 188 I think you'd really be lucky

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Damn is tempting. If if knew it'd take my 8600GT card and run Vista I'd buy it now

Cheers Kaiser2000 for the board tech sheet

To be honest I'd doubt it would ... I would assume the power supply wouldn't be up to much on it Dell aren't exactly known for giving the best components

_Kaiser_

forbairt wrote: »

Cheers Kaiser2000 for the board tech sheet

To be honest I'd doubt it would ... I would assume the power supply wouldn't be up to much on it Dell aren't exactly known for giving the best components

The PSU doesn't worry me so much. I got a Tagan 480W one for a Dimension 5150 that's well up to the task.

Feck it.. Bought one. If nothing else it'll be great for storing all my data, plus I get usage rights on all Windows versions through work.

floydmoon1

forbairt wrote: »

at 188 I think you'd really be lucky

always worth the chance.:D.
going to get one and use it as a server with music and files.
what good linux servers are there.

geecee

Just ordered my 2
Thanks kaizersoze !

jahalpin

Just ordered one, looks very good. What are the chances of getting XP Pro to work on it?

deRanged

jahalpin wrote: »

What are the chances of getting XP Pro to work on it?

use a slipstream sp 2 install and you're away in a hack.

TakeTheVeil

do you have to be a business or a dell employee to avail of this? When trying to register its asking for a company name etc

floydmoon1

dont think you have to put one in but if you do just make up a name

TakeTheVeil

i just put in 'none'.. hopefully this all goes through

LawnMower Man

Which motherboard do you choose to get raid with striping for fast speed.

Seems like a bargain for 188 euros

_Kaiser_

Review here - mentions that the system is whisper quiet (as a few people were concerned about this earlier):

http://www.trustedreviews.com/networking/review/2006/12/26/Dell-PowerEdge-SC440/p1

floydmoon1

can u put a graphics catd in this

_Kaiser_

Someone earlier in the thread linked to an article that says it's possible to mod the system to support a video card. Looking inside the system though (review I linked to above), it may not physically fit what with the size of the CPU heatsink, plus there's the PSU requirements - although I did (as I mentioned earlier) manage to successfully change the PSU in a Dimension 5150, so it may be possible to do the same here.

TakeTheVeil

that link actually says that the guy was able to put a PCI-E 16x card into the 8x card slot and the card was recognised under Linux, however theres more conversation in the comments and someone points out that he should check what speed it was running at, and he replied saying it was running at 1x. However, he was able to put it into the 4x card slot and he received 4x

Gulliver

Is there any point in going down the SAS route? The controller is €100 extra and then the disks are €150 extra each.

Velcrow

Just a quick thanks to the OP - kaizersoze + bazual

My server is on the way - Its like buying a sata disk and getting a server thrown in for free!

FrankGrimes

Dammit, I got greedy and sent an email to ask them to cancel my €238 order when I saw the €188 price with the code. I then ordered one at the €188 price.

So far, I've got no confirmation from them yet that the first order will be cancelled and have not received any confirmation email for the second order....what to do what to do? Would it be worthwhile placing another order to see if I get a confirmation email from that one? It says theres a limit of 2 per customer - I wonder is that 2 on a single order or can you do 2 separate orders (is that what's caused me not to get a confirmation email for the 2nd one)?

ob

I got greedy and ordered 2!

A great bargin, thank for the link!

_Kaiser_

I just got an order confirmation from them

For those who asked do you need a company name - no you don't, I just put a "." in the field and it let me continue to checkout.

zod

some video recommendations here

TakeTheVeil

so the motherboard will take AGP? I'm kinda weighing up the options of trying to modifiy the motherboard or just get a new one all together..

zod

TakeTheVeil wrote: »

so the motherboard will take AGP? ..

where you get that ?

PCI Express x8 (with x16 connector);
PCI Express x4 (with x8 connector) ( this is the one to use apparently )
PCI Express x1, Two PCI 32 bit/33MHz, 5v