HP ProLiant MicroServer

dunworth1 · 10-09-2015 05:40PM

witnessmenow wrote: »

Email promotions@out-bound.co.uk to confirm.

One more thing, I was able to email the cashback form in rather than post which saves a bit of hassle.

did you have to print and scan the cashback forum?
or is there an online one available?

zweton · 10-09-2015 06:42PM

sorry guys, noob question here. Im interested in buying one of these.
Can i claim back money on the one bought from elara thats posted?

dunworth1 · 10-09-2015 07:13PM

zweton wrote: »

sorry guys, noob question here. Im interested in buying one of these.
Can i claim back money on the one bought from elara thats posted?

yes they have even put the link to the cash back forum on the page for you

zweton · 10-09-2015 07:31PM

haha, cheers. want to get one with 16gb

johnybean · 11-09-2015 12:01PM

Servers plus are doing the microserver for £180 including delivery to Parcel Motel before cashback, works out around €190 including cash back. I got it from this crowd the last time the offer was on. You can also get it delivered directly to Ireland from Serversdirect for in or around the same money.

MAJJ · 11-09-2015 12:18PM

Ebuyer GBP 165 including VAT and UK delivery GBP 110 with cash back.

http://www.ebuyer.com/722189-hp-proliant-gen8-g1610t-4gb-ram-microserver-819185-421?utm_source=2015-09-11&utm_medium=campaign_email&utm_campaign=B2C_%28Friday%29_Openers_FS

Catalyst · 11-09-2015 12:41PM

Hi,

Yes you can claim the Cashback, we are HP Gold Partners.

Works out at €175 Including Delivery after Cashback.

http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?mancode=819185-421&manufacturer=HP

zweton wrote: »

sorry guys, noob question here. Im interested in buying one of these.
Can i claim back money on the one bought from elara thats posted?

dunworth1 · 14-09-2015 01:19PM

just got the email stating my cashback was accepted

Pacifico · 19-09-2015 08:37PM

Are ebuyer the best option here? Do you use the UK form for cash back if buying from them?

Danger781 · 20-09-2015 06:15AM

Pacifico wrote: »

Are ebuyer the best option here? Do you use the UK form for cash back if buying from them?

I ordered from a UK retailer (servers plus), shipped to parcel motel, and used the euro cashback form. The cheque gets sent in euros from an English bank so I needed to pay commission to lodge it.

Pacifico · 20-09-2015 06:43AM

Danger781 wrote: »

I ordered from a UK retailer (servers plus), shipped to parcel motel, and used the euro cashback form. The cheque gets sent in euros from an English bank so I needed to pay commission to lodge it.

Would you get more with the sterling cheque i wonder?

yop · 21-09-2015 09:26AM

Ebuyer will not ship to Ireland and will not all Parcel Motel.

Pacifico · 21-09-2015 10:44AM

Yeah noticed that...it's 161 from servers plus but £15 for shipping to parcel motel!

Elara are probably the best option

Headshot · 21-09-2015 11:34AM

Catalyst wrote: »

Hi,

Yes you can claim the Cashback, we are HP Gold Partners.

Works out at €175 Including Delivery after Cashback.

http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?mancode=819185-421&manufacturer=HP

What is the spec of that version on Elara?

Im really tempted to get one but im worried about that CPU. Id like to make it into a ESXI machine with one or 2 VMs running Asterisk mostly. I know ill need more ram but what is the CPU like in them?

Danger781 · 21-09-2015 12:59PM

Headshot wrote: »

What is the spec of that version on Elara?

Im really tempted to get one but im worried about that CPU. Id like to make it into a ESXI machine with one or 2 VMs running Asterisk mostly. I know ill need more ram but what is the CPU like in them?

I can run 2 x 720p Plex streams without issues (most of the time). I also have two torrent clients running 24/7. Shares mapped to my desktop, etc.

Headshot · 21-09-2015 01:11PM

Danger781 wrote: »

I can run 2 x 720p Plex streams without issues (most of the time). I also have two torrent clients running 24/7. Shares mapped to my desktop, etc.

I went ahead and got it. Hard to say no to that price after cash back

Danger781 · 21-09-2015 01:14PM

Headshot wrote: »

I went ahead and got it. Hard to say no to that price after cash back

Keep me posted about how you get on with ESXi

That was my original intention before siding with unRAID which was just more suited to my needs.

yop · 21-09-2015 02:39PM

Mine is enroute.
What sound card did you use with it? Im going to use it with my tv in the man cave. So suggested I use a chrome cast.

Headshot · 21-09-2015 02:40PM

yop wrote: »

Mine is enroute.
What sound card did you use with it? Im going to use it with my tv in the man cave. So suggested I use a chrome cast.

Pity it has no HDMI and only VGA

stimpson · 21-09-2015 02:47PM

I got a half height fanless video card for pennies on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0036DD4CO

But I'm now running it as a headless unRAID server in my office and using Plex on my Samsung "smart" TV. Planning on buying a new Apple TV once Plex is confirmed for it!

Headshot · 21-09-2015 03:18PM

stimpson wrote: »

I got a half height fanless video card for pennies on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0036DD4CO

But I'm now running it as a headless unRAID server in my office and using Plex on my Samsung "smart" TV. Planning on buying a new Apple TV once Plex is confirmed for it!

Just bought that GPU now for this Microserver. Thanks

Doylers · 21-09-2015 04:48PM

Just bought one there

Gonna use it for virtualization of my final year project.

Anyone use this ram from crucial? Seems to be fully supported?

long_b · 21-09-2015 07:52PM

stimpson wrote: »

I got a half height fanless video card for pennies on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0036DD4CO

But I'm now running it as a headless unRAID server in my office and using Plex on my Samsung "smart" TV. Planning on buying a new Apple TV once Plex is confirmed for!

YELLOW CARD
Posts bargain inin BA thread "for pennies"

2490 is a lot of pennies

stimpson · 21-09-2015 08:05PM

long_b wrote: »

YELLOW CARD
Posts bargain inin BA thread "for pennies"

2490 is a lot of pennies

I spent 35000 on the card in my gaming rig!

Headshot · 23-09-2015 11:57AM

Lads what ram would you recommend for the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 G1610T 1P 4GB-U B120i

Id like to have 8gb-16gb

Danger781 · 23-09-2015 12:43PM

Headshot wrote: »

Lads what ram would you recommend for the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 G1610T 1P 4GB-U B120i

Id like to have 8gb-16gb

Think you have the same model as me which needed ECC RAM. Any value-grade ECC RAM should be fine. This is the set I bought:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0064R7LH8/

GekkePrutser · 23-09-2015 02:05PM

stimpson wrote: »

I got a half height fanless video card for pennies on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0036DD4CO

But I'm now running it as a headless unRAID server in my office and using Plex on my Samsung "smart" TV. Planning on buying a new Apple TV once Plex is confirmed for it!

Can you still use the HDMI then? I see one of the smaller brackets only exposes the DVI and the other the DVI and HDMI. But not sure which is needed for the micro server.

stimpson · 23-09-2015 02:10PM

GekkePrutser wrote: »

Can you still use the HDMI then? I see one of the smaller brackets only exposes the DVI and the other the DVI and HDMI. But not sure which is needed for the micro server.

You lose the VGA and keep the HDMI and DVI. You can attach the vga to another half height bracket, but who uses VGA nowadays anyway?

GekkePrutser · 23-09-2015 11:19PM

stimpson wrote: »

You lose the VGA and keep the HDMI and DVI. You can attach the vga to another half height bracket, but who uses VGA nowadays anyway?

True, and the box has VGA anyway! Though not hardware accelerated but I don't want it for playing movies.

I'd be interested in using HDMI, I have an old HDMI screen/mouse/keyboard. This sounds like a good option. Thanks!

yop · 25-09-2015 07:21AM

Got the server. VERY neat and quite. But just can't get either of the new Seagate 2 TB Drives I bought to install the OS. Fails with an error
""partitioning has failed - unable to continue - undefined""
Anyone had this and got over it?

Thanks for the tip btw, no doubt its a great buy.

HP ProLiant MicroServer

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