Dell PowerEdge 840 /w Quad Core X3220 for $479.99 Shipped

[Spoofee]

Dell Small Business is offering the Dell PowerEdge 840 server for a good price.

This comes with the following specs
- Intel Quad Core Xeon X3220 2.40GHz, 1GB DDR2 800Mhz
- 2 x 80GB 7.2K RPM SATA Hard Drives
- 48x CD-Rom, 3 Year Support

1. Click here to see the machine

2. Under PowerEdge 840, choose "Discounted Upgrade! Quad Core Xeon X3220" [+$1]

Final Price : $450 + Ship($29.99)

 

[n2vip]

Takes 4 drives internally

This is a nice server when you add the $1 Quad Core Xeon CPU, and I'd consider upgrading the RAM to 4 Gig for $69 (4x 1 Gig DIMMS, machine takes up to 8 Gig (4x 2 Gig DIMMs)), holds 4x SATA drives, and has a reasonable compliment of expansion slots internally).

This would be a good basis for a Windows Home Server or other home server (Linux, Windows Server 2008, etc.), and would even be good if you want to run Windows Hyper-V server (free from MS, no activation) or Hyper-V under Server 2008.

For $550 ($449 + $1 CPU upgrade + $69 4 Gig upgrade + $29.95 S/H) + tax you've got a pretty capable machine with room to grow.

 

[Sevnn]

I couldn't find in specs if it needed Registered or Unbuffered ECC ram, but I found 2G sticks of ECC ram from NewEgg for $20 each. At that price you could leave the configuration at a single 1G stick and add 4G for $40 more or go all the way to 8G for $80. This is VERY tempting.