Decent deal?

[FromTheLou]

I just missed a Poweredge 6650 w/ 4 3.0Ghz Xeons, 16GB ram and a Perc 4i controller w/ 128mb ram for $350.

But the same seller is offering me a different 6650 w/ 4 3.0Ghz 4MB Xeon's w/ a Perc 3i controller and 12GB ram for $275+tax. Decent deal or not?

 

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I just missed a Poweredge 6650 w/ 4 3.0Ghz Xeons, 16GB ram and a Perc 4i controller w/ 128mb ram for $350.

But the same seller is offering me a different 6650 w/ 4 3.0Ghz 4MB Xeon's w/ a Perc 3i controller and 12GB ram for $275+tax. Decent deal or not?

IMHO you'd be better off with a newer qc system. Even if you spend a little more, your newer system should be quieter, use less power, etc. If you plan to keep it a couple of years, even better.

I'm assuming you don't have a rack/datacenter, don't need a drac, etc....

 

[stainremover]

aren't those xeon single cores? how is that much better than a quadcore? plus perc3i is scsi, which is dead.

 

[Dark Shade]

Yeah those are Noconas I believe, single core w/hyperthreading. I guess it wouldn't be *terrible* for that price, but even the Core2 processors spank the bejesus out of those Xeons

 

[nitrobass24]

Pass

 

[K-TRON]

There is a guy who posted a ASUS L1N64SLI-WS system up for sale
Includes two FX-74's and 4gb memory for $250
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1395618

The two FX-74's which will eat those xeons for breakfast and spit them out before lunchtime.

The guy has a pretty good deal. I had the WS version of that board, flashed the bios to WS/B, and now I am running two Quad 2347HE's at 2.2Ghz 8 cores
The only thing I do not like about the board is that it doesnt have a native SAS controller, but thats okay. Very solid board.

K-TRON

 

[Blue Fox]

The guy has a pretty good deal. I had the WS version of that board, flashed the bios to WS/B, and now I am running two Quad 2347HE's at 2.2Ghz 8 cores
The only thing I do not like about the board is that it doesnt have a native SAS controller, but thats okay. Very solid board.

K-TRON

A little off topic, but that does work eh? I was considering the board, but I never saw anything but the FX-7x series supported. It is a pretty nice board.

 

[K-TRON]

Yes it does. I can give you picture proof that my WS is now running the WS/B bios and two Opty's.
However I need to be careful, because if I screw up the bios, the FX-74 needs to go back in. This is a problem because I do not have a Fx-74 lying around.

K-TRON