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eggrock

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Right now I don't have the assets to do folding on any meaningful scale, but I see that my company sells retired equipment. I'm wondering if some of these are worth picking up to fold on:

Desktop: P3 866 MHz, 256MB RAM, 20 Gb HDD - $100
Desktop: P3 600 MHz, 180MB RAM, 10 Gb HDD - $55

If I had a few of the 600MHz computers would they make worthwhile folders? I don't know anything about folding other than the 10k' view, and I didn't see anything obvious in the (extremely rapid) scan of the FAQ.
 
how about hooking up some of the [H]orde with some of those machines. They look decent, and checking ebay, they're alot lower in price. Where are you located at? I'm sure a few of us would like to acquire a few through you, if that's possible.
 
I'm in Minnesota (Minneapolis) and from what I hear the company that resells these is local so I can pick them up and avoid the $15-20 shipping costs. Shipping them elsewhere is another matter, I hadn't really thought of being a conduit for other people but that isn't a bad idea. I wonder what they'd say if I put in an order for all of 'em? Heh.. (It's an outside company reselling them so I doubt they'd mind.)

I'm putting in some OT this week so I should have some spare change laying around to buy some--for sure I'm going to get one to upgrade my mother-in-law's home slot machine. :p

There's 29 listed on our website right now, but I notice some of the links are broken so I don't know what is or isn't available. There's also about the same amount of laptops but they're more expensive, ~$240-300 for 700MHz models (the price diff. looks like they depend on memory.)

[edit] The company is in St. Paul so a bit of a drive for me, but definitely local.
 
Right on, exactly what I'm looking for. And I'm in MN too (Burnsville!).

Can you please post/PM me a link to their web site.

I want to buy a whole pallet of these bastards!!!!!
 
Oldbenwa said:
Think they'd give us a volume discount if we bought all of them?

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LOL we posted at the samd time. Hell I'm sending him a PM too!
 
These prices I listed apply only to employees of the company I work for. Giving me a monopoly over the [H]orde, MUAHAHAHAHA. :D



I'll PM anyone interested with the site, but their store is 'under construction' (gawd, no date either) and their Ebay items aren't all that spectacular, ~$500 for a 800-900 MHz machine, not good. They are selling some cheap-arsed routers, switches etc. so it might be worth taking a look.

[edit] If this turns into a FS/FT thread I'll post it in the appropriate forum. I take it these machines will make good folders?
 
eggrock said:
These prices I listed apply only to employees of the company I work for. Giving me a monopoly over the [H]orde, MUAHAHAHAHA. :D



I'll PM anyone interested with the site, but their store is 'under construction' (gawd, no date either) and their Ebay items aren't all that spectacular, ~$500 for a 800-900 MHz machine, not good. They are selling some cheap-arsed routers, switches etc. so it might be worth taking a look.

[edit] If this turns into a FS/FT thread I'll post it in the appropriate forum. I take it these machines will make good folders?
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P3 means sse boost......800mhz 24/7 yeash you should do pretty well there. many of us fold with much worse :D
 
Spectre said:
P3 means sse boost......800mhz 24/7 yeash you should do pretty well there. many of us fold with much worse :D
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I have a dual PII 266 system running timeless work units. My work system is a PIII 700 running regular units. Both run 24/7 and the work system has yet to miss a deadline even on 241 point Tinker core proteins (which it's chewing on right now) and 231 point Gromacs.

 
Bumpity.

The official word on the hardware is this:

Compaq Deskpro EN Series Tower PC
P3 866 Mhz
20 GB Hard Drive
256 MB RAM
CD-Rom Drive
Floppy Drive
Three 168 Pin DIMM Slots
5 PCI Slots/ 1 AGP
Two USB Ports/ Two 9 Pin Serial Ports
Integrated Video
AGP Video Card
Integrated Audio
Integrated 10/100 Network Card (usable by DSL and Cable subscribers)
Mouse, Keyboard & Power Cord Included

No operating system; no software included.
Modem not included;not internet-ready.

Tested - Guaranteed Not DOA.

--- Says Integrated video AND an AGP card, we'll see what actually ships. There better be an AGP card in there.

I've e-mailed sales to check on all available items; their website is not current.
 
this is not a hijack, just a related question. would a dually p3 at 933-1000mhz fold well? i'm thinking about picking up a hp netserver installing linux, and using it as a fold/server box for my home, its only 99 bucks.
 
It should.... But either way, it's a dually... and it'll meet the deadlines... No reason not to!! :D


Keep on Folding!!

 
Qwertyman said:
this is not a hijack, just a related question. would a dually p3 at 933-1000mhz fold well? i'm thinking about picking up a hp netserver installing linux, and using it as a fold/server box for my home, its only 99 bucks.
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Yes get it!
 
Wow that thing is super gutted......hmmm.......I would post another thread and ask for some more opinions.
 
Spectre said:
Wow that thing is super gutted......hmmm.......I would post another thread and ask for some more opinions.
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i rather not put the work into it though. it needs a new side, and front bezel, plus i have to pick it up. uhh just forget it.
 
Update:

Finally got one of these delivered. Specs:

Compaq Deskpro EN
P3 866
Compaq PSU (I forget, 250w or 280w) - 2 fan PSU
"Convertible" case (use as tower or desktop)
Unknown (Compaq) motherboard
mix & match RAM, 256Mb (one stick is Kingston)
Riva TNT2 GPU (oh, wow! ;))
20GB HDD (formatted)
CD & floppy drive
Integrated NIC (10/100) & audio.
Keyboard (?), Mouse (Unisys) and 1 power cord. Driver floppy for the mouse (didn't need it).

No case fans whatsoever. Exhaust is through PSU.

PC came packed EXTREMELY well in a large box and surrounded by foam molded to the PC (plastic bags filled with some kind of light foam).

No tracking # was provided and this shipped in ~2 weeks.

Total: $125 ($25 for shipping)

A decent deal but I might be able to find better. This company (assetrecoverycorp.com) sells by lot and if you're in the St. Paul, MN area it might be worth picking up. They DO allow you to pick up from their warehouse by appointment.
 
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