Dell PowerEdge 400SC (ed: 9/4 offering P4 3.2G for $100) w/ P4 2.8 800FSB hyperthread $448 free ship

[Whitneymuse]

I think you should be able to mix and match, but it will/'should' default to the lowest speed it "sees"; however, this board enables support for Dual Channel processing, i.e., the mobo's chipset has two channels for processing. This will utilize the theoretical bandwidth of the two memory modules...caveate that they are fast enough and alike enough so that when one if "finished" processing their set of instructions, the 'other' channel is processed and when it is through, the other picks it up the instruction. Gains can be as high, theoretically, as 1/10 as much. That said, faster memory does this better with an 800MHz FSB.

After that it's voodoo.

 

[Lance22]

Im just wondering if anyone has got their system yet... Mine was delayed, I think.

Im also wondering if anyone knows the model of the scsi drive that comes with the scsi system?

 

[yomamma]

Ordered mine Saturday it was shipped today! Check your order on-line via the links you were emailed.

Hell yes! I picked up a KVM and two PC3200 256 MB sticks and a GeForceFX 5600 today as well.

Now I'm lookin for eye candy games baby!

Bill

 

[oaaltone]

Ordered mine Friday, shipped tonight.

 

[Whitneymuse]

Your mother said:

Ordered mine Saturday it was shipped today! Check your order on-line via the links you were emailed.

Firstly, YourMother, what configuration did you order? I ordered the 2.8G on Friday and mine is still stuck in "Production"...it's been there for over 48 Hours...it's being made into an episode...is it because you ordered something other than a 2.8?

 

[Whitneymuse]

Oh poop, after reading Olliebg's, I went to the D's website...it's STILL in production. It's having a long labor. Tomorrow's another day.

 

[oaaltone]

I ordered the following system and it's already shipped, so yours should be shipping shortly. (Probably the same configuration...)

Order detail - order placed 8/15/2003 7:50:18 PM

Free Upgrade to an Intel® P®4, 2.8GHz,800FSB at a 2.4 price Qty: 1 Unit Price: 598.00
Floppy Drive 3.5 in, 1.44MB, Floppy Drive
Mouse Logitec System Mouse, Gray
Hardware Support Services 1Yr,Parts + Onsite Labor (Next Business Day)
Operating System No Operating System, Microsoft
Memory 128MB DDR, ECC, 333MHz, 1X128MB
Monitor NO MONITOR OPTION
Keyboard Standard Windows Keyboard,Gray
Documentation Electronic Documentation, PowerEdge 400SC
Hard Drive Configurations C1, Motherboard IDE, Ascending Order, 1 Hard drive
1st Hard Drive 40GB 7.2K RPM IDE Hard Drive
Installation Support Services No Installation
Network Adapter Onboard NIC
CD ROM/DVD ROM 48X CD-ROM

 

[Lance22]

i ordered mine friday too...it hasen't even gone through production =\ When I first logged in, it said that it would be delivered by this friday, but either tuesday or monday, it was changed to it wont ship till the 22nd with a delivery estimate of the 27-29th.. I wonder if its because its my first time ordering something through dell business, or because I got the scsi stuff...Its the 2.8 btw

 

[yomamma]

Very basic like Ollie's

Intel® P®4, 2.8GHz,800FSB
Floppy Drive 3.5 in, 1.44MB, Floppy Drive
Mouse Logitec System Mouse, Gray
Hardware Support Services 1Yr,Parts + Onsite Labor (Next Business Day)
Operating System No Operating System, Microsoft
Memory 128MB DDR, ECC, 333MHz, 1X128MB
Monitor NO MONITOR OPTION
Keyboard Standard Windows Keyboard,Gray
Documentation Electronic Documentation, PowerEdge 400SC
Hard Drive Configurations C1, Motherboard IDE, Ascending Order, 1 Hard drive
1st Hard Drive 40GB 7.2K RPM IDE Hard Drive
Installation Support Services No Installation
Network Adapter Onboard NIC
CD ROM/DVD ROM 48X CD-ROM

What did you get Ms. Muse?

Bill

 

[Whitneymuse]

Ah yes, olliebg and YourMother...your order looks hauntingly as my own. Olliebg's an optimist, letting me know that mine's probably going to be the next down the shoot. I even hesitated answering the email of the sr. project engineer for this product line so he wouldn't delay my order even if he could provide me with some other goodies. Let's just get this thing outta labor...3 days in 'build' is enough.

 

[Whitneymuse]

As of now, no $175 or $150 discount and the 2.8G costs + $199, too. To recap, that's $499 US + the $199 for the P4 2.8G 800FSB; the P4 2.4G is + $99. Still free shipping.

So what was $400 last week/end is now $700. And the Fed says there's no inflation.

 

[Lance22]

Im really glad i got in on this now....Ill be even happier once i can touch my system.. Hopefully dell is just lagging with updating my order status and it shows up soon, like, sometime this week.

 

[Whitneymuse]

I would agree; this is like "fantasy computers"...a great deal, cancel three orders and 'buy' a 10% coupon at the last hour on Friday, order for the 4th time with a price $40 less than before, get a great deal on a Lite-On for the other 5.25 bay, get two other 160 GB drives ready and imaged and loaded for the new system and ready to receive 2X256MB DDR400 modules...and it's still in Production since Monday morning. Next time I'm calling in the order.

 

[Lance22]

haha, yah, i went out and bought 1 gig of corsair twinx ddr400 the same day...and its staring me down day after day.

 

[oaaltone]

Originally posted by: Whitneymuse
Next time I'm calling in the order.

I really don't think that would help the process. It just sounds like Dell's backed up. I wouldn't worry until the computer misses it's ship date. I'm also pretty sure those of you with computers "In Production" have computers that haven't even started being built. Mine sat like that for a few days, then was all of a sudden Kitted, Built, Tested and Boxed in a matter of hours. I think "In Production" just means the order's gone through and is sitting in their computer queue, not that it is actually sitting in a box somewhere being built/tested.

 

[Whitneymuse]

Cheer! Only 4-5 more days as it now shows shipped and in transit...that means it's in one of MDell's trailors heading to an origination hub! That was for a Friday early afternoon order. There's a reference point.

 

[Lance22]

mine is right behind yours whiteneymuse, it was shipped out at 6:45 this morning.

 

[Whitneymuse]

No kidding Lance22; mine was 6:30 AM

 

[yomamma]

When did yall order? Mine shipped on 8/20/2003 at 6:07:00 PM.

I did pay for second day delivery.

 

[Lance22]

I alsmost paid for 2nd day shipping too, but oh well..Im just hoping that since it shipped out from dell at 6:45, it will be on a plane between now and tonite, to show up to the local distributer in time to be delivered tomorrow. I ordered a fp from them and once it left dell, it took practically no time at all to get to my house using the 5 day method. Im in San Jose, CA.

 

[Engineer]

If you have a 10% off coupon, you can get the 2.8GHz version right now for around 489.00 + tax (2.2% less if you use F@tcash) and you receive a Free Palm Zire!


Free shipping too!

(Around $90.00 less for the 2.4GHz)

 

[WHSLacrossekid]

I just configured 2.4ghz for $498 - 10% = $448 - $50 rebate = $398 + Free Palm Zire

 

[Whitneymuse]

Since many of you have had your systems delivered, BTW, has anyone been able to get their 2.8/2.4 800FSB w/ DDR400 to actually do 400MHz? If so, what memory did you use? I'd really like to know what the real world experience is out there. thank you in advance!

 

[lhotdeals]

Hey guys, how come the 400SC ships with 128mb PC2700 Rams? The cpu suppose to run at 400 fsb... if they have pc2700, then it either cause the CPU to run at slower speed or the rams to overclock.

 

[SearchMaster]

It sounds like a lot of you don't have experience with Dell's hot deals. They keep very little inventory on hand, so when they have a deal like this and many people order, it's going to take a while to fill all the orders. The price you pay for a great deal is that it may take a couple of weeks (or more) to ship your order. They're generally pretty fast if you order something at semi-regular price, but when demand is overwhelming, you're just going to have to wait.