Dell SC440 for $249...

[dajeepster]

Linky

I'm trying to resist

specs:
PowerEdge SC440 Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary
Hard Drive Controller Onboard SATA Controller - No RAID
No Floppy Drive
No Mouse
On-Board Single Gigabit Network Adapter
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive
System Documentation Electronic Documentation and OpenManage CD Kit
1 Drive connected to Onboard SATA Controller - No RAID
Hardware Support Services 1Yr BASIC SUPPORT: 5x10 HW-Only, 5x10 NBD Onsite
No Installation Assessment

 

[tbogstad]

easy to resist, as it is not a good deal.


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB $83.00 or less
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs $10.00 or less
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive $20.00
motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.
case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous


total 238.00

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: tbogstad
easy to resist, as it is not a good deal.


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB $83.00 or less
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs $10.00 or less
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive $20.00
motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.
case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous


total 238.00

I have a $75 coupon

 

[Tullphan]

I dunno.
I think i'd pay a little extra & get an E2160 for ~$80, an IP35E for $80AR, a CoolerMaster RC690 case for $39.99AR, 2GB of ram for ~$40AR, find a PSU & DVD burner of choice & you should be set.
Yeah, it's a little more than $249, but I think you'd have a better system...just depends on what you're going to use it for, though, I guess.

 

[anonz]

Hot --- wish I hadn't bought about 2 months ago.

Having fried my fair share of MB and processors - this is cheap insurance.

Second - I've found my SC420 to be the quietest computer I have ever used. Unlike the cheaply built roll-my-own systems that end up sounding like an airplane taking off.

Would be very hot if the PCI-E interface was documented to be open for use with display adapters - unlike the need to mod the SC420.

 

[dajeepster]

i'm just gonna run linux(probably Ubuntu) and seti@home on it for the rest of its days...and great for remote desktoping into the server at school for running simulations on my research project (leaves my good computers for other things.. and I don't feel guilty about it ).... l paid @174 after $75 coupon

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: tbogstad
easy to resist, as it is not a good deal.


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB $83.00 or less
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs $10.00 or less
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive $20.00
motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.
case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous


total 238.00

agreed.

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth

Originally posted by: tbogstad
easy to resist, as it is not a good deal.


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB $83.00 or less
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs $10.00 or less
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive $20.00
motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.
case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous


total 238.00

agreed.

I disagree... especially for its intended use... and I only paid $175

 

[cheapgoose]

Originally posted by: dajeepster

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth

Originally posted by: tbogstad
easy to resist, as it is not a good deal.


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB $83.00 or less
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs $10.00 or less
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive $20.00
motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.
case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous


total 238.00

agreed.

I disagree... especially for its intended use... and I only paid $175

So you got more coupons you can share? If not, then you're not talking about the same deal.

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: cheapgoose

Originally posted by: dajeepster

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth

Originally posted by: tbogstad
easy to resist, as it is not a good deal.


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2160, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB $83.00 or less
No Operating System
Memory 512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs $10.00 or less
No Keyboard Option
Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00
CD/DVD Drive 48X CD-ROM Drive $20.00
motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.
case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous


total 238.00

agreed.

I disagree... especially for its intended use... and I only paid $175

So you got more coupons you can share? If not, then you're not talking about the same deal.

I wish I did... but I only had one coupon and it was only good in dell business... was going to use it on an LCD, and I went with this... and as the title says, its $249.. title doesn't say that there's a coupon... so this is the same deal

 

[yozhik2003]

Gents... having built my own (from scratch), extensively upgraded (as in, the only original parts are the box and mobo), and bought numerous PCs throughout my life, I can only say one thing: Please remember Economics 101 when thread crapping.

The "tbogstad" system costs $238 + individual shipping costs (which I am betting come out to more than Dell's $20) plus - and this is most crytical - *the value of buyer's time*.

If the original poster is full time employed, on, say, $30/hr salary (not an unreasonable assumption), and is moderately proficient at both research (at least 4 hrs to read reviews if you go by my own standard), procurement (1 hr total shopping at least) and assembly/testing (between 2 hrs and 4 hrs depending on how good he is) - that totals up to a minimum of 8-10 hrs, and realistically more, at the cost of $300 worth of his time. Some of us actually have useful stuff to do with our lives, letting Dell's winged monkeys do our job for - basically - nearly free. Yeah, Dell may have somewhat inferior components. Boo-hoo. My main PC (SC400) lasted me perfectly well for >2 years (not bad for $300 system) and when it blew up this week, I just replaced with SC400 #2 from storage. I'll be getting SC440 as well, BTW, so I'm biased

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: yozhik2003
Gents... having built my own (from scratch), extensively upgraded (as in, the only original parts are the box and mobo), and bought numerous PCs throughout my life, I can only say one thing: Please remember Economics 101 when thread crapping.

The "tbogstad" system costs $238 + individual shipping costs (which I am betting come out to more than Dell's $20) plus - and this is most crytical - *the value of buyer's time*.

If the original poster is full time employed, on, say, $30/hr salary (not an unreasonable assumption), and is moderately proficient at both research (at least 4 hrs to read reviews if you go by my own standard), procurement (1 hr total shopping at least) and assembly/testing (between 2 hrs and 4 hrs depending on how good he is) - that totals up to a minimum of 8-10 hrs, and realistically more, at the cost of $300 worth of his time. Some of us actually have useful stuff to do with our lives, letting Dell's winged monkeys do our job for - basically - nearly free. Yeah, Dell may have somewhat inferior components. Boo-hoo. My main PC (SC400) lasted me perfectly well for >2 years (not bad for $300 system) and when it blew up this week, I just replaced with SC400 #2 from storage. I'll be getting SC440 as well, BTW, so I'm biased

Not to mention, the Dell would be built with higher-quality parts.

 

[Delta6Echo]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: yozhik2003
Gents... having built my own (from scratch), extensively upgraded (as in, the only original parts are the box and mobo), and bought numerous PCs throughout my life, I can only say one thing: Please remember Economics 101 when thread crapping.

The "tbogstad" system costs $238 + individual shipping costs (which I am betting come out to more than Dell's $20) plus - and this is most crytical - *the value of buyer's time*.

If the original poster is full time employed, on, say, $30/hr salary (not an unreasonable assumption), and is moderately proficient at both research (at least 4 hrs to read reviews if you go by my own standard), procurement (1 hr total shopping at least) and assembly/testing (between 2 hrs and 4 hrs depending on how good he is) - that totals up to a minimum of 8-10 hrs, and realistically more, at the cost of $300 worth of his time. Some of us actually have useful stuff to do with our lives, letting Dell's winged monkeys do our job for - basically - nearly free. Yeah, Dell may have somewhat inferior components. Boo-hoo. My main PC (SC400) lasted me perfectly well for >2 years (not bad for $300 system) and when it blew up this week, I just replaced with SC400 #2 from storage. I'll be getting SC440 as well, BTW, so I'm biased

Not to mention, the Dell would be built with higher-quality parts.

Are you joking...lol

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Delta6Echo

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: yozhik2003
Gents... having built my own (from scratch), extensively upgraded (as in, the only original parts are the box and mobo), and bought numerous PCs throughout my life, I can only say one thing: Please remember Economics 101 when thread crapping.

The "tbogstad" system costs $238 + individual shipping costs (which I am betting come out to more than Dell's $20) plus - and this is most crytical - *the value of buyer's time*.

If the original poster is full time employed, on, say, $30/hr salary (not an unreasonable assumption), and is moderately proficient at both research (at least 4 hrs to read reviews if you go by my own standard), procurement (1 hr total shopping at least) and assembly/testing (between 2 hrs and 4 hrs depending on how good he is) - that totals up to a minimum of 8-10 hrs, and realistically more, at the cost of $300 worth of his time. Some of us actually have useful stuff to do with our lives, letting Dell's winged monkeys do our job for - basically - nearly free. Yeah, Dell may have somewhat inferior components. Boo-hoo. My main PC (SC400) lasted me perfectly well for >2 years (not bad for $300 system) and when it blew up this week, I just replaced with SC400 #2 from storage. I'll be getting SC440 as well, BTW, so I'm biased

Not to mention, the Dell would be built with higher-quality parts.

Are you joking...lol

Not at all.

 

[hans007]

the dell would likely be made of all foxconn parts with probaby a better power supply. i cant view this thread anymore, but the dell is a server so i'd assume the build quality would be pretty good... and would be easier to get warranty support on than building it yourself.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: hans007
the dell would likely be made of all foxconn parts with probaby a better power supply. i cant view this thread anymore, but the dell is a server so i'd assume the build quality would be pretty good... and would be easier to get warranty support on than building it yourself.

Foxconn motherboard most likely. Western Digital, Seagate, or Samsung hard drive.

Doesn't matter though. Look what tbogstad posted...

Primary Hard Drive 80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive, Primary $25.00, as a 160gb can be had for $50.00

Please. You're buying a refurb'd 80GB hard drive for $25. Hell, I sell Dell pulled, no warranty, 80GB hard drives on ebay for $30+ plus shipping. And they don't last long.

motherboard $50.00, only has PCI-E 4x , thats a $50.00 motherboard or less.

I don't care what board you find for $50. No.

case and PSU $50.00 and im being generous

Obviously, tbogstad has never worked with Dell case. And I wouldn't use a $50 case/psu combo, other than maybe as an over-sized paper weight.

 

[hans007]

on a hot deal you can probably get a case for $50. with a rebate coupon etc.

that said, this ALSO is a hot deal, so i suppose thats fair. you could maybe get an anteck nsk4480 ... though honestly most dell cases are better than that outside of the vostro.

the fact of the matter is OEM machines especially from the larger names are very well made. My father actually works at a taiwanese oem (that builds some of the brand name machines) in the support divison and i've worked there in the summer when i was in college. think about this for a moment.

IF they make your computer out of crap , you will have to RMA it. the support costs and freight to send a computer back to an end user and the time to repair it and labor not to mention the replacemnt parts will eliminate the profit on that computer and then some.

oems keep insanely detailed logs, of which brand cpus fail the most, which brand motherboards fail the most, power supplies, hard drives etc. they know exactly how to maximize their profit and that is by you NOT having to ever RMA your computer and a good portion of RMAs are for failures (the rest are for customers just being idiots and returning things to places with ridiculous return policies like walmart or costco ). they also use only the best motherboards and such. almost all hps are asus , same with sony. a lot of HPs are even manufactured by ASus.

 

[darkplayer]

I'm with you.

I have an oooooold PIII 550mHz system running Sidux (debian etch) and this would make a perfect home linux server upgrade.

If I can find a coupon code to bring the price down when I adding on a few addons, I'll be set I'll keep my eye on this before it expires tomorrow.


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#UPDATE#
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My total for just the bare came up too high.

Sub-total $249.00
Shipping & Handling $69.00
Tax $28.00
Total Price1 $346.00

I'm better off purchasing from newegg and etc.....

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: yozhik2003
Gents... having built my own (from scratch), extensively upgraded (as in, the only original parts are the box and mobo), and bought numerous PCs throughout my life, I can only say one thing: Please remember Economics 101 when thread crapping.

The "tbogstad" system costs $238 + individual shipping costs (which I am betting come out to more than Dell's $20) plus - and this is most crytical - *the value of buyer's time*.

If the original poster is full time employed, on, say, $30/hr salary (not an unreasonable assumption), and is moderately proficient at both research (at least 4 hrs to read reviews if you go by my own standard), procurement (1 hr total shopping at least) and assembly/testing (between 2 hrs and 4 hrs depending on how good he is) - that totals up to a minimum of 8-10 hrs, and realistically more, at the cost of $300 worth of his time. Some of us actually have useful stuff to do with our lives, letting Dell's winged monkeys do our job for - basically - nearly free. Yeah, Dell may have somewhat inferior components. Boo-hoo. My main PC (SC400) lasted me perfectly well for >2 years (not bad for $300 system) and when it blew up this week, I just replaced with SC400 #2 from storage. I'll be getting SC440 as well, BTW, so I'm biased

Very well said. :thumbsup:

Time is money. A lot of folks don't understand that.

 

[gpgofast]

Originally posted by: darkplayer
I'm with you.

I have an oooooold PIII 550mHz system running Sidux (debian etch) and this would make a perfect home linux server upgrade.

If I can find a coupon code to bring the price down when I adding on a few addons, I'll be set I'll keep my eye on this before it expires tomorrow.


#######
#UPDATE#
#######

My total for just the bare came up too high.

Sub-total $249.00
Shipping & Handling $69.00
Tax $28.00
Total Price1 $346.00

I'm better off purchasing from newegg and etc.....

Change your shipping option from next day and it drops to $19.00

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Find me another server with 1GB of ram and Win2k3 for under $800 and I'll buy them all day long

It's not a good deal on using it as a desktop. It is for a Dell backed minimal server.