Fantastic deals on new Tyan server barebones

[tgunner]

Biggest discount is $700 server for $170!

http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?Cat=821 (Tyan's in list)

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[nefariouscaine]

Secret Savings Code = TYAN

 

[fleshconsumed]

All Opterons, but I suppose it's better than P4 based xeons.

 

[tgunner]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
All Opterons, but I suppose it's better than P4 based xeons.

There a couple dual Xeon systems in the mix.

 

[ir0nw0lf]

Says the code is good until 8/18/08, mrmm, nice.

 

[kyzen]

If only I had the money to fill that with CPU's and RAM

 

[ir0nw0lf]

FYI folks, fleaBay has auctions left and right for matched pairs of single core 940 Opterons on the mega cheap, like <$50 for a pair. I was able to nab a dual core Opteron 275 for ~$50 the other day. PC3200 REG ECC DDR1 isn't too bad these days, and of course SATA drives are dirt cheap, so you can turn around a pretty decent, inexpensive server.

 

[tgunner]

I hope I can link to eBay. See below. If you want a quad Opteron system, this would work great: .....
I don't think these boards will support dual core Opterons, so the 8XX series is a great fail-safe.




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[nefariouscaine]

Originally posted by: tgunner
I hope I can link to eBay. See below. If you want a quad Opteron system, this would work great: .....
I don't think these boards will support dual core Opterons, so the 8XX series is a great fail-safe.




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pwn'd newb

but its true there are cheap cpu's - seen some deals for 4 for around 100 bucks on fleabay

 

[maface]

Thanks! I think? I have no use for this but I had to pick up one!!!

 

[tgunner]

Originally posted by: maface
Thanks! I think? I have no use for this but I had to pick up one!!!

Hehe, I feel the same way.

 

[reefcrazed]

I ordered two different ones. Yeah I have a use, but god they are going to be loud !! Plus these are rackmount, I have a rack but it is telco style and too short to house these. Shelf maybe ??

 

[Liberator21]

Not too long ago I scored two Opteron 265's for $75 on ebay... that's 4 cores for those with mental problems. These could be good servers, nice find.

 

[Liberator21]

Not too long ago I scored two Opteron 265's for $75 on ebay... that's 4 cores for those with mental problems. These could be good servers, nice find.

 

[RMSistight]

It would be nice to finally own a server I can tinker with.

 

[MichaelD]

Incredibly smokin' hot! Thanks, OP!

 

[TritonDrew]

Any tips on quieting these guys down? I picked up a GX28 for an ESX test box for testing and I hear it's quite loud.

 

[reefcrazed]

I would like to also know this. It would be nice to quiet it down without killing the great price I have on it. Any creative ideas on keeping a rack mount in a home setting ?

 

[Genx87]

If I owned a rack this could be a good deal. Maybe in my next home.

 

[hans007]

well for $100 or something its not too bad.

most of them are ddr based opteron, or xeon p4 based. its probably a good deal if you already have a rack to put them in, but given how much DDR 1 registered dimms cost, 1 U heatsinks, and older 940 opterons and such, and the noise of these things, if you just want to build a home server and dont need it to be rack mountable its probably not that great a deal.

 

[reefcrazed]

Well since they are $500-$700 on Newegg, I think they are a great deal.