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Having worked in a warehouse I suspect they probably have a few nasty dinged and scratched up ones they're looking to get some money for. Perhaps this post will illuminate a market for that stuff.
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@MattSpeller said:
Having worked in a warehouse I suspect they probably have a few nasty dinged and scratched up ones they're looking to get some money for. Perhaps this post will illuminate a market for that stuff.
I would gladly invest in one of those nasty ones if it still ran.
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The biggest issue with running real servers at home is noise. Plus they generally use several times more power than a desktop machine.
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@coliver said:
I would gladly invest in one of those nasty ones if it still ran.
Ditto, I don't care what it looks like providing it's functional
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Amazing how much performance you can get from these "last gen" servers. The Intel world has gotten incredibly powerful and cheap.
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@QDesk Ironically it's the big opterons I'd pay a bit more for! The R415/515/715 are super rare these days and I've always wanted to play with one.
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@MattSpeller said:
@QDesk Ironically it's the big opterons I'd pay a bit more for! The R415/515/715 are super rare these days and I've always wanted to play with one.
A bit "more" for? Why? The selling point of Opertons is that they cost less. If you pay more for them, what's the benefit?
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@scottalanmiller As opposed to my suggestion lower down of a cheap as chips scratch ding dent sale on 2950's or similar
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Thanks for sharing this, good overview of an awesome piece of kit!
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Thanks, great video!
