4 New Dell Server Deals - SC420 from $229 shipped !!!

[Yo2]

No mail-in rebates to hassele with

"Dell Small Business has 4 new servers in their Outrageous Deals. Free shipping, tax is charged. 50%+ off 2 different servers: Exp 11/23 or sooner

PowerEdge SC420 Celeron 2.53Ghz PCI Express, 256MB DDR2/40GB Serial ATA $229

PowerEdge 1600SC Xeon 2.4Ghz (Dual ready) 512MB/36GB 10K U320 SCSI, CD $479

PowerEdge 2600 Tower Xeon 3.06Ghz/512MB/533Mhz Bus, 1GB DDR, 2 x 73GB U320 10K SCSI HD, CD, 3yr warranty $1399 shipped free. Save $1527

Rackmount PowerEdge 2650 2U DUAL Xeon 2.8Ghz/512MB/533Mhz Bus, 1GB DDR, 2 x 36GB U320 SCSI HD, CD, 3yr warranty $1499 shipped free. Save $1524

Select Outrageous Deals - Servers"

(Courtesy of TB)

NOW - here is one question to current SC420 owners: does the sc420 have an onboard RAID controller?

 

[gshock888]

if im not mistaken, sc420 has no AGP/16xPCIe/onboard sound
but i think it does have onboard SATA RAID.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: gshock888
if im not mistaken, sc420 has no AGP/16xPCIe/onboard sound
but i think it does have onboard SATA RAID.

it has an 8x PCIe, which one guy modded to accept a 6600 (just cut a little plastic thing in the slot)

 

[Cable God]

Just ordered one of the 2650's but upgraded the drives to a total of 5 -36gb 15krpm and the memory to 2gb, and cpu's to 3.06-1mb. Should be a nice Oracle 10g sandbox.

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: gshock888
if im not mistaken, sc420 has no AGP/16xPCIe/onboard sound
but i think it does have onboard SATA RAID.

it has an 8x PCIe, which one guy modded to accept a 6600 (just cut a little plastic thing in the slot)

Is that all it takes to change an 8x slot into a 16x slot? If so, why do they bother with 8x slots?

 

[Sasiki]

With AGP 1.0 and 1.5, the voltages were different for the AGP bus. I wonder if that's the same for 8x and 16x PCIe. If so, his card may work for a little bit, but it's gonna crap out sooner or later.

 

[KenSr]

This is a good deal, not quite as good as last weeks 420SC with 512 RAM for $25 more.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: huesmann

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: gshock888
if im not mistaken, sc420 has no AGP/16xPCIe/onboard sound
but i think it does have onboard SATA RAID.

it has an 8x PCIe, which one guy modded to accept a 6600 (just cut a little plastic thing in the slot)

Is that all it takes to change an 8x slot into a 16x slot? If so, why do they bother with 8x slots?

it's still an 8x slot, it's just that the 6600 was designed to work at either 16x or 8x. the only mechanical difference beteween the slots is, apparently, that tab. remove the tab, a 16x card can fit into the 8x slot, and the chip senses that it is in an 8x slot and works accordingly.

 

[dquan97]

I got into the deal last week w/ 512MB RAM + 80GB HD for $259.00

 

[timsactown]

I think last week's deal is better.

 

[ir0nw0lf]

Thanks OP for the post! For those who posted the last-weeks-deal-was-better-than-this comments, that was then, this is now. If we could all go back in time and get the previous deal, we would.

 

[Fuzb0]

upgrading to an 80 gig drive is only $10 dont want to pass that up, if you jump on this one.
It has onboard SATA raid BTW for those who need it.

the dell 8x slot isnt a true 8x pci slot, its a 16x slot with a plastic insert added.
so only a 8x will fit. additionally even if you remove the plastic slot... the "new" "16x slot" will not have electrical contacts the full length of it. (in the 16x area.)

Crude drawing below to help explain
<--normal 16x PCIe would be this big, no slots----->
<--Dells looks like this but with a slot added-------->
_______________________________________
|,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,|-----------------------------|
|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''|-----------------------------|
<-----------8x pciE area-------->^<contacts missing>
with contacts ^
Dell added slot

Some if not all 16x pciE cards will run at 8x.

|EDITED to make it "image" to appear normal

 

[Fuzb0]

Note the above "drawing" is supposed to represent a pci e slot

 

[Scarpozzi]

I think I'm going to wait for the next gen of PE SC servers to come out. I don't want to jump on the PCI-E bandwagon until they stablize a little more. The deals in Dell Small Business cycle at the end of every quarter....so there will be new deals in 3 months.