Dell Dual Xeon for $129 - Good Deal or Not ?

[wwswimming]

when i first saw this system, i thought it was such a good deal.

DELL PowerEdge Server Dual Xeon 2.0GHz $129

http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.asp?id=847892&C=284&S=1181

comes with 73 GB U-160 SCSI drive, 512 MB ECC RAM.

a legacy system but still an INCREDIBLY good deal.

or so i thought.

then i realized - that's a used drive. very used.

it's still a good deal. but i don't feel like playing Hard Drive Roulette.

if anybody buys this system, i'm curious how long the hard drive lasts.

 

[piasabird]

Beware of how servers are priced. Sometimes even though it says it is a dual processor it may only come with one processor or none. Drives may be exra also.

 

[Blain]

Good Deal or Not ?.

...Not

 

[Fox5]

Ha, with dual 2Ghz P4 based Xeons, that thing is much slower than any low end dual core system today. Heck, high end Athlon 64s systems would be faster.

 

[Vaulter]

Those servers can be upgraded to dual 3 ghz xeons i think, and reg ecc ram is pretty cheap on ebay for 1 gig sticks, its still old though, and upgrades are highly limited. I was going to get a similar one (It could hold more ram) but decided against it in favor of building an extremely low budget custom pc as it had more room to grow.