Dell Poweredge 300 dual cpu ready - $625.00 + sh > good till 2/22 > OTHER REBATES

[Tweakmeister]

-Head over to the Dell small business section, and choose the Poweredge 300(sweet black desktop case).

-Hit "customize it"

-Configure it with 64mb ram, 10gb hd, and a P3 800.

-Then, hit "Configure this system"

-Take off the 3com 10/100 NIC (saves $59)

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That brings it down to $625.00. It's dual capable, and has a 3 year warranty. Personally, I'd take out the hd (-$60), memory (-$45), and cpu (-$175) to be replaced with 256mb Crucial ram ($95), two 600eb's ($200), and an IBM 75gxp ($110)

Total comes to: $750.00 (ALL PRICES APPROX.)
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This has integrated video...although you could always add a Voodoo4 (would a 5 fit?) PCI card. f you want a workstation, they have $300 off as well.

 

[FrankRizzo]

Excellent deal!

Does DELL allow you to subtract the main cpu, HD, and memory? It doesn't appear so on their website.....

 

[mrVW]

Any ideas on the motherboard mfg?

 

[MiniThug]

Just wondering about FrankRizzos question. On the website it doesnt allow you to subtract main cpu, hard drive, and ram, but could you do this on a phone order? That would make for a sweet deal. Also, does this require ECC memory?

 

[Wolfgang]

Does it support AGP 4X, ATA 100, 133 FSB, etc?


http://support.jp.dell.com/docs/systems/snewt/en/

 

[FrankRizzo]

wolfgang: it's a server, not a desktop. It's based on the BX chipset and does not have and AGP slot and does not support ATA-100 (natively).

here's the specs from the website (sorry for the length):

Processors
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Up to 2 Intel® Pentium® III processors at 850MHz
100MHz Front Side Bus
32KB Level 1 cache (16KB instruction cache and 16KB two-way write-back data cache)
256KB Level 2 cache
Intel 440BX chipset

Memory
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64MB/1GB ECC PC100 SDRAM DIMMs
4 SDRAM sockets on system board

Storage
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Hard Drives: 10GB1 , 20GB, or 40GB EIDE (7,200 rpm) hard drives
EIDE Controllers: Dual ATA33 EIDE controllers
SCSI Controllers: Optional Adaptec® 39160 dual channel Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI card to support tape backup (SCSI hard drives not supported)
Tape Backup: Optional PowerVault 100T DDS4 tape drive (20GB/40GB) Internal or External (requires add-in SCSI card)
Optional PowerVault 110T DLT1 Tape Drive (40GB/80GB) External (requires add-in SCSI card)
Optional PowerVault 120T DDS4 Autoloader (20GB/40GB) External (requires add-in SCSI card)

I/O Slots
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5 PCI slots, 1 PCI/ISA shared slot
All 32-bit/33MHz PCI slots

Drive Bays
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3 x 1" IDE non-hot-plug hard drives
10GB, 20GB, or 40GB 7,200 RPM ATA100 drives
Externally accessible removable media bays: Three 5.25" half height bays - for one CD-ROM, one dedicated 3.5" diskette bay, one available
Up to 48x max. EIDE CD-ROM
Standard 3.5", 1.44MB diskette drive

I/O Ports
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PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, 2 serial, 2 USB, parallel, video ports

Graphics
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Integrated VGA-compatible, ATI-Rage IIC controller with 2MB SGRAM

 

[Tweakmeister]

Unfortunately they don't let you take off anything (cpu, hd, etc). Course if you look at their math, it makes sense....$450.00 for a P3 800!