Dual quad-core server $999

[FDF12389]

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Originally posted by: ActiveX
FYI: This is a PowerEdge SC 1430, Quad Core Intel® Xeon E5310; 2X4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB

 

[kY]

Pretty good deal... even if it is 4 x 1.6GHz for 999. +449 for 4 x 2.0GHz.

 

[Pardus]

FYI: This is a PowerEdge SC 1430, Quad Core Intel® Xeon E5310; 2X4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
FYI: This is a PowerEdge SC 1430, Quad Core Intel® Xeon E5310; 2X4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB

Thanks, I was being lazy, quoted to OP.

 

[Darkstar757]

Wonder if this puppy has pci-e?

 

[TanisHalfElven]

only dell would bundle 2xQuad core with 1 gb memory..... i mean come on.
also it has PCI-E soince the raid controller are optionally PCI-E

this is just a bare bones system. no OS, no keyboard, no monitor. etc etc

 

[superHARD]

Man, I was hoping it was a Dual, Quad core (8 procs)

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: superHARD
Man, I was hoping it was a Dual, Quad core (8 procs)

Unless I'm missing something... It is?

PowerEdge SC1430

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5310; 2X4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB


Help Me Choose


Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5335; 2X4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHZ FSB [add $199]

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5110; 4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB add $0

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5130; 4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHZ FSB [add $199]

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5310; 2X4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB [Included in Price]
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5320; 2X4MB Cache, 1.86GHz, 1066MHZ FSB [add $49]







2nd Processor
Note:1GB memory required for more than one processor. Additional processors increase productivity and performance for multi-threaded applications like Microsoft Exchange (Email) and Microsoft SQL (Database). Additional processors must match processor speed of base system.

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5310, 2x4MB Cache, 1.60GHz, 1066MHz FSB


Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5335; 2X4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHZ FSB [add $250]

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5110; 4MB Cache, 1.6GHz, 1066MHZ FSB add $0

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5130; 4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHZ FSB [add $250]

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5310, 2x4MB Cache, 1.60GHz, 1066MHz FSB [Included in Price]
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5320, 2x4MB Cache, 1.86GHz, 1066MHz FSB [add $100]

 

[crimson117]

"2 PCI Express slots (x4 with x8 connectors)"

So a gaming graphics card might not fit.

 

[Anami]

Keep in mind that these dual-core and quad-core Xeons require FB (fully-buffered) DIMMs, which are a new pinout, not backwards-compatible with DDR at all. But it's easy enough to pick it up on FleaBay. I have two dual-core Xeon servers I'm setting up and I just purchased 4Gb (4X 1Gb) of Infineon PC2-4200F Fully Buffered memory for $150. That was the speed I required, and the faster speed would cost more, obviously. The FB DIMMs apparently have increased bandwidth and other benefits (see this briefing).

 

[Pariah]

Also understand that this system comes with no OS, nor does it have any optical drive. This system is barebones in every sense of the word, it doesn't even include a mouse or keyboard. You're basically paying $1000, for 2 low speed quad core CPU's you'll never be able to fully utilize, a motherboard (w/ no 16x PCI-E slot), case, PSU, 1GB RAM, and 2x250GB SATA HD's. For a homeuser this system is pretty worthless.

 

[eyeguy]

It looks like XP pro would support 2 processors, no matter how many cores

any thoughts?

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: eyeguy
It looks like XP pro would support 2 processors, no matter how many cores

any thoughts?

How many of your applications will utilize them?

 

[eyeguy]

Sony vegas? yup, vegas at tom's
Autocad ?
AutoGordianKnot ?

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: eyeguy
It looks like XP pro would support 2 processors, no matter how many cores

any thoughts?

How many of your applications will utilize them?

 

[swtethan]

my system runs faster


I dont think I am choked on cache

 

[tiongkiat]

Does anyone know if the CD/DVD drive is EIDE or SATA? $99 for the drive from Dell is ridiculous.

 

[darkswordsman17]

You can actually save a bit more money if you'd rather get hard drives on your own. If you go with a single 80GB one you are at $779. Its $20 extra to go to a single 160GB, and $50 for a single 250GB. The second HDD adds quite a bit, with it basically being an extra $100 (so $99 for a 2nd 80GB, $119 for 160GB, and $149 for 250GB). You can upgrade the CPUs to 1.86GHz for $150.

I wonder how good this would be for the new home server or whatever that Microsoft was touting sometime kinda recently.

 

[ew915]

i just got this box. got windows xp pro installed on it. even thought the drivers does not support windows xp, i installed the w2k3 drivers on XP and it seems fine. it even shows 8 cpus in the task manager, not a bad deal, i dont need it for graphics, pure computational so this is a pretty good deal. this will probably replace 4-8 old pcs from my computer cluster.

 

[bnolsen]

This machine is a beast.

Bought one of these in March with 2 1.6GHz quad cores and 8GB ram. Got it with a single 160GB drive.
Got it for $2501 shipped at the time.

Similar config, with 1.86's and 2 250's is ~2150 sans shipping.

Very nice deal.

And XP on this is a waste. Linux all the way on this thing, it thrashes.

We're using this to process pushbroom sensor data, the sensor can continuously collect several terrabytes a day and requires tons of image processing and rigid body dynamics modelling.

For this price this machine is a very very serious player. And it compiles like a bat out of hell.

 

[Silex]

Anybody know of a server currently for sell that has a dual CPU motherboard with quad core, but has a physical 16x PCI-e slot? It can run either 8x or 16x, but I need that slot! I would have jumped on this deal if only it had this one slot! This one actually has two 8x physical and only runs at 4x.

Under 'Product Details' Link
http://www.dell.com/content/pr...?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

 

[maximusfarticus]

Why don't you look at a workstation? They're made for video cards. Look on Dell Outlet for some good deals.

 

[Silex]

Problem is that only server-grade motherboards support dual cpus. I was planning to go this route for audio encoding and CAD work. Always wanted to have 8 cores . I know you can get server mobos that can support 16x pci-e, but unfortunately not in a configuration that dells sells any in. Anybody know who does build these?

 

[cacasodo]

bnolsen,
I purchased one as well. I'm running FC6, 64-bit on it. What distro do you run?
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