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Nuclear reactor hot!

M

manno

Senior member
Go Here
and:
1) on the left in the "Gateway Recommends:" secction uncheck everything
2) Click "Customize & Buy"
3) In the "Special Offer" section check " $300 instant savings (limited time promotion) [ -US$300.00]"

No operating system included1
Gateway Systems Manager
(1) Intel® Celeron® D Processor w/ 2.80 GHz, 533MHz FSB and 256K L2 cache2
256MB 400MHz DDR ECC SDRAM (1x256MB module)
(1) 80GB SATA 7200rpm Fixed Hard Drive3
Integrated Dual-Port Serial ATA Controller (supports embedded RAID 0/1)
3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive
20x/48x IDE CD-ROM
1Yr parts, labor, HW tech support, on-site -- next business day, limited warranty4
Integrated PCI Graphics - 8MB
104+ keyboard and PS/2 Mouse and Gateway Mouse Pad
350 Watt Power Supply
Integrated 10/100 and GbE Ethernet
If for any reason you aren't completely satisfied with your Gateway® Server or Storage product, you can return it within 90 days of purchase
Deployment services available, please contact your sales person for custom pricing

peace
-manno
 
still need lot of parts to bring it up to speed.

$200 for a new video card
$150 for 2 DVDRs
$50-100 to get enough RAM ........


How is this Hot?
 
Originally posted by: cy7878
still need lot of parts to bring it up to speed.

$200 for a new video card
$150 for 2 DVDRs
$50-100 to get enough RAM ........


How is this Hot?
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1. no AGP slot so you wont need a $200 card
2. dont know you would need two DVDRs but NEC 3520's are $40 a pop @ newegg
3. another 512 of ram will only cost $30 or so if you know where to shop

to clarify, this isnt an ideal gaming computer, its a SERVER
 
Originally posted by: shady06
Originally posted by: cy7878
still need lot of parts to bring it up to speed.

$200 for a new video card
$150 for 2 DVDRs
$50-100 to get enough RAM ........


How is this Hot?
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1. no AGP slot so you wont need a $200 card
2. dont know you would need two DVDRs but NEC 3520's are $40 a pop @ newegg
3. another 512 of ram will only cost $30 or so if you know where to shop

to clarify, this isnt an ideal gaming computer, its a SERVER
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Not sure why you would need TWO DVDRs either on a server. Depending upon your backup solution you may not need any. So the $30 worth of RAM plus an EXT. HDD setup (80GB$56.50 + IDE enclosure$29.99) might be a better solution. You could even look into Amanda as a solution.

 
Ground shipping is $29. Warm deal. Dell SC420 deals with a Pentium 4 are a little hotter, especially since it has a PCI-Express slot.
 
Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Originally posted by: Kensai
That's a server? 😕
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RAID 1/0 silly!
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Who uses RAID 1 or 0 in a server? 😛
We use RAID 0+1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50. 😀
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Actually a lot of people. I prefer a split backplane with 2 drives in a raid 1 for the os on the first channel and 3-4 drives in a raid 5 for data on the second. This would only be for a server housing quite a bit of data though. We use a lot of 1U servers that have 2 73gb 10K SCSIs in a mirror. 12GB for the OS Part and the rest for data.

Sometimes the most expensive solution is not always the most well suited for the situation. 🙂

All that being said I would struggle to call this a server. Although it is pretty similar to Dell's SC line. To me this would be a good serevr for a developers test network. A box that isnt going to get tagged that hard but need newer hardware so that your tests can somewhat reflect real world performance.
 
Originally posted by: cy7878
still need lot of parts to bring it up to speed.

$200 for a new video card
$150 for 2 DVDRs
$50-100 to get enough RAM ........


How is this Hot?
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Look I'm sorry if this cant be turned into a L337 lanparty box, but for a server machine it's a hot deal, it comes with 3 64bit PCI-X slots important for servers, especialy if you're upgrading from a machine that also used compatable cards. (note that's not PCI-E) Dual lan ports, and integrated video. For a small B, home/office, or some guy just slapping togeter a cheap home server it's a good deal. Why would a want an AGP/PC-e video card, with a loud fan, and dissapating enough heat to use fry eggs with?

And is it just me or is their site getting totaly slammed?
 
A couple of days ago I bought Dell Power Server 800 similar to this for $330 shipped & tax included. But it was better and included a P4 2.8 & 512mb DDR2 ECC. With shipping this gateway server gets close to $300. Still OK for a cheap computer.
 
good deal

well over $200 in parts there, plus 1yr ON-SITE warranty...

not a gaming machine, but nice price for a small business server

$150 more gets a p4 3ghz 800 fsb
 
Originally posted by: manno
Originally posted by: cy7878
still need lot of parts to bring it up to speed.

$200 for a new video card
$150 for 2 DVDRs
$50-100 to get enough RAM ........


How is this Hot?
Click to expand...

Look I'm sorry if this cant be turned into a L337 lanparty box, but for a server machine it's a hot deal, it comes with 3 64bit PCI-X slots important for servers, especialy if you're upgrading from a machine that also used compatable cards. (note that's not PCI-E) Dual lan ports, and integrated video. For a small B, home/office, or some guy just slapping togeter a cheap home server it's a good deal. Why would a want an AGP/PC-e video card, with a loud fan, and dissapating enough heat to use fry eggs with?

And is it just me or is their site getting totaly slammed?
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I kept thinking, "what is an 'L-337' Lan party box?" ...getting old...
 
the word "Gateway" alone makes this not hot... then the fact that they consider this some kind of server... well, that just about explains it

 
Definitely hot if you need PCI-X, but lukewarm at best otherwise... a Dell SC420 is probably better suited to most users.
 
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