TODAY ONLY - PowerEdge SC420 Outrageous Deal with Intel Pentium 4 Processor only $299

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TODAY ONLY - PowerEdge SC420 Outrageous Deal with Intel Pentium 4 Processor only $299!

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PowerEdge SC420
256MB DDR2, 400MHz,1X256, Single Ranked DIMMs
40GB2, Serial ATA, 1 inch, 7.2K RPM, Hard Drive
48X, Compact Disk Drive, 680M

Low price for the SC420



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[RossMAN]

Link to Dell Outrageous Server Deals

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[SuperSix]

Wow.. I configured it adding $10.00 to upgrade to 533MHz DDR, and $10.00 to go from 40 to 80GB on the HDD.. $319.00!

I chuckled when I saw this: "For server use only; CANNOT BE USED AS A DESKTOP"

I wonder if it has an AGP slot?

 

[sflahavin]

thats funny,
im using a poweredge sc420 as a desktop right now(bought it 2 months ago, similar deal)....added a 128 pci video card, a SATA dvd-rom/cd-burner and a 120gb ide hard drive...seems to be work as a desktop to me.
browses internet, plays my music, allows me to work work and homework, and plays my video games just fine.....and its a celeron....

NOTE: The SC420 does not have an AGP slot, it has a PCI-e x8 slot, which there are like no cards so. supposidly you can put a x16 if you "modify" the slot, but a pci video card works too.

 

[Radiation]

Originally posted by: SuperSix
Wow.. I configured it adding $10.00 to upgrade to 533MHz DDR, and $10.00 to go from 40 to 80GB on the HDD.. $319.00!

I chuckled when I saw this: "For server use only; CANNOT BE USED AS A DESKTOP"

I wonder if it has an AGP slot?

From the installation guide:
"The system supports up to five half-length PCI expansion cards (three 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI, one 2.5-GHz PCI Express [x1], and one 2.5-GHz PCI Express [x8])."

 

[ActuaryTm]

For those who aren't up-to-date on the SC420, please take advantage of the Unofficial Dell PowerEdge SC420 FAQ.

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
For those who aren't up-to-date on the SC420, please take advantage of the Unofficial Dell PowerEdge SC420 FAQ.

Thanks, I foubd that link AFTER I posted the question..

So "high" end vid cards are hard to come by for this system?

 

[Vpham97]

How noisy is this unit. I think I'm going to buy a normal (non-outrageous deal) Celeron configured one with:
*free double memory upgrade
*free double hard drive upgrade

 

[crimson117]

It's dead quiet - quieter than anything I've ever built.

 

[Vpham97]

Do you have 2.8 or celeron? I heard the 3.4 is loud.

 

[Chucu]

WOW!!!!! 318 with double the ram and double the hard drive, had the credit card out and everything.... then realized I really didnt need another computer.

 

[jtusa]

Can you throw this in a regular ATX case? The FAQ doesn't flat out say it's not possible. Anyone successfully pull it off?

 

[ImSeeker]

Isn't the $398 deal (after 100 rebate) really the better deal?

Given 512mb memory and 160gb drive?

 

[RVN]

This is not as sweet as the 400SC since you can't "out of the box" "stock" upgrade the video card ...it doesn't come with an AGP slot, it comes with an 8x PCI express slot that needs to be modified and depending on your surgical skill to cut the separator out of the 8x PCI express video slot and make it a 16x, your willingness to forgo your warranty and the risk of bending a pin or pins and rendering the slot useless ...there is no video card that will work with this box. Unless they start making 8x PCI express video cards or you can live with the onboard graphics card this box is not for you. Now, there was talk of an adapter...

This situation is a Dell-crap and by no means a thread-crap for those of you ambitious modifiers, just a warning to the uninformed.

 

[venk]

Originally posted by: Chucu
WOW!!!!! 318 with double the ram and double the hard drive, had the credit card out and everything.... then realized I really didnt need another computer.

512 MB Ram is an extra $99

 

[jpeyton]

The mod from PCIE x8 to x16 is probably best done with a Dremel or power drill, plus a very small grinding attachment or drill bit. And it will take some patience (you probably want to grind a little away, brush away the dust/debris, and go at it again). People have done it with a heated exacto knife, and some have even used heated butter knives, but those are more difficult methods.

Once it's modded, and you didn't damage the board, it will run all sorts of x16 cards (although I recall some people have a problem with 6600s, I don't know if that's been solved yet).

 

[nageov3t]

tempting, but I don't know what I'd do with it.

too bad there are no outrageous deals on rackmount servers

 

[Samus]

Originally posted by: jtusa4
Can you throw this in a regular ATX case? The FAQ doesn't flat out say it's not possible. Anyone successfully pull it off?

It's a dell proprietary backplane, and the board is ATX 2.03 spec, 24-pin PSU.

I'll also mention that all of these come with 40GB or 80GB Maxtor SATA hard drives. 2 of the 4 SC420's I've run into since November have had dead hard drives, both were 80GB models, although they're from the same generation. I'm not sure wether the 160GB drives are Maxtor's, but knowing Dell, you can bet on it. Every Dell home computer I've run across has a Maxtor hard drive in it, and I'm usually over there fixing the computer in the first place because the drive crashed.

I usually just talk these unfortunate Dell owners into buying a Seagate or WD drive, you know, something with a 3 or 5yr warranty and relevent reliability (don't get me started, I know this is subjective, but I'm a house-call technician, I see whats reliable day-in, day-out, and I see WD and Seagate drives fail substantially less than others.)

Some people are too cheap though, and just have me send the drive to Dell, get a replacement Maxtor, and put it in. My labor usually runs about $100 to rebuild WindowsXP and exc, including drive installation, but it catches up to them, sometimes the drives die again.

 

[ECartman]

Originally posted by: Vpham97
How noisy is this unit. I think I'm going to buy a normal (non-outrageous deal) Celeron configured one with:
*free double memory upgrade
*free double hard drive upgrade

I have two SC420's, both are quiet but no where near as quiet as the SC400 or 600's I have. .... and no where near as quiet as the home builts I have in Antec Sonata cases. The SC420 have a variable fan that can whine pretty good. Check the other SC420 threads for more....

 

[rhacquer]

Originally posted by: Chucu
WOW!!!!! 318 with double the ram and double the hard drive, had the credit card out and everything.... then realized I really didnt need another computer.

So true, so true. If I could find 2 or 3 gullible n00bs though, I could probably dump some of my beaters & jump on this.