Check out my rig ;) Then guess how much it costed.

[ReCat]

Hey guys. Look at this screenshot.



It has two Intel Xeons 2.5 GHz, each is quad-core. Total 8 cores. (Not visible) 16GB of RAM. No HDD's included though. (But regular SATA drives work)

Now, Guess how much it costed. (The whole rig)

500? Nope. 400? Nope. 300? Nope. 200? NOPE.

$180 with shipping!


It's because it's a rack server. Dell custom built for some company. It's a few years old. (Core 2 Duo  DDR2 era) They bought them by the thousands, Used them a while... then they declare it depreciated and then sell it off. Ebay Listing URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271225747786 (Click the relisted URL, They have hundreds...)

Just a cool thing I thought I'd share with you guys, as I'm sure it would interest you. It does get loud though. I intend to modify the cooling system, as well create my own custom case for it, and use it as a desktop. (For fun.)

It also has one PCI-E slot, however it doesn't fit a mining-grade GPU inside the case. Does fit a regular size GPU that doesn't require external power, though.

I can also take detailed close up pictures of all the internals, if anyone is interested in seeing if this would work for their use of it.

I'm loving it.

Cheers!

Re~

[Xyver]

I was going to guess... but then you told me.  It's k, I was going to guess 180$ anyways. You believe me, right?

[ReCat]

I was going to guess... but then you told me.  It's k, I was going to guess 180$ anyways. You believe me, right?

That's because you're one of few people who are aware of such rack servers. To get that kind of performance on desktop hardware everyone is familiar with, you'd need to shell out $300 at the least.

[Humax]

$180? Expensive! I was going to guess you got it for free!  

I believe you too Xyver

[Soros Shorts]

Careful, the PCI-e riser is only rated by Dell for 25W or 35W, depending on the configuration.

A year ago, I shoehorned HD 7750's into some Poweredge R710's and I burnt out one of the PCI-e risers. These were rated for 35W.

[ReCat]

I've found that my 7870's draw ~140 watts of power via the PCI-E molex connectors. That leaves 10-20 to the PCI-E connector. I think I'll be fine, although It might vary with other cards.. Your best bet to tell is if your GPU works on an unpowered riser well. If it does, most goes through the PCI-E plug. Otherwise. It's probably split more evenly.

[Trongersoll]

so, just what are you going to do with it?

[Trillium]

Been through dozens of similar units. You'll get over the noise and heat from them. Then the issues of inconvenient OS that are required... the specs might seem amusing at first but it will wear off. You could've probably picked up 2 or 3 of these at a government surplus auction for that price, they sometimes have so many that there arn't enough auction goers to take them home, so the auctioneer more or less gives them away for free or forced into other auctioned items so that they clear the floor for the day.

Pro tip: You'll make far more money (over time) selling them as parts than you will selling them as whole. $180? That's less than the value of 4x SAS drives of *any* size alone.

[ReCat]

I didn't really want to make money. I just wanted a fast computer. Faster than any other I've had. As for OS requirelemnts... what OS requirements? I've been running regular ol windows 7 64bit here just fine.

(Also, It was 130, but shipping costs bump it up to 180.)

[HellDiverUK]

Shame about the ridiculous amount of power it sucks.

[worldinacoin]

You can't really mine anything with it, and unless you have some datacenter space free with free electricity or prepaid electricity that allows you to use the excess, it is pointless to install this "rig"

[HellDiverUK]

Might make a few litecoins.  Pointless.

[philips]

Enjoy your new toy

[rograz]

I don't often say this but, what does this have to do in the BTC mining forum? even LTC hardware threads are being moved from here ;P Then again why some hardware questions are moved to the alt coin forum boggles my mind since some of the question asked are exactly the same as would be for BTC mining, so where else better to ask them?

[ReCat]

Shame about the ridiculous amount of power it sucks.

It sucks 250 watts on full load with two HDD's, and a low profile GPU. 100 watts idle. (My mining rig draws 85 watts idle. No big deal.)

You can't really mine anything with it, and unless you have some datacenter space free with free electricity or prepaid electricity that allows you to use the excess, it is pointless to install this "rig"

This isn't for mining. Duh. I have two 7870's for that on my mining rig. This is just for regular work. Everything other than mining. (Blender rendering, running servers, etc) And it does it damn well.

[Trongersoll]

Shame about the ridiculous amount of power it sucks.

It sucks 250 watts on full load with two HDD's, and a low profile GPU. 100 watts idle. (My mining rig draws 85 watts idle. No big deal.)

You can't really mine anything with it, and unless you have some datacenter space free with free electricity or prepaid electricity that allows you to use the excess, it is pointless to install this "rig"

This isn't for mining. Duh. I have two 7870's for that on my mining rig. This is just for regular work. Everything other than mining. (Blender rendering, running servers, etc) And it does it damn well.

Then why is this thread in a mining forum?  Hey Mods, cleanup in aisle 3!!!

[ReCat]

I thought it was relevant.

[Tonko]

Is 'costed' a word in English?

[Trongersoll]

Is 'costed' a word in English?

Probably not, cost is the past tense of cost.... I think

[ReCat]

Is 'costed' a word in English?

It is now that I started using it, Sure. Language is always in flux; Changing.