I'm tending to agree with this philosophy - - go back to enterprise boxes. On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Tim Crone via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Just go to newegg and sign up for daily specials, they offer components > for > > cheepcheep pretty often. you can get a new mother board and chip to pop > in > > the box, you might be able to reuse your memory sticks and everything > else > > just pretty much plugs into it. You might need a new power supply too > > depending on what your old one puts out or what kind of connectors it > has. > > I was going to build one recently, but ended up getting an off-lease > Dell server and adding hard drives and memory. Ultimately it was > cheaper and quieter than anything I could have put together myself. > Also it came with a Windows license though I recently installed ESX > over it. > > You can get a new stripped T110 for $200-ish, but I'm with Curt that > the older enterprise machines are the best bang for the buck when 2-3 > years old. > > Best, > Tim > does not presently work for Dell > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
