On 10 June 2011 09:49, Dave Hanson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Simon - very interested! > > Exactly what speed/core processor do they have in? > > Dave > On Jun 10, 2011 9:40 AM, "Simon Greenwood" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10 June 2011 09:30, Dave Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Morning all, > >> > >> I'm toying with the idea of buying a barebones pc from maplins to run > web > >> server on. (potentially more) I would quite like a dual core processor > and a > >> gig or so of ram < £120, the rest i can beg borrow and steal. > >> > >> It should obviously be compatible with Ubuntu & so does anyone have any > >> recommendations as to anywhere else to pick one up? > >> > >> I'm also open to charitable donations in the Leeds area! :-P > >> > > > > I'm in the Leeds area and have a couple of Xeon machines on eBay at the > > moment: > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310323874379 > > and http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310323874270 > > > > I don't expect them to get a lot so it might be worth bidding (sorry if > this > > contravenes any guidelines by the way) > > > > For that matter, HP do occasionally sell the more recent version of those > > servers for very cheap, probably less than a good barebones package at > > Maplin. > > > They're Xeon 2.33Ghz so two cores (but not dual core). They have both been running Ubuntu until recently. Alan's Ebuyer deal sounds quite good though. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "Is this your sanderling?"
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