Opteron Box, good price?

[Ototero]

I saw this advert in the UK.

http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/HP_Pr...86/version.asp

Basically an HP ProLiant Server with an Opteron 1214 dual core chip. £100 + 17.5% VAT

Is this really cheap?

[Nflight]

I think that is a Euro Sign beside it, not in US Dollars. So my thinking is that with a ratio of our US Dollar value it would cost about $2,000 US over here. In England I have no idea.. Good luck in your quest ! ! !

[Beerknurd]

UK£ 117.46 = $231.642866 U.S. dollars

Per Google

[BlackAdder]

I think that is a excellent price...can I have one?

[BlackAdder]

I see that they do not list shipping charges to the US...my son is going to build a new dual core computer with my help, this would be a great deal if I could get it here for a reasonable cost...

[BlackAdder]

On the HP site the cost starts at 449 with a sempron chip, on Yahoo shopping it starts at 1000 + ...wow what a difference
with the 2.2 gig Opteron cpu that is a good deal

[AMDave]

It is a good price, but the RAM is a bit low at 512MB, so I priced some more
compatible RAM and found that it is not too expensive either
http://uk.insight.com/apps/productpr..._id=HPE3450259

[Ototero]

I was thinking of getting one for use as a server. The extra 1gig of ram would be useful.
If it out crunches my 4200+ I'll move the crunching to the opteron and give my beast a rest.

[vaughan]

It says its a micro tower but has capacity for 4 HDDs; might be a tight squeeze? The current HDD is only SATA 1 and is small but suitable as a cruncher not a server. Be careful as its a name brand and finding compatible parts is not always easy or cheap.

[Ototero]

I bought one. £99 can't be all bad.

I'll report on it when it arrives.