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Julian5
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I am currently interested in buying a server and I have settled on an HP proliant DL 360 G5 since it was on auction, I am the highest bidder since the start of this auction (20€) and what is the max price I should pay for it? shipping is 20€. These are the specs,  1x Xeon Quad @ 2,66 GHz - 16GB RAM - 146GB HDD. 

It has a 12 month warranty and a 700w redundant psu

 

 

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

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Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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1 minute ago, spidsepttk said:

If it is DDR3 and comes as a complete system in a 3/4u case, i would go up to around 150 euros. Hard drive is worthless, replace it when you get the system.

its a 1u case with a xeon e5420, ddr2 ram

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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1 minute ago, spidsepttk said:

I wouldn't bid more than 60 euros for that.

ok I believe it has dual sockets but only 1 xeon installed, I hope no one else bids so I can get it for under 30€.

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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4 minutes ago, spidsepttk said:

Good luck!

Yeah cant wait to have a 20kg, 700w, Electric heater, jet turbine in my room. can you mount these vertically? I have no space at all in my room.

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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Yeah cant wait to have a 20kg, 700w, Electric heater, jet turbine in my room. can you mount these vertically? I have no space at all in my room.

No, you shouldn't. Something about it being bad for the drives I think. I would buy a small rack to put it in.

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1 minute ago, spidsepttk said:

No, you shouldn't. Something about it being bad for the drives I think. I would buy a small rack to put it in.

I have not even read the measurements on this thing, I hope its not too long

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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1 minute ago, spidsepttk said:

You can get a rough idea of how big 1U servers are by watching this video of Linus killing 3 motherboards:

 

its 70cm, I watched a couple review videos. Now Im just asking myself what could I do with the server? If I win it im going to get a second xeon to put in it for cheap

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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its 70cm, I watched a couple review videos. Now Im just asking myself what could I do with the server? If I win it im going to get a second xeon to put in it for cheap

What I would do is put in a few drives and use it as a nas. It would also work as a pretty nice web server too.

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2 minutes ago, spidsepttk said:

What I would do is put in a few drives and use it as a nas. It would also work as a pretty nice web server too.

meh I dont really need a nas, but maybe an online database? or a webpage? maybe some game hosting. maybe I can add a gou and do some folding

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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meh I dont really need a nas, but maybe an online database? or a webpage? maybe some game hosting. maybe I can add a gou and do some folding

It should do fine as a game server. I wouldn't try to do any rendering on it because the components aren't modern. The gpu on your computer could probably render faster.

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1 minute ago, spidsepttk said:

It should do fine as a game server. I wouldn't try to do any rendering on it because the components aren't modern. The gpu on your computer could probably render faster.

yeah oh well, Ill see, probably will end up being anything which does not require fast internet since my upload and dowload speeds are in the 0.

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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3 hours ago, spidsepttk said:

It should do fine as a game server. I wouldn't try to do any rendering on it because the components aren't modern. The gpu on your computer could probably render faster.

Cost to run per month is more or less 20 - 40 €, should I rent it out for 40€? I might upgrade the ram to 32gb and it will have 2 quad core xeons.

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

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13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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Cost to run per month is more or less 20 - 40 €, should I rent it out for 40€? I might upgrade the ram to 32gb and it will have 2 quad core xeons.

Rent it out? Who is buying it? I meant as in personal use. If people wanted to rent a server they would go to big companies.

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3 minutes ago, spidsepttk said:

Rent it out? Who is buying it? I meant as in personal use. If people wanted to rent a server they would go to big companies.

yeah your right, Nobody has bid on it in 3 days so im hoping I can get it for 20€, Imma try make a wooden server rack .

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Get a g6 or newer. These are heaters, and much worse than the newer g6 models.

meh, I wont spend more that 20€ on this and I cant find any other servers on auction. 

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You gonna pay that back with the power bill.

yeah I dont pay for that so I dont really care, also im planning on putting a gpu in this but whats the best 1 slot gpu? apart from the gt 630

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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yeah I dont pay for that so I dont really care, also im planning on putting a gpu in this but whats the best 1 slot gpu? apart from the gt 630

Sinlge slot gpu. Best is probably the m4000. If you don't want to pay up the ass for that, then something like a single slot gtx 750.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Sinlge slot gpu. Best is probably the m4000. If you don't want to pay up the ass for that, then something like a single slot gtx 750.

ok thanks, tbh this server will probably be used either as a game server or maybe a free server people can use.

Elemental 

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Intel i5 6500 @3.8ghz - 8GB HyperX - 600w Apex PSU - GTX 1060 G1 GIGABYTE 6GB - s340 Black - 240gb Toshiba Q300 - Cooler master TX3i - MSI z170-A PRO.

Old Build (sold for 290€)

Spoiler

Intel i3 540 @ 3.9ghz (On stock cooler, Hits 80c max) - 8gb ram - 500w power supply - P7H55-M LE  120gb SSD - Talius Drakko case

Project Frug 50$ Water loop

 

Laptops

Spoiler

13" Macbook Air - Alienware m14x r2 -  2009 15" Macbook Pro (I was give all of these and would never buy them myself)

 

 

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