How do I power this server PC?

[grimreeper132]

I am currently pricing out PCs on ebay to see if I can buy an old server, with at least 8 cores when I came across a HP Proliant BL680C G5 which has 4 quad cores at a reasonable price only problem I'm having is working out on how to power it as it doesn't seam to have any power cables the only thing I can find is a HP BladeSystem c3000, so in order to power it do I need one of them or is there a cheaper more practical way to do so??? 

[KuJoe]

EDIT: Misread the post.

[grimreeper132]

1 minute ago, KuJoe said:

It uses normal power cables like a PC does. Just be sure you budget in the power bill increase you're going to see each month.

You say that but the only image of the back of the computer is this

Which doesn't seam to show any places to power it with normal power cables

[KuJoe]

Oh sorry, I didn't see it was a blade server, I read Proliant G5. You need a blade chassis to plug it into and you'll need 208v power for the chassis. Not worth it.

[Lurick]

Yah, you need a chassis, and those suckers are loud and need lots of power. Look for a 1RU server instead.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

you can get blades with built in PSU but yours requires an external PSU. The product is called a rack power strip. do you want to invest in a rack cabinet? also have a look at rack mountable UPS.

[grimreeper132]

ok That's what I was thinking thanks, i was wondering why it was quite cheap for what it was. And I'd need to buy the chassis, which doesn't seam to be very cheap at all, so nah I won't bother getting it, any suggestions then of where to get a server PC with at least 8 cores in total for approx £40, looking on ebay, and there isn't much there, and what is there is mainly 2 dual cores, which I could upgrade to 2 quads, but at that point the price goes up to about roughly £60, which is a tad to expensive, so any suggestions.