Part of me wants to get new hardware, because new hardware is exciting, but I think for this purpose, and since it's my own cash and project, I'm going to go with used. There's simply too much of it out there to warrant buying new stuff. <div>
I did look around newegg and was tempted by some intel/supermicro barebones, but I don't think that's the solution. </div><div><br></div><div>Stephen, I'll contact him, thanks for the reference. </div><div><br>
</div><div>Matt</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Richard Bronosky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Richard@bronosky.com">Richard@bronosky.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Have you tried NewEgg for build-your-own options? 8GB could be just a<br>
little over $50 in RAM (there was a $44.99 2x4GB DDR3 1600 deal 1 week<br>
ago) I think this ought to be doable. I'm not saying this is the one<br>
for you, but <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816138002" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816138002</a><br>
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:56 AM, matt <<a href="mailto:ur.matt@gmail.com">ur.matt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div class="h5">> I just found a kind soul who is going to let me host a development/test box<br>
> in his rack on the super cheap, so I'm replacing my old crappy VPS with a<br>
> proper server. Does anyone know where I can find some hardware?<br>
> I'm looking for a 1u box, manufacturer doesn't matter, just needs at least 4<br>
> cores, 8 gigs of ram, and a processor that supports hardware virtualization<br>
> instructions (vt-d/x, whatever AMD calls it). I'm willing to spend around<br>
> $500. I looked around craigslist and ebay, but that didn't seem to be the<br>
> way to go.<br>
> I got a quote for a new i7 box that was about $950, but that's a little more<br>
> than I want to spend at the moment, and I really don't need new hardware as<br>
> I know there are a ton of perfectly good, previous generation servers out<br>
> there that need a home.<br>
> Thanks all, and hope to see you Thursday!<br>
> Matt.<br>
><br>
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