Do you need a faster PC Cheap?

[thorne]

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bsdwd2a&s=bsd&dgc=BF&cid=7421&lid=197378

 

thats a pretty descent deal for a Computer. You need windows or linux on it but if you already own a pc that dated and your upgrading you could intheory use that copy.

[Putty]

Damn....not a bad price at all. Mine turned out to be $400 after I added must haves.

[Jackson1647545504]

Server == FTW

Desktop PC == FTL

 

I've been looking at the deal and may get a few, but read the thread on slickdeals about it as a desktop rig before buying

[JaSSon]

Just know that this is going to have an integrated Intel chipset. Prob a GMA900/950. Those chipsets aren't rated to run Vista( which is a huuuuge resource hog). Also, it's cheaper to buy your ram thru Newegg. 2 GB DDR2 667 = $43 shipped to your door. And opt for the Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz minium.

 

Don't expect to play any video games on it.

[Tshensley]

Wow awesome find, anyone know about the motherboards they put into those? Such as a PCI express slot? For I would just pull my x850 XT and put it into that instead of trying to build an entire new system

[SpaceGhost]

I would rather buy a mac mini for $100 more.

[Mark1647545493]

I would rather buy a mac mini for $100 more.

 

 

Mac mini for $300?? Where?

[Mark1647545493]

Wow awesome find, anyone know about the motherboards they put into those? Such as a PCI express slot? For I would just pull my x850 XT and put it into that instead of trying to build an entire new system

 

Doesn't sound good.....

 

The x8 PCIe slot will not take a standard PCIe x16 card in without a physical modification (basically have to splice it). So it's not quite ready to be used as a desktop out of the box, but it's possible to make it one.

 

There are more details about it on poweredgeforums, but it looks like it's not a very good desktop machine as SC400 and then 420/430 series could have been turned into.

 

It requires ECC memory, and there are reports that dell may have electrically limited PCIe slot to run at max x1 speed.

check around http://www.poweredgeforums.com to see.

 

 

 

got that from a post on slickdeals.net

[SpaceGhost]

putty had his for 400 so from apple they are 500. on ebay there is a guy out of Denver that sells them for 350-400. It just takes 30 days to get your mac mini. Brand new factory sealed.

[Mark1647545493]

Found this post on poweredgeforum.com

 

My SC440 arrived this morning. Nothing much different from the SC430. Mobo has same layout, case interior is the same. It accepted my modified Geforce PCX 5900 card in the 8x slot no problem and the Soundblaster Live card also installed without fuss. Windows XP Pro is installed and operating normally.

 

The fan noise is very low.

 

I've swapped the Celeron D it came with for a Pentium D 2.8Ghz I had spare and dropped in another 512Mb ECC memory for a 1Gb total. It's certainly cruising with the feeling of plenty to spare under the hood.

 

One irritating difference: you have to hit the F11 key to bring up the boot menu instead of the more usual (for DELL) F12 key. For several minutes I failed to pay attention and was worried that the IDE connection was faulty. BTW it was a pleasant surprise to be able to order the computer minus an optical drive - saved about 2500 yen ($33) doing that. I have about twenty spare cd-rom drives lying around so it was nice to finally put one to good use!

 

The paint job is better than the 430 - very dark gray, like the SC420.

 

It's not going to really do very much other than 'serve' as something I can test ECC memory in before I mail the DIMMs to my Japanese customers. A task I'm sure it will perform flawlessly! Anyway, I'm pleased to see DELL chose to only slighty evolve its most basic desktop server.

 

Just before I posted this I dropped the Core2Duo E6400 processor from my Dim 9200 into the 440 and it works fine. I don't know why I'm surprised by this but I feel I should be. Damn it's fast!

 

 

So it sounds like you HAVE to modify the video card physically to get it to work. I'll look into it more.

[Mark1647545493]

I bought one. I think it has potential for $234 shipped

[thorne]

for a basic surf the web computer that would be fine.