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Both the Poweredges are dual socket BTW, so if you found a CPU on eBay, plus Dell heatsink and the chassis fans that go alongside the heatsink, you could add those.

I have no idea mate. I know what I'd try for if it was an eBay job, and for the 2900 it'd probably be quite a bit.. Are the LTO2 drives of interest or would you be interested without?

I've been collecting servers and tape drives lately, and I'm wondering if I've got more than I need. The 'comms room' (shed ) is getting a bit overloaded, and I reckon I don't need half of what I've got, plus the electricity bill is £100/month which I feel is a bit more than I'd like it to be. So, is anybody looking for any of the following, and if so for how much, i.e. would it be worth my while selling, or just waiting until a customer needs a server upgrade ... ? There are two Poweredge machines that I probably don't really need. I think the £99 HP Proliant that I picked up is good enough for me. Poweredge 2900. 5gb RAM Xeon 5050 Dual Core 3GHz, or Xeon 5148 Dual Core 2.33GHz Core-2 based CPU (low power, 45w or something). I haven't tried the 5148 in this machine yet but expect it to work fine. Both CPUs support i-VT (virtualization) and 64-bit. 3x 15,000 rpm 72gb hot plug SAS drives PERC 5 RAID controller, forgot how much cache ram. LTO2 200/400gb tape backup unit. Server 2003 COA I think. Poweredge 2800 3gb RAM Xeon 3.4GHz/2mb L2 Cache. This CPU supports 64-bit but not virtualization. 3x 146gb 10,000rpm SCSI U320 Hotplug SCA disks. PERC4 RAID controller with 256mb RAM/cache. LTO2 200/400gb tape backup unit Server 2003 COA. Either machine can be supplied without the LTO2 drives, or with a DAT72 drive for not a lot IBM Z-something workstation. 2x 3.2GHz Xeon CPUs 3gb RAM 2x 36gb SCSI disks, no hotplug, RAID1 supported. One slightly damaged USB port I would have thought certainly the PE2900 would be worth a reasonable amount. I also have a nice aluminium 5-drive SCA SCSI hotplug bay, which will fit any old case that has three 5.25" bays. Anything of interest?

It's just nuts isn't it.

I definitely don't think it looks nice or pretty or anything. I think it looks a bit like a Hyundai Coupe (the weird looking first ones), that's been cross bred with another fucked up and ugly thing, but I am quite impressed with the finish and what not. It looks pretty well executed and finished, inside and out, I just think it's ugly that's all.

Pob wasn't so different 45cuzB6GZF4

It'll be a scam dude. International cheques appear cleared after a week or so, and then they bounce a couple of months later.

I notice it a little on some customers' computer's, but only on opening files, installing programs etc. It certainly doesn't have the heavy ram-stealing multiplication of bootup time effect that Norton and McAfee have. Overall it's a worthy upgrade for computers with Norton or McAfee on them. I still find NOD to be very efficient, but I happily install AVG for home users or other people who I feel aren't ready to be told that they need to spend money.

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Depends a lot on gearbox too I think. My auto TT is horrible from a standstill, you just can't get a great launch even if you power brake. Foot to the floor at 25mph is mental though, and foot hard down from 25mph to beyond 100mph is just constant torque, and that's a typical ~380bhp-ish BPU J-Spec TT.

I had the rear quarter replaced on my blue one. They had to cut it half way up the C pillar or something.

erm, I think they didn't change the panel! I bet they weren't banking on the rolled arch thing..

Interesting. Nope, never used one. I should think the operator would have to allow/provision the equipment..

He's "currently using the spares"

Where abouts in Cheshire are you? We have a silver one here that the missus was wondering about.. seemed to not move anywhere and now it's gone.

How bizarre (the 40 day thing). AVG Free does have a problem where if you re-install windows, or some parts of the system become corrupt (sorry for being vague), then it decides you do not have a valid license. Re-installing over the top does not help, you have to remove and then re-install.

I've powned loads of them

I just Googled it. 1.5mbps upstream. I get 1.3 out of my long/poor ADSL2+ line (only 6mbps downstream), and most of my customers get 2.5mbps upstream for £21.50 per month. Oh well.

I have looked through their website but have yet to find out what the upstream speed is. Does anybody know? My area hasn't been cabled so I'm out of luck anyway, but I'd still like to know if it's something pathetic like 512kbps upstream.

Good effort, well done. You were all so close. To be fair, I'd have gone for Blue Gene too just because it's IBM a.k.a Big Blue. Not many of us encounter supercomputers in our daily life and the news articles on them tend to be a bit dull, only mentioning how many FLOPS they can do

Aren't you doing well!

It's on now.

I like the figures, but would be put off by the FWD thing. It still has to be a £14k RS6 v8 twin turbo for me I'm afraid.

Jeremy Vine is my hero OK, that's taking it a bit far, but I like his radio style. I look forward to watching the show tonight, have set a reminder