two bargains? MB+CPU; 1U server

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:32:49PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> NewEgg.ca's "Shell Shocker" (one-day deal) looks reasonable:
> Biostar Motherboard + AMD Athlon II X2 240 processor for $84.98, free 
> shipping.  $10 Mail In Rebate (the 84.98 price is without the rebate; 
> they, of course, quote 74.98).
> <http://www.newegg.ca/Special/ShellShocker.aspx>

Not sure about Biostar boards.  Never dealt with them.

The CPU is sold out however so it probably doesn't matter.  I guess they
wanted to clear out the old leftovers and seem to have succeeded.

> Dell's "SMB Days" (a few one-day deals, in sequence) today includes a
> PowerEdge R210 server with no OS for what looks to me to be a good
> price, $899.  I don't know much about rack-mount servers except that
> they are too noisy for my house.  I infer that the Xeon X3430
> processor is like an i5.
> <http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/days_of_deals?c=ca&cs=cabsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&dgc=AF&cid=27563&lid=1428989&acd=CAqD7bLWUPI-BRBiQo3eqRBVc6YQQNPUnA>

Well I know enough to not buy any computer that says Dell on it.
Monitors and some other parts are great from Dell, but I will not touch
their computers or printers.

> Oh, they have a massively discounted D-Link DSM-330 HD Media Player
> ($199.99 discounted to $59.99).  I think that this line has been
> eclipsed by the WDTV-Live, Asus OPlay, Patriot Box Office, etc.  All
> these things run Linux.
> <http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Adapters_Accessories/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=A2973959>

No idea.

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Len Sorensen
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