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New LocostBuilders server
ChrisW - 12/7/10 at 12:38 PM

Postman just arrived with the all new LocostBuilders server! This is the machine I wanted to buy for the upgrade last year, but couldn't afford to at the time. Patience has paid off though, and I'm proud to introduce this new baby!

Here's the spec:

- Dell PowerEdge R200
- Xeon X3360 CPU with 4 x 2.83GHz cores and 2 x 6MB cache
- 8GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
- 2 x 250GB SATA drives
- CentOS 5.5 x86_64 operating system

Total cost just over £900 with VAT and delivery.

Here's a couple of pics:

New Server 1
New Server 1
New Server 2
New Server 2
New Server 3
New Server 3

And a subtle reminder of the donate link

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/contribute.php

Chris

lsdweb - 12/7/10 at 12:44 PM

Looks good!

Donation sent!


Wyn

cd.thomson - 12/7/10 at 12:49 PM

oh no,

don't let scootz see the "made in china" sticker, he'll go off on one

Irony - 12/7/10 at 12:54 PM

Ohhh! Shiney! Donation sent!

nick205 - 12/7/10 at 12:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
Looks good!

Donation sent!


Wyn



Donation sent x2

Good on you Chris for keeping this show on the road and investing your own time and money in it.

I'm sure I speak for all when I say how much we appreciate it

coozer - 12/7/10 at 01:03 PM

Nice one Chris, thanks again for the resource, lets hope it continues for a long time.

Cheers for the conformation u2u

LG,
Steve

gingerprince - 12/7/10 at 01:03 PM

Send it back, it's faulty - the logo is all blur

ChrisW - 12/7/10 at 01:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by gingerprince
Send it back, it's faulty - the logo is all blur


That's just my crappy photography skills!

Also, in other news, if all goes well we should have an advert in PPC magazine from the September issue onwards (the next issue, on sale August) so hopefully, with that and all the flyer work done this summer at the shows, we should have some new members joining us!

Chris

3GEComponents - 12/7/10 at 01:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
oh no,

don't let scootz see the "made in china" sticker, he'll go off on one


I've seen some parts made in China, where they had the CE mark, when I asked about this, they said it stands for "chinese export"

Kind regards

John

scootz - 12/7/10 at 01:14 PM

Bl00dy Nora... Made in China!!!

I think I just sicked-up a bit!

Couldn't you have re-invested our T-shirt dues back into the British economy by buying a nice Amstrad like this...


omega0684 - 12/7/10 at 01:19 PM

^^^^^^^ WTF is that!

skibikejohn - 12/7/10 at 01:20 PM

The site is a real help for those of us building in the colonies.

Donation sent.

02GF74 - 12/7/10 at 01:21 PM

eerr why?

the locostbuilders website is by far one of the fastest responding websites I frequently visit.

mrwibble - 12/7/10 at 01:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Bl00dy Nora... Made in China!!!

I think I just sicked-up a bit!

Couldn't you have re-invested our T-shirt dues back into the British economy by buying a nice Amstrad like this...




i'll have 2 please and a side order of fondu

jossey - 12/7/10 at 01:38 PM

u could have let me know and i would have got you it at cost price.

:O(

ill send a contibution when i get home :O)



dave

Killer - 12/7/10 at 01:43 PM

Thanks Chris, contribution sent!

Agriv8 - 12/7/10 at 01:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mrwibble
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Bl00dy Nora... Made in China!!!

I think I just sicked-up a bit!

Couldn't you have re-invested our T-shirt dues back into the British economy by buying a nice Amstrad like this...




i'll have 2 please and a side order of fondu



OMG That takes me back I have used one of those !!! trying to work how many years ago !!!

regards

Agriv8

mookaloid - 12/7/10 at 02:11 PM

Donation sent - great job Chris

mistergrumpy - 12/7/10 at 04:41 PM

Wow. I remember when this was first mentioned and knowing nowt I asked a few questions as I was expecting a big cabinet thing full of wires. £900 for that little thing. I'm disappointed. Don't they know that size matters

bi22le - 12/7/10 at 05:27 PM

Good effort Chris,

Again thanks for this site. Well sort of thanks, I get grilled by my lady because I check this site everyday and spend far too much time on it. Its also completely the fault of the people on this site that I spent £6K on a 'toy' a year before my wedding!!!

Phah, men have to play to eh!?

Thanks again Chris,

Oh and wheres my vinal!!!

lsdweb - 12/7/10 at 05:44 PM

quote:

^^^^^^^ WTF is that!



I had one of those - my first PC! I think it had a twin floppy drive so you could run the software on one and store your data on the other! I learned Supercalc on it! And I paid £300 for it! That was back in about 1985 I think! My next PC had a 20 Mb hard drive which was 'double spaced' up to about 38 :-)

Wyn

ChrisW - 15/7/10 at 01:04 PM

Sorry guys. Just realised I'd killed your conversation by moving this thread. Now moved it back.

Feel free to carry on

Chris