Good Cheap Server - HP Proliant Microserver 4 BAY - OWNERS THREAD

Mr-White · 30 Dec 2012 at 17:45

Thanks

I think I paid around £211 inc quidco cash back

MW

Mr-White · 30 Dec 2012 at 17:58

Spokwiththeears said:
You can still get this server for £204 before cashback from serversdirect.

with 3% cash back on £204 from Quidco and £100 cash back from HP makes it nearer £98 :eek:

Does the £100 cash back offer keep rolling over every month as one site says 31st December while another says 31st March ?

MW

Spokwiththeears · 30 Dec 2012 at 18:39

As far as I'm aware the cashback offer ends tomorrow. It seems cashback won't be offered again after that. So long as you buy before the end of tomorrow you should be fine.

Mr-White · 30 Dec 2012 at 18:54

Spokwiththeears said:
As far as I'm aware the cashback offer ends tomorrow. It seems cashback won't be offered again after that. So long as you buy before the end of tomorrow you should be fine.

So then why does serversplus say delivered and invoiced between 1st November and March 31st to claim the cash back ?

MW

moss · 30 Dec 2012 at 18:56

It says November 2011 and March 2012, the deal kept getting extended though.

Mr-White · 30 Dec 2012 at 19:03

moss said:
It says November 2011 and March 2012, the deal kept getting extended though.

I noticed that after I posted

I bet they will extend the offer again, a certain e-store has 1300 in stock and I doubt they will shift many at £260 each.

MW

rp2000 · 30 Dec 2012 at 19:42

Mr-White said:
I noticed that after I posted

I bet they will extend the offer again, a certain e-store has 1300 in stock and I doubt they will shift many at £260 each.

MW

I wouldn't risk it tbh. I am sure it was mentioned a few pages ago hat this is now discontinued and a newer version is coming out very soon (N50L iirc).

rp2000

Tinders · 30 Dec 2012 at 20:29

Well I've had mine for a few days now, I honestly cannot see what so complicated about setting it up, well worth the outlay over a Qnap or synology imo. And its not too noisy ime and not a ugly beast either. The wife hasnt objected yet lol.

Nem · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:28

I've got one of the early 1.3Ghz models, I've had a search through but am struggling to see if there is any upgrade route for the processor to a faster one?

bremen1874 · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:32

Nem said:
I've got one of the early 1.3Ghz models, I've had a search through but am struggling to see if there is any upgrade route for the processor to a faster one?

The processor is soldered to the board, so there's no practical way to upgrade it.

Nem · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:33

bremen1874 said:
The processor is soldered to the board, so there's no practical way to upgrade it.

That explains that then

Thanks for that.

rofle · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:44

Spokwiththeears said:
http://www.serversplus.com/pdfs/ms_march_cb.pdf

There you go.

"All submissions must be received Monday 30 April 2012"

Are they strict with the deadlines?

Mr-White · 30 Dec 2012 at 21:50

I just got a 3rd from my brother with 8GB memory

MW

DoubleCheese · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:14

Quick question, is anyone using these in a business environment? We have an old power hungry Dell server that could be replaced with one of these. Any good deals on a MS Server OS suitable for a small business with <10 users?

bremen1874 · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:20

DoubleCheese said:
Quick question, is anyone using these in a business environment? We have an old power hungry Dell server that could be replaced with one of these. Any good deals on a MS Server OS suitable for a small business with <10 users?

Small Business Server Essentials 2011?

Spokwiththeears · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:41

rofle said:
"All submissions must be received Monday 30 April 2012"

Are they strict with the deadlines?

Seems not according to Deep who posted earlier in this thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=23439316&postcount=5069

Which month's cashback claim form he used I don't know though.

Brummies · 31 Dec 2012 at 09:17

rp2000 said:
I wouldn't risk it tbh. I am sure it was mentioned a few pages ago hat this is now discontinued and a newer version is coming out very soon (N50L iirc).

rp2000

How soon is that mate?

Is it worth waiting for the newer version? I'm after a microserver but with the cashback offer ending I might aswell wait.

Mr-White · 31 Dec 2012 at 13:17

I couldn't find anything on the HP N50L or when it would be released.

MW

bremen1874 · 31 Dec 2012 at 13:32

Mr-White said:
I couldn't find anything on the HP N50L or when it would be released.

MW

It's the N54L.

DIABLO · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:37

The N54L is exactly the same as the N40L except the cpu bumped upto 2.2Ghz and more RAM as standard.