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

Trig said:
Its not a myth, I've seen pictures..
Loogle the part number

832667-001
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Just spoken to our HP guy.

It's a none order-able part as it's classed as a commodity by HP.
It may exist, but users don't get to play with it. :(

Best advice given, look for a rack server that has it at stock and salvage it from it. (he's trying to track down boxes that it would have been shipped with for me)
 
GDL said:
Just spoken to our HP guy.

It's a none order-able part as it's classed as a commodity by HP.
It may exist, but users don't get to play with it. :(

Best advice given, look for a rack server that has it at stock and salvage it from it. (he's trying to track down boxes that it would have been shipped with for me)
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It'll come eventually, wonder if all of the new SKU's come with that heatsink or if it only comes with ones with a certain CPU or above..
 
The cashback is still on, cant link it directly due to it probably being a competitor link but if you google hp microserver cash back you should find the link to the form.

"Product must have been invoiced and
delivered between 16th November 2015 -
31st January 2016"
 
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Trig said:
It'll come eventually, wonder if all of the new SKU's come with that heatsink or if it only comes with ones with a certain CPU or above..
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It was listed as the Microserver with the I3 Chipset.

I'm not 100% sure if HP classify the current range as the I3 chipset or if they plan on releasing a 'improved' version but HP didn't know or didn't want to say. :mad:
 
tribz said:
The cashback is still on, cant link it directly due to it probably being a competitor link but if you google hp microserver cash back you should find the link to the form.

"Product must have been invoiced and
delivered between 16th November 2015 -
31st January 2016"
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How exactly does it work? So if I order it from the rainforest for £170 (the 4GB Celeron model) I can claim cash back?

Is this the correct form?
https://www.serversplus.com/pdfs/ms55_nov15jan16.pdf

EDIT Got it. So is this base model still a good buy for £170? Shall I just stick two 3TB WD Reds in and a 60GB SSD? I'll be running WS2012, and running it primarily as a NAS and Plex server (No transcoding).
 
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For £170 it's a cracking price... cheaper than Synology and better!

You can still claim the cashback though, I think.

From the main competitor where I bought both of mine, the price is still £364 today.
 
crinkleshoes said:
For £170 it's a cracking price... cheaper than Synology and better!

You can still claim the cashback though, I think.

From the main competitor where I bought both of mine, the price is still £364 today.
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Thanks. Ordered it last night. £120 after my £50 voucher was deducted, and I'll be able to claim the £55 cashback too. I think Amazon had a £10 off any order over £50 yesterday too. Work gave me a 120GB SSD and they reckon they have some 4TB drives spare so I'm potentially going to have a very cheap server soon :D
 
Amraam said:
Thanks. Ordered it last night. £120 after my £50 voucher was deducted, and I'll be able to claim the £55 cashback too. I think Amazon had a £10 off any order over £50 yesterday too. Work gave me a 120GB SSD and they reckon they have some 4TB drives spare so I'm potentially going to have a very cheap server soon :D
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The £10 off was for a £50 spend on an Amazon sale not from a 3rd party, which if you bought the one I think you did it wouldn't have qualified anyway.

Also I am not sure that the actual seller you therefore would have got it from will be a HP partner and thus qualify for the cashback.
 
Why are people still buying these over the dell T20 at £97 inc cash back. The Dell comes with a Intel Pentium G3220 (3M Cache, 3.00 GHz) too which can be replaced with a Xeon at a later date if you need more power.

The T20 by far out performs the N54L it replaced.
 
I'm looking at a new server, something a bit bigger that I can stick a GPU into as well as the rest of the kit I have in my Gen8..

Reason I have the Gen8 is becasue of its size, if I go bigger then I'll have to move it...
 
Picked up a steal today, Microserver G7 for 40 quid locally with the stock HDD and a extra network card in the pci slot.

Now im looking for a gpu for this which is less than 25w and one which fits (So i can use it for xmbc occasionally) Main use is a file server but with it being hooked up to tv id like use of xmbc also :) So must be hdmi and sound capable card

Suggestions? Also what OS is best atm its got Linux on atm but i was thinking more windows way on if owt
 
Dandle said:
Why are people still buying these over the dell T20 at £97 inc cash back. The Dell comes with a Intel Pentium G3220 (3M Cache, 3.00 GHz) too which can be replaced with a Xeon at a later date if you need more power.

The T20 by far out performs the N54L it replaced.
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