Spec me the cheapest computer ever

[timmillwood]

I am looking for a really cheap computer just to use for linux server / testing at home.

Spec doesn't need to be high.

 

[Mr_White]

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

 

[RJC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £31.19
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £263.21 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Addicted]

MSI E350DM-E33 AMD Hudson D1 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard [E350DM-E33] £47.99 inc VAT
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98

Mega cheap.

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

2nd hand??

 

[Fire_fly]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £31.19
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Arctic F8 Pro Case Fan - 80mm £2.99
Total : £247.19 (includes shipping : £11.75).



If you don't need that much storage then try one of the Sandisk SSDs for about the same price, but extra speed.

 

[drakioned]

HP Proliant Microserver.

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo PLUS 500i" Intel H61 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £124.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1/2G) £11.99
Total : £230.35 (includes shipping : £14.50).




What do i win?

 

[CEUOTC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £49.99
1 x MSI E350DM-E33 AMD Hudson D1 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x Sony DDU1681S-0B 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £220.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Regards.

C.

 

[Bacon?]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI E350DM-E33 AMD Hudson D1 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 160GB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M160MBB) £43.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £19.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £187.43 (includes shipping : £11.25).





Cheapest you can get!
Not sure if it actually works :/

 

[Doomedspeed]

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Cheapest you can get!
Not sure if it actually works :/

I'm not sure if id want it to.

 

[Gav_881]

HP Proliant Microserver.

+1 ~ £120 after the cashback which takes about 45 days

 

[timmillwood]

Thanks! Awesome help!

 

[timmillwood]

Tempted


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI E350DM-E33 AMD Hudson D1 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x Sandisk Ultra SSD 60GB 2.5" SATA-2 Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-060G-G25) £39.95
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £28.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £19.99
Total : £172.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[arad85]

I have a passive system based on the Intel DN2800MT desktop board, 30G m-SATA SSD 2G of laptop memory and an old laptop PSU. Including a cheap case it was less than £130. Totally silent and draws around 10W of power. I use it as my firewall running pfsense which it does a fine job of (on a 70/16 Mbit connection).

 

[arad85]

PS. Allegedly it'll also do 1080p video too.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Tempted


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI E350DM-E33 AMD Hudson D1 DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x Sandisk Ultra SSD 60GB 2.5" SATA-2 Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-060G-G25) £39.95
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £28.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £19.99
Total : £172.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Has 2 PSU's.

Take4 one away, will save £20.

60GB won't get you very far though. Im using a 64Gb as a boot drive and its nearly full. The only things properly installed on there are Windows 7 and Office.

 

[arad85]

60GB won't get you very far though. Im using a 64Gb as a boot drive and its nearly full. The only things properly installed on there are Windows 7 and Office.

The op wants a Linux server. I run multiple linux servers here, I think the biggest install (it has a full compile environment, as well as running xbmc and mythtv) is less than 5G.

 

[Doomedspeed]

The op wants a Linux server. I run multiple linux servers here, I think the biggest install (it has a full compile environment, as well as running xbmc and mythtv) is less than 5G.

should have re-read.

60Gb is fine.

 

[arad85]

should have re-read.

60Gb is fine.

30G will probably be fine Even my mega-server running Free BSD where I run all central house apps and I've been experimenting with jails etc. is only using 12G...