[TriLUG] and some more free stuff at tonight's meeting

Thu Aug 11 19:28:02 EDT 2016

Hmmm... those Dell PowerEdge SC1420
<http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/sc1420_specs.pdf>
towers
might have some promise.

They probably have power-hungry Xeon 7030
<http://ark.intel.com/products/27225/Intel-Xeon-Processor-7030-2M-Cache-2_80-GHz-800-MHz-FSB>
dual-core CPUs, currently. But they support dual CPUs, and I'll bet you
could put a couple of 6-core E7450
<http://ark.intel.com/products/36941/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7450-12M-Cache-2_40-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB>
CPUs (dirt cheap on eBay
<http://www.ebay.com/sch/CPUs-Processors/164/i.html?_from=R40&_sac=1&_nkw=E7450>)
or X7460 CPUs
<https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+X7460+%40+2.66GHz&id=2656&cpuCount=2>
in one of those machines.

The E7450 & X7460 are intended for a 1066 FSB, so at 800 MHz FSB they'd be
underclocked by 25%. So 25% slower than normal, but the silver lining is
that if they run, they'd run nice and cool.

With two CPUs, you'd have 12 cores. Add an SSD drive, and with the 8 GB of
ECC RAM you'd have a very decent machine. It'd be slow for single-thread
processes, but total Passmark score around 3500 with E7450s, or Passmark
4800 with X7460s, which isn't bad at all.

Used DDR2 server RAM is almost free on eBay
<http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=ddr2+registered&Form%2520Factor=DIMM&Bus%2520Speed=PC2%252D6400%2520%2528DDR2%252D800%2529&LH_BIN=1&Capacity%2520per%2520Module=2GB&_dcat=170083&_osacat=170083&ssPageName=GSTL&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xserver.TRS0&_nkw=server&_sacat=170083>,
too. These machines are spec'd to be max'd out at 8 GB RAM, but that might
not be true. It is very often possible to put it bigger RAM sticks than
they say you can. It'd be worth trying, anyhow.

I've got too much stuff already, but, really, somebody should be able to
make use of at least the machine with 8 GB RAM.

Dave

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Christopher Merrill via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> After moving the boxes, I found more free loot. If there is something you
> want but can't make it to the meeting let me know and I'll keep it out of
> the dumpster. But you'll need to pickup from my house (NW Raleigh) or buy
> me lunch in the RDU area to bring it closer to you ;)
>
>
> APC AP7532 basic PDU (power distribution unit)
> 30A total
> 24 outlets
> https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/APC-120V-30A-24-Outlet-10ft-Rack-Power-
> Distribution-Unit/730518.aspx
>
> Dell PowerEdge 1950 (rack-mount)
> 3G RAM
> 1.6 GHz dual-core Xeon (x2?)
> dual power supplies, dual NICs
>
> (2) Dell PowerEdge 860 (rack-mount)
> 1.8 GHz Celeron
> 1G RAM
> dual 80G HDDs
>
> Dell PowerEdge SC1420 (tower)
> 2.8GHz Xeon
> 8G RAM
>
> Dell PowerEdge SC1420 (tower)
> 2.8GHz Xeon
> 2G RAM
> front-panel lights and buttons inoperative
>
> Dell PowerEdge 300
> 2x 800MHz P3
> 1G RAM
>
> Brother HL-5240 laser printer
> 2 extra feed trays (3 total)
> rarely used
> not free...make me an offer
>
>
>
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