A couple years ago I bought a machine on Craigslist for 80 bucks US.
This thing has been running my media collection for the past 4 or 5 years now. If you just want something to mess with there really is no bottom of the barrel. Even dirt cheap old machines at this point are still quite useful depending on what you plan on doing with it.
Not all servers will default with hot swap bays btw. You may need to add them yourself. It really just depends on your goals.
*EDIT* Yes I am aware that this thing sucks power. Runs me about 10-12 bucks a month. I've priced building a new machine that would use far less power. It would take 5+ years to pay for itself and then I'd end up with a 5 year old machine anyway.
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CPU: quad core Intel Xeon E31225 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 1598/1600/3400 MHzKernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 x86_64 Up: 14d 1h 41m Mem: 1806.3/15700.6 MiB (11.5%)Not all servers will default with hot swap bays btw. You may need to add them yourself. It really just depends on your goals.
*EDIT* Yes I am aware that this thing sucks power. Runs me about 10-12 bucks a month. I've priced building a new machine that would use far less power. It would take 5+ years to pay for itself and then I'd end up with a 5 year old machine anyway.
Statistics: Posted by jmgibson1981 — 2024-03-28 21:06