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Wezas
06-20-2005, 11:04 AM
$1019

Poweredge 1800 Server
2x3GHz/2MB (that would be two 3.0ghz Xeon processors)
1GB DDR2 400MHz
80GB HDD
PCI Express (for those who want the nice gaming video cards)
3 year next business day on-site service

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free upgrade to Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz 2MB-cache CPU
free 2nd Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz 2MB-cache CPU
no operating system
1GB DDR2 400MHz 2X512MB (choose the $50 upgrade option, do not choose the free upgrade option)
3 year basic NBD (next-business-day) onsite warranty
Add-in SATA card RAID 0, Minimum 1 drive required
free CERC 6-Channel Serial-ATA RAID controller
80GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA hard drive (adds $20, but probably worth it)
no second hard drive. Choosing the free 73GB drive will not work.
DAT72, Formatted Tape Media Cartridge
onboard NIC
Standard Keyboard
Logitech PS2 2-button mouse
no monitor

Anebriated
06-20-2005, 12:44 PM
Add in OS, moniter and vid card and your looking at 1500+ again. Not a bad system though. Even without the moniter unless your going to load Solaris or Linux its gonna cost ~$400 for OS and a decent vid card(assuming you dont already have a PCI express).