Hi folks,
I am considering selling my current server at home and building a new one, due to the fact that I want to put her in the loft and my current rig is way too big and heavy to do that. She currently sits in a cupboard under the stairs, but I am getting beefed at to clear it out for other things to go in.
Also, This baby is capable of so much more than I use her for.
I am well known for selling things under-priced, so I thought that I would see what you guys think I should accept/get for it before I whack her on Ebay.

It is the following spec:

Motherboard/Controler Cards

1x Tyan Tiger MP Motherboard
2x AMD Athlon 1400(266) CPU
2x 256MB PC2100 Registered DDR RAM
1x Adaptec 29160 68/50Pin Single Channel SCSI160 Controller
1x Adaptec 3950U2B Dual Channel SCSI80 Controller
1x Intel PRO/100+(82558) Dual Port Server Adapter
1x ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP VGA Card

Storage

1x Aopen 5 Bay SCSI160 Compatable Hot Swap Cradle
1x Seagate ST336752LC 36Gb 15Krpm 80 Pin SCSI160 Drive
1x IBM T18350M 18Gb 10Krpm 80 Pin SCSI160 Drive
1x IBM 318350M 18Gb 10Krpm 80 Pin SCSI160 Drive
1x Sony SDT-9000 DDS3 SCSI Backup Drive (Virtually Brand New)
1x NEC 32x SCSI CDROM
1x Floppy Drive

Chassis, Cooling & Power

No Idea of chassis Make, but basically a small/medium Fridge with wheels! Midi-ish size, but twice the width. Front Doors
Rear top, 4x Sunon 80MM Outlet Fans
Front, 2x Panaflo 80MM Inlet Fans
Hot Swap, 1x 120MM Fan Inlet/Draw Through Fan
Mobo Panel Side, 2x 120MM Outlet Fans
2x Taisol CGK760172 CPU Heatsinks

1x Enermax EG465 431W PSU Powering Just The Motherboard/Cards
1x Macron MPT-301 300W PSU Powering The Components
Both Joined using an ATX Power Autosensing Power Relay

Extremely stable

I think that just


Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Nick





[Edited by Mr Footlong - 9/5/2002 11:54:19 AM]

 

Remember girls I am no novice as you should all well know
The loft in our place has pretty poor insulation and it is actually pretty cool. If I build a P4 server instead with just 1 big IDE drive, way less heat is going to be chucked out. Also, being me, the new rig is going to have some pretty good ventilation too. Trust me, it is cooler up there than in the big cupboard with 4 big ventilation holes, a box fan, a EN5861(cooker) adsl router and a Powerware 700VA UPS

Cheers,

Nick

[Edited by Mr Footlong - 9/5/2002 1:27:16 PM]

 

Noisy lil bugger

When you get to the loft, go rack mount

 

It actually isn't very noisy at all for a server

 

Won't you get problems with moisture if you keep them in the loft? or should it just be cold (a good thing) if it's well ventilated?

Stefan

 

Lofts can get very hot in the summer - hotter than the house as the tiles radiate heat into the loft, which is insulated so heat stays in...

 

What about access, running up running down all time etc,.

Just out interest do you leave it running 24/7?

Si

 

You pretty well leave it alone Si.
Yes, I do run it 24/7.

 

It's got to be worth at least a tenner scrap metal value!!!!

Sorry Nick,

seriously I would have thought at the very least £500 upwards.

Thats not an offer by the way!!!!!!

 

Split it and put bits on e-bay.
You fall between two stools. Corporates buy a (new) server with service agreement, and home users would see most of that stuff as overkill and not want to buy the whole lot.
Good luck - lots of quailty components there.

 

So who's going to start the bidding to pick over the bits then?

 

Sigh.........

 

I have my eye on the 29160 card and the Aopen hot swap bay thingy

 

I'll have the Enermax if you split...

 

whatever you do with it, i'd say sell the DAT on it's own, otherwise you're not going to get what it's worth...

 

Def sell in bits you'll get far far more.

One of the blokes in the office just sold me his Old Compaq dual 600 P3 workstation. For £100 it'll make me a fine home server. I reckon I could have sold most of the cards etc that I didnt want for almost what I paid - leaving a free dual 600 But I like having "spares"

Deano

 

Vultures....

StuntMonkey, thanks for your input on this , but sitting next to you everyday, you could have just told me!

Gome on guys, what do you think complete?

Cheers,

Nick