Recent content by arcadia420

I picked one up last Thanksgiving. I've been really happy with it, but now I am a little nervous :eek:.

Do you have any interest in a Titan Z that came from university surplus? I found it in a Precision 7910. My memory is a little fuzzy but I think it originally came from the industrial engineering department.

I got lucky and picked up a datto on govdeals for $62 over thanksgiving. It was a huge upgrade moving from an AMD Athlon 5350 to a xeon d :cool:

If you care about ipv6 don't get a ICX6450.

I think it would be pretty obvious if the board was repaired. It also doesn't look that hard to do. I haven't decided between atom or xeon-d yet, but after I read about the fix it made my decision a little harder.

1WXK8B3 is the service tag for one of them. They are configured the same. I think the only difference between a 5080 and the 7080 is the 5080 is missing a m2/pcie header. They left everything intact and header is the only thing missing (doubt it). I am going to use them as is for now and put...

Last week was great for these micro machines. I drew #9 in the lottery so I snagged four 7050s and two 5080s. I usually scavenge the workstations and ignore these machines entirely. Recently, I've experienced a string of deals where people were very generous so I felt like I had to pay it...

Ok, hmm it never clicked in my smooth brain that NL is most likely Nederland. I can let it go at that price, but I am in the states. If you you think it's worth shipping, I am willing but you'll have to provide simple instructions that my smooth brain can follow

I am pretty sure I've looked up service tags that were listed differently, but that could just be a false memory... Every tag at this place looks like this though. It's actually kind of annoying. How it works is everyone lines up to get a random number to determine your spot in line. If you're...

They definitely are, lol. I was a little confused the first time I looked them up too. You have to click through the line items. They're really micros. All of the ones I get come through the same place and they are constantly buying/replacing stock. Maybe it has something to do with the volume...

How much do you want to spend on a 7050? I've got an extra 7050 to spare and a m700 if you'd rather buy that instead. C7YQCP2 and 47P2LH2 are my 7050s.

UCLA might not be a lost a cause. I was looking at the UCLA ad for this month and it had a list of names and contacts with the items they sold. It never hurts to reach out directly and ask, the worst they'll say is no.

Next time, if you're looking for a great deal and have half a day check out the closest university surplus store. I went to one for the first time last week. They stocked multiple shelves of optiplex micro machines for ~$25. Get there early because, at mine, they let people inside in groups.The...