I think this is a good deal, but my current "modern" servers are Dell R710 X5680-based units, so I may be off base...
I negotiated an eBay seller down to $1853.60 for:
Dell R730 2.5" 8-bay chassis w/ dual 750W PSU
2 x E5-2643 v3
128GB DDR4-2133 RAM (8 x 16GB)
PERC H730 (SAS 3108)
Dual X540 10GbE + dual I350 GigE mezzanine
DVD-ROM
iDRAC 8 Enterprise perpetual license
No drives or filler plates
The listing they created for me was for 10, and I only needed 1. The eBay listing is Dell R730 12-Core Server 2x E5-2643 v3 3.4GHz 128GB-16 H730 2.5in RPS CL | eBay and appears to be "non-published" (it doesn't show up in searches).
I'd be interested in knowing if this is a good (or great) deal, and if anyone wants some of the other 9, feel free to use the above link (I don't get any "cut" or other benefit if you do).
Also, what's the difference between the E5-2643 v3 and the V4? Aside from supporting faster RAM, I don't see what all the fuss is about? But like I said, my idea of "modern" is the X5680, so I haven't been keeping up...
[Note - any clickable links in the above other than the listing ID are auto-inserted advertising links and not mine.]
I negotiated an eBay seller down to $1853.60 for:
Dell R730 2.5" 8-bay chassis w/ dual 750W PSU
2 x E5-2643 v3
128GB DDR4-2133 RAM (8 x 16GB)
PERC H730 (SAS 3108)
Dual X540 10GbE + dual I350 GigE mezzanine
DVD-ROM
iDRAC 8 Enterprise perpetual license
No drives or filler plates
The listing they created for me was for 10, and I only needed 1. The eBay listing is Dell R730 12-Core Server 2x E5-2643 v3 3.4GHz 128GB-16 H730 2.5in RPS CL | eBay and appears to be "non-published" (it doesn't show up in searches).
I'd be interested in knowing if this is a good (or great) deal, and if anyone wants some of the other 9, feel free to use the above link (I don't get any "cut" or other benefit if you do).
Also, what's the difference between the E5-2643 v3 and the V4? Aside from supporting faster RAM, I don't see what all the fuss is about? But like I said, my idea of "modern" is the X5680, so I haven't been keeping up...
[Note - any clickable links in the above other than the listing ID are auto-inserted advertising links and not mine.]