I was looking at the Quanta 2ML boxes from Natex for a cheap colo box but shipping was prohibitive to UK. This seems like much the same thing but a bit cheaper- Cheap E5-2600 Sixteen Core Cloud Foxconn Server (Configure-To-Order)
Base price is £79.99, but you're forced to add 2xCPU and RAM. I got 2x 2650s with 64GB RAM for £275 shipped.
One of the SFP+ ports seems non-functional- NIC is detected but link never established. Plugging a module into the other port reboots the machine, but port works when it comes back up.
Shame there is no PCI-E, but with 6x SATA SSD I think this will make a reasonable low-cost VM host.
Base price is £79.99, but you're forced to add 2xCPU and RAM. I got 2x 2650s with 64GB RAM for £275 shipped.
One of the SFP+ ports seems non-functional- NIC is detected but link never established. Plugging a module into the other port reboots the machine, but port works when it comes back up.
Shame there is no PCI-E, but with 6x SATA SSD I think this will make a reasonable low-cost VM host.