[ILUG] Spoilt for choice at Elara

Lance Dryden lkd-ilug at sky-haven.net
Thu Mar 26 00:06:39 GMT 2009


Scríobh Timothy Murphy:
> Dear ILUG guru,
> 
> Just as I was about to purchase
> --------------------------------------
> HP ML110 G5 Xeon 3065 (2330/1333-4MB) Dual Core, 1x1GB,
> Non Hot Plug SATA 250GB, DVD¦R/RW, 3 Year Next Business Day Warranty
> 219.92 euro.
> --------------------------------------
> <http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1466838>
> 
> Elara put out a second ultra-cheap HP server:
> --------------------------------------
> 1. HP ML115 G5 Opteron 1352 (2.1 GHz, 2MB) Quad Core 1x1GB
> Non Hot Plug SATA 160GB DVD
> 189.54 euro.
> --------------------------------------
> <http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=ECE1706165>

Hey, where'd the warranty go?

> I read a warning among reviews of the Xeon machine:
> "The single PCI slot is V2.3 which means only 3.3V cards are compatible,
> so take care choosing your card."
> Are these PCI cards very rare?

Certain kinds of cards tend not to be found in 3.3V versions.  Then 
again, you're not all that likely to install a sound card or 
PCI-to-parallel-port card into this thing right?

-- Lance



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