Phased out Hardware from the Goverment

[Duh]

I know we have stuff at my work we sell that is used.. but most is netburst-era desktops and rackmount servers (like 2.8-3.2GHz range), so probably not worth crunching on would be my guess. Stuff newer than netburst is probably worth it.

not on my electric costs :P . I had a pd945(gift from dr sig) clocked at 4.5 ghz IIRC which did crunch pretty nicely

[Wolfsburg18]

Depending on the cost I would be interested on some servers or some work stations.

[Bobsama]

2-3 years old is firmly inside the Conroe era (started what? mid 2006?). Perhaps a bunch of E6300's and E6400's I'm thinking. For now, I don't have to worry about electricity costs. That'll become an issue in as little as a few months or as long as a year and a few months (if I move from dorms to apartments)

[josh1980]

2-3 years old is firmly inside the Conroe era (started what? mid 2006?). Perhaps a bunch of E6300's and E6400's I'm thinking. For now, I don't have to worry about electricity costs. That'll become an issue in as little as a few months or as long as a year and a few months (if I move from dorms to apartments)

Uhh. To you and me, your logic is completely sound. Unfortunately for many government entities the PC that gets put on their desk is often "manufactured" 2+ years before being delivered to a desk. In my personal experience, we we received Dell computers(like 800 of them) brand new in their boxes, and the manufacturer's warranty was already void.

My example was installing computers in late 2005 that were obsolete before being installed. These were Pentium 4s with 256MB of RAM (yes, the 256MB of RAM was an upgrade and we had to pay for it!) and the computers were manufactured mid 2002.

As much as I want to see dual core conroe's (even better if it was quad core)for sale for cheap, I'm fully expecting Pentium 4s (possibly without HT!) being offered.

[MrMojoZ]

I think the worst thing about a P4 with 256megs is that someone somewhere saw those specs and said "Okay thats looks good, lets get those shipped". No amount of punching in the world can change that.

[retro77]

@josh1980: You must have been working on NMCI with either the Navy or the Marine Corps? At least thats the same observation I have made.

[josh1980]

NMCI rollout actually... but then when I transferred to commands that were not part of the NMCI network they had the exact same issues.

[D_A]

A lot of places bought those fleet machines.

[Sparky]

As much as I want to see dual core conroe's (even better if it was quad core)for sale for cheap, I'm fully expecting Pentium 4s (possibly without HT!) being offered.

Hmm well at least most of the stuff we have for resale at work has HT :P

[metalop1g]

I want blades. NOW. Op, are you still reading us?

[shoota]

Kurz is mia