Now you have 19 pieces of crap to get rid of and the company doesn't have to deal with the e-waste.
You could sell them to someone who wants an old junker to mess with or wants to play with a linux box.
Topic: What would the best way to profit from 19 workstations be? (PCIe,ASIC or FPGA?) (Read 3517 times)
July 07, 2012, 04:51:17 PM
June 26, 2012, 03:19:20 AM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
and throw fucking flames out the PSU as I've experienced. FUCK DELL!
OP, mine litecoin and exchange for BTC on btc-e.com? (not sure if viable, but certainly an option)
June 26, 2012, 03:13:48 AM
Having managed virtual servers, webservers, and the like, I'd say it's not worth it. This is literally a TON of extra time/headaches, just to make more $ with them several months down the road.
Just sell them.
Just sell them.
Managed servers are a lot of work yes, but I didn't try to explain managed servers, most definitely more like un-managed servers.
These would be setup to be entirely managed by those renting them, no hand holding. Very little extra work unless their is actually a hardware problem.
It's an idea, an option. Selling them certainly would provide a quick buck right now, no doubt.
June 26, 2012, 12:34:49 AM
Not ideal at all as already been said.
They would not be efficient for GPU's and only need one to be hooked up to some FPGA's or when ASIC come around. But you got 19 of them.
Could be they be used for mining? No, but depends if you've got any interest in being a server admin...
If you really want to make use of them, clean them up and make sure they have at least 2Gb of ram and half decent amount of Hard drive space.
Install Linux on a few and market it, get them ready as you get demand. You could probably start a small dedicated server farm, for webspace.
Hardware might be old, but it be powerful enough if you just rent each one out to one person, to use as they want.
Configured right each one could handle being a webserver, considering it be a dedicated server.
Give them some cost efficient upgrades and I'm sure some income could be made on them.
For the right price I'm sure their would be some that would do it, could even accept bitcoins as payment
They would not be efficient for GPU's and only need one to be hooked up to some FPGA's or when ASIC come around. But you got 19 of them.
Could be they be used for mining? No, but depends if you've got any interest in being a server admin...
If you really want to make use of them, clean them up and make sure they have at least 2Gb of ram and half decent amount of Hard drive space.
Install Linux on a few and market it, get them ready as you get demand. You could probably start a small dedicated server farm, for webspace.
Hardware might be old, but it be powerful enough if you just rent each one out to one person, to use as they want.
Configured right each one could handle being a webserver, considering it be a dedicated server.
Give them some cost efficient upgrades and I'm sure some income could be made on them.
For the right price I'm sure their would be some that would do it, could even accept bitcoins as payment
Having managed virtual servers, webservers, and the like, I'd say it's not worth it. This is literally a TON of extra time/headaches, just to make more $ with them several months down the road.
Just sell them.
June 25, 2012, 05:32:05 PM
Not ideal at all as already been said.
They would not be efficient for GPU's and only need one to be hooked up to some FPGA's or when ASIC come around. But you got 19 of them.
Could be they be used for mining? No, but depends if you've got any interest in being a server admin...
If you really want to make use of them, clean them up and make sure they have at least 2Gb of ram and half decent amount of Hard drive space.
Install Linux on a few and market it, get them ready as you get demand. You could probably start a small dedicated server farm, for webspace.
Hardware might be old, but it be powerful enough if you just rent each one out to one person, to use as they want.
Configured right each one could handle being a webserver, considering it be a dedicated server.
Give them some cost efficient upgrades and I'm sure some income could be made on them.
For the right price I'm sure their would be some that would do it, could even accept bitcoins as payment
They would not be efficient for GPU's and only need one to be hooked up to some FPGA's or when ASIC come around. But you got 19 of them.
Could be they be used for mining? No, but depends if you've got any interest in being a server admin...
If you really want to make use of them, clean them up and make sure they have at least 2Gb of ram and half decent amount of Hard drive space.
Install Linux on a few and market it, get them ready as you get demand. You could probably start a small dedicated server farm, for webspace.
Hardware might be old, but it be powerful enough if you just rent each one out to one person, to use as they want.
Configured right each one could handle being a webserver, considering it be a dedicated server.
Give them some cost efficient upgrades and I'm sure some income could be made on them.
For the right price I'm sure their would be some that would do it, could even accept bitcoins as payment
June 23, 2012, 02:43:38 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
^^^ This. Never underestimate a manufacturer's obsession for proprietary components.
I meant 20 pin connector
Yepper,I did my homework years ago trying to help folks upgrade thier PC's over Teamspeak.You have to be very careful what you say can work.If I goof it could cost someone a PC (namely me
).http://pinouts.ru/pin_Power.shtml
http://pinouts.ru/Power/dell_atxpower_pinout.shtml
I remember cutting a splicing an ATX PSU to work in an old Apple G4 Sawtooth. Fun times...
June 23, 2012, 02:48:56 AM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
^^^ This. Never underestimate a manufacturer's obsession for proprietary components.
I meant 20 pin connector
Yepper,I did my homework years ago trying to help folks upgrade thier PC's over Teamspeak.You have to be very careful what you say can work.If I goof it could cost someone a PC (namely me
).http://pinouts.ru/pin_Power.shtml
http://pinouts.ru/Power/dell_atxpower_pinout.shtml
June 22, 2012, 10:05:08 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
June 22, 2012, 10:00:12 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
^^^ This. Never underestimate a manufacturer's obsession for proprietary components.
June 22, 2012, 08:51:15 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
June 22, 2012, 08:47:16 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
June 22, 2012, 08:44:20 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a PSU for that old of a PC that has the correct 24 pin mobo connector or enough wattage.An aftermarket PSU dosen't just plug & play when they are IBM,Dell,Compaq,etc,in most instances
June 22, 2012, 07:20:19 PM
You could get between 90 and 120$ for these given they have an 80+ hdd and 2gb ram. (and are ready to boot)
Just-saying
Just-saying
June 22, 2012, 06:40:18 PM
Stick them on here http://www.bitmit.net/en/recent then buy a bfl single with the cash
June 22, 2012, 06:34:48 PM
Wow, $90 for that? Wouldn't you be better off picking up a decent 850W PS on sale than running that in one of your drive bays?
June 22, 2012, 06:32:03 PM
Well,if you really want use these PC's for mining get one of these & put it in your drive bay 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104054
May not run a 5970,but anything smaller should be no problem.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104054
May not run a 5970,but anything smaller should be no problem.
I've never even heard of those before. Nifty!
It works great for the gamers in our clan who can't afford or find a new powersupply for upgrading thier vid cards on older PC's
June 22, 2012, 06:31:18 PM
Sweet looking cases, they'd make nice HTPCs.
June 22, 2012, 04:56:34 PM
Sell them locally or donate them for the tax credit. Way too much hassle + electricity powering components that won't be generating BTC.
June 22, 2012, 04:20:31 PM
Well,if you really want use these PC's for mining get one of these & put it in your drive bay
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104054
May not run a 5970,but anything smaller should be no problem.
450 watts would run a 5970 easy, even with an overclock. But the funky PCIe slot would be a PITA. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104054
May not run a 5970,but anything smaller should be no problem.
June 22, 2012, 04:19:49 PM
Well,if you really want use these PC's for mining get one of these & put it in your drive bay
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104054
May not run a 5970,but anything smaller should be no problem.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104054
May not run a 5970,but anything smaller should be no problem.
I've never even heard of those before. Nifty!
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