I noticed when looking at the cashback eligibility forms on Dell that there were 2 cashback periods (1/2/16 - 30/4/16 & 1/5/16 - 31/7/16) so kept an eye on ebuyer :smiley:

Many thanks to you & cjed for the original deal. Couldn't resist any longer! Ordered :confused:

Can you add a 750ti to this? For light gaming (minecraft etc)

looks like a great deal for a 4 bay FreeNAS server. The Pentium 3220 also looks like it would run basic Plex/server apps ok

Just loaded W 10 on one with 120 GB SSD for a office workstation, runs sweet and silent, superb quality, 4 sata cables installed and 4 HDD power. only slight pain is the Slim ODD and the added memory is a bit pricer than regular DDR3 .ordered 3 more.

Yup, I installed 4 non-ECC RAM Modules in the Xeon model and it ran fine

SK hynix Unbuffered DDR3L SDRAM DIMM HMT451U7BFR8A
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I stand corrected, brain addled working on too many machines at same time :confused:
installed SK hynix Unbuffered DDR3L SDRAM DIMMs 1.35V

Dont forget hardrive and a display

I picked up the Xeon variant of this a couple of months back, does anybody know where you can get an optical drive (new preferably) for it?

Offer on Flubit saving £15 making it £127.98

Cannot see why not from Dell. Nil from Quidco or TCB

such an awesome deal; the xeon is good value too

​Why not?

wil this ram work ok?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT3KIT51272BA1067-12GB-Server-Memory/dp/B0030UVOX4?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

I would be quite interested in using one of these as a workstation - would I be able to put a graphics card in it that would support 4k output? If so, any suggestions for some suitable low-cost ones?

Thanks,

3g

The Xeon variant of this is great, it's our new build server at work, really quiet too.

If you use Flubit will you still get cashback as it is likely to come from eBuyer? Any one confirm? Thanks

Have corrected- was thinking about TCB/Quidco

the xeon version is on the cashback deal also, £110, its about £330 at the moment but im sure it was lower. I bought the linked T20 and its decent but the xeon version is far far superior. I use mines as a plex server and i can just about manage 2 videos transcoding at once, just. the xeon can breeze about 6 or 7.

Here is the Xeon model on Ebuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/714837-dell-poweredge-t20-3708-xeon-e3-1225v3-3-2-ghz-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-tower-t20-3708

£222 after cash back but also comes with 1tb hdd so not a bad price really as it's ready to go as a base to build on.

If you want the Xeon model, ServersPlus is cheaper (slightly):

http://www.serversplus.com/servers/tower_servers/dell_tower_servers/20-3708

can this just be used as a normal PC/ gaming PC?

I meant what if I got the xeon and added a 970 or 980?

Thanks OP and cjed, ordered to replace a ageing desktop PC.

1. The PSU does not have 6/8-pin PCI-e connectors.
2. The PSU's 290W is very very tight for a high end graphics card.
3. Adding a different PSU is difficult, as Dell's motherboard connector is not a standard ATX one. You can find adaptors on ebay etc., though.

Overall: this is not an ideal platform for gaming. It may work well for light gaming, though, and a less power hungry card (Geforce 750?)

what he said.

you'd also (really) need more memory and an SSD, so you'd really be paying your £220 for a limted airflow case, motherboard and processor. As this Dell will offer no overclocking and limited audio options you'd be better off spending a little more to build yourself from scratch with an i5 and better motherboard as the extra will be minimal over the cost of the Xeon system plus the high end GPU.

Oh don't you just love these deals- it's like being transported to another world where GPu and atx are linked seamlessly to motherboards and 950 psus and graphic cards and unbuffered Hynix dd thingumijigs- I must have missed out on so much when I was younger and was out of my house enjoying things xx

Probably worth taking a look at http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1225-v3-vs-Intel-Pentium-G3220 to see the hype behind xeon processors.

​Yepp always

That was worth the read. Thanks.

This morning, I cancelled an order for the ACER nettop in favour of the Dell G3220. Glad I did.

This will be the first time I've claimed cashback on anything. So, just to clarify the process for those like me:

Dell cashback

The HD P4600 onboard supports 4k already. Won't be much use for gaming etc, but it'll show you a desktop.

Can't really suggest anything else for you as you haven't said what you want to use the machine for.

That page is weird. If you only look at the graphs at the top it shows the pentium being a better performer than the Xeon. Yet if you look to the proper benchmarks section it shows, correctly, the Xeon beating the Pentium by a good margin.

what's the cheapest legit way to get windows onto this?

OK, thanks, I didn't realise the onboard graphics supported 4k. I would be using the machine as a workstation, ie for more serious applications (not too CPU intensive) and not games, and I would just like a lot of screen real estate to work with so I can display plenty of windows simultaneously without the need for multiple monitors - I was hoping to use a fairly cheap ~32" 4k TV, but I guess I'll have to wait until I can find one that has a Display Port? Also, do you happen to know what the max frequency it is at which it will output 4k?

Thanks very much,

3g

Worth upgrading from Gen8 Microserver with a G1610T?

You are right, people should read the whole comparison to see the difference. For me Xeon is just overpriced for what it offers. Xeon's performance per Watt in comparison to 3220 is slightly but worse.

​hdmi 1.4a will apparently output 4K at 30Hz

These any good for esx and VMware home labs?

You would definitely be better off with the Xeon version for Esx
I have a the Lenovo TS140 Xeon for my lab, considering this to replace my freenas micro server.

I've got the Xeon version of this running ESXi 6, it's pretty solid, you'll want to add more memory pretty quickly but otherwise it's fairly solid. Only problem I've been having is attaching an optical drive - USB Optical drives are a pain and the Xeon variant at least doesn't come with an internal one, though otherwise it's ready to roll out of the box. Just make a bootable image on a USB drive and away you go.

Is 30Hz really usable though? Won't it give you eye-strain? I remember in the days of CRTs that anything below 60Hz was considered bad for your eyes.

Buy a W7 Pro oem key off Ebay for a tenner load with oem W7 disk then upgrade to W 10 Pro ,,,May not be entirely legal but it works

I took ages deciding between this or the Xeon but decided on this G3220 as I probably don't need the extra power, especially since I am currently using an old 2nd gen Acer Aspire Revo with an Intel Atom D525 1.80GHz since my last PC bit the dust. (v slow) Anything would be faster than that.
If I eventually need more grunt, the G3220 can be passed to the wife to replace her old & tired HP DC7100 (Pentium 4).
Thanks OP. :smile:

30Hz flickers on a CRT though due to the way the screens work, and it's that which causes eye strain.

LCDs don't flicker (there is no real refresh rate in the same sense as with a CRT - the screen just updates when there are pixel changes, the whole thing isn't really refreshed) so you can have a refresh rate as low as you like and you're eyes will be fine.

Lower refresh rates on an LCD just mean anything moving on the screen will look bad - so 30Hz is fine for a desktop but not for gaming. Assuming your screen will accept such a rate that is.

Bought this on 6th May. When I attempt to register online and select Date of purchase * Please enter the purchase date as shown on your receipt. There are no dates in May to select from only up to 30th April is possible.

You have to request cash back between 30 and 60 days AFTER purchase to make it valid. Maybe they are protecting buyers from simple mistake of requesting too early?

OOS now

You can only claim from between 30 and 60 days after purchase so maybe that's why you can't see any dates in May yet and those dates might not appear until 1st of June.
The purchase date is day one.

Just went to buy one and discovered that eBuyer have put the previous item as no longer in stock and instead have created a new item at £179.99. Pretty shabby tactics, IMO.

yup trying to get people to buy a shiddy 500gb hardrive with it

​That one has a 500GB HD (not worth an extra £37 though) and is a different SKU (T20-3692 vs the T20-3685 I linked to)

Fair enough, but £40 for a 500GB HDD is just taking the p***. You can't give them away on eBay...

Just curious to know what people have been using as proof of purchase when claiming cashback.

A copy of your sales receipt and the serial no from the machine also include the model no

Just read on another thread (http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/viewsonic-vx2880ml-28-inch-4k-ultra-hd-led-monitor-with-hdmi-amazon-warehouse-very-2447822) that [email protected] is as I suspected fairly unusable, and tends to make people sick.

Does anybody Where the Serial No is located on the server?

thanks

Haven't looked but if not on actual machine maybe on any documents included and should be on box label

Anyone had any chew getting there cashback I received an email today from dell wanting pictures of the service tag on top of the pc also another copy of my invoice also my bank details again if its not received within 7 days my claim will be cancelled etc etc

I've also had an email saying that due to a technical error my bank account details weren't saved. Will call them tomorrow, as I'm not sending them by email!

​rang up today, bank account details checked, and received an email within minutes confirming £110 cashback will be paid within 30 days :-)

I have had an email they need a vat invoice from ebuyer.com I have emailed ebuyer when I go into my account details I'm not able to get one myself as I'm not a business user ? can I still claim the cash back offer I don't have my own business etc many thx

​post 63 on this thread should help you with getting a vat invoice from ebuyer....
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-t20-server-162-99-ebuyer-92-99-after-cashback-2456419?page=4#comments

I guess all they require is an invoice showing ebuyers vat number.

By the way, I bought mine from Serversdirect, and I'm not a business or vat registered, so you should be ok :-)

Just did my cashback this morning, used the post suggested by hnb and turned my invoice into a VAT invoice, saved it as a PDF and Dell validated my claim within an hour and a half.

Yes got my email back to say my claim has been successful cash back within 30 days happy days

Does anybody know which actual Dell model number this one is? The cashback form requires it and I can't find one anywhere.
There's several on the cashback site and no numbers seem to match up!

I queried this on an older deal, there is no T20-3685 on the cashback list but there is a 20-3685. If you bought this deal use 20-3685, I used this model number yesterday and had no problem having my claim validated.

just had my £70 cashback :smiley: happy days