HP ProLiant N40L Microserver £216.82 @ Amazon, £116.82 with £100 HP Cashback offer - 2GB SATA 250GB
We've all seen these on offer before, but rarely, if ever, at such a great price. On offer delivered from Amazon for £216.82, with £100 refunded by HP if invoiced before August 31st, and claimed using the form and conditions available at:
http://image.ebuyer.com/customer/promos/pdf/pa0074-hpmicroserver100pound-cashback.pdf
Make sure you buy from Amazon, NOT from Amazon Marketplace! See 'More buying choices' on the rught hand side and pick the Amazon supplied product. Other stockists may not be eligible for the cashback scheme for various reasons.
See also this deal just posted by yorkie, for a possible £203.02 from CCL:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-proliant-n40l-microserver-203-02-ccl-computers-103-02-with-100-hp-cashback-offer-1295452
UPDATE: Amazon now quoting "Usually dispatched within 1 - 2 months" - which isn't as bad as it might sound:
1) Amazon will almost certainly have stock replenished very quickly - certainly quicker than 1-2 months;
2) HP has extended this promotion month by month for most of this year, so there's a good chance this will run into September;
3) If you order at this price Amazon will almost certainly honour it (even if/when their price goes up later), and if neither 1 or 2 happens then you can cancel the order before it is dispatched (or return it for a full refund if you don't cancel it quickly enough).
UPDATE 2: For more info, see also:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/official-hp-microserver-owners-thread-1160929
Top Comments (1)
I've been able to get rid of my old D-Link NAS box, and my WD TV Live, as this now does the job of both, which further reduced the cost of setting this up!
Now, I have all my photos, music, TV, films, home office docs etc. in one location, instead of spread over several PCs and several USB and internal HDs, and I know if one drive fails I lose nothing, due to the parity that RAID-5 gives. I must admit, I was a complete newby in terms of setting up a server and did accidentally delete a 2TB volume, which at the time was all my TV and films, which I was able to restore (EASUS data recovery was excellent). And I have still to learn how to do backups, but it is far better than the old NAS drive I was using. I even have it in the bedroom, where our five month baby has been sleeping since he was born. So quiet.
As I spent some time reading up on other people's set up, which I have found invaluable, I will share my set up:
I converted the top bay into a 3.5" HD bay with a 'hot swap mobile rack', put the 250GB drive in and installed WHS 2011. I then installed 4x 2TB drives in the bays below, 1GB HDMI graphics card in and 8GB RAM (2x4GB).
I have the 4x 2TB set up in RAID-5 (through WHS 2011), which means I get a single volume of 5.45TB of actual usable storage space (4-1)*(1.81TB) and using this machine as my Home Theatre PC (HTPC) in the bedroom, running XBMC connected to the TV through HDMI. Other TV downstairs streams video from it through an Acer Revo 3610, again using XBMC.
As it is Windows, I have set up Remote Desktop Connection (RDC), along with No-IP, to convert my dynamic IP into a static web address, so that I can connect remotely to my Microserver from any PC with Windows and an internet connection. I often check my downloads and organise my files when at work.
These are the items I installed. I'm not saying these are the best items to have, or the best price, but what worked for me.
Sapphire 11166-02-20R HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCIE HDMI Graphics Card
Western Digital 2TB SATA 6Gbps
StarTech 5.25in Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for 3.5in Hard Drive
Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333MHz i5 Memory
Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011
I still have a little under 2.5TB of spare disc space and have just acquired a server from my office, which I will set up for backups, but I will definitely be buying another one of these when I need more storage space.
All Comments (80)
Jump to unread Post a CommentIf you meet te conditions specified, then yes - hundreds and thousands of people have successfully claimed and received cashback from HP's contractor.
Read the previous threads for this product if you need more details on what it is, what it does and how the cashback process works - it's all been done to death many times before!
There is no direct link, you need to look on right hand side under "add to Basket" for Amazon.co.uk
Thanks OP been wanting one of these for ages, finally taken the plunge
Make sure you buy from Amazon, NOT from Amazin Marketplace! See 'More buying choices' on the rught hand side and pick the Amazon supplied product. Other stockists may not be eligible fir the casback scheme for various reasons.
There is no direct link, you need to look on right hand side under "add to Basket" for Amazon.co.uk
Thanks OP been wanting one of these for ages, finally taken the plunge
Copy and paste text below into browser address bar for link to item directly sold by Amazon:
amazon.co.uk/dp/B005LRCASM/ref=asc_df_B005LRCASM9108904?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
If you meet te conditions specified, then yes - hundreds and thousands of people have successfully claimed and received cashback from HP's contractor.
Read the previous threads for this product if you need more details on what it is, what it does and how the cashback process works - it's all been done to death many times before!
Have spent too much time on previous threads-hence the reason why I asked. There was some debate over whether Amazon stock would be valid. At some point I just have to bite the bullet though.
If you meet te conditions specified, then yes - hundreds and thousands of people have successfully claimed and received cashback from HP's contractor.
Read the previous threads for this product if you need more details on what it is, what it does and how the cashback process works - it's all been done to death many times before!
Have spent too much time on previous threads-hence the reason why I asked. There was some debate over whether Amazon stock would be valid. At some point I just have to bite the bullet though.
My clear recollection from those threds is that HP have specifcally said that Amazon is a vendor that meets their requirements for the cashback scheme. You should be able to order the product, receive it, send in your claim and have your claim ackowledged/approved within Amazon's 30 day period for product returns if you want a blt and braces guarantee.
For every watt your PC takes, it costs roughly £1 per year in energy consumption when run 24/7.
These idle at around 20-23 watts while a "normal" PC will idle at 130-200 watts normally.
Edited By: bbdom on Aug 24, 2012 17:55
For every watt your PC takes, it costs roughly £1 per year in energy consumption when run 24/7.
These idle at around 20-23 watts while a "normal" PC will idle at 130-200 watts normally.
£1 per year? I'm guessing that's a typo!?
For every watt your PC takes, it costs roughly £1 per year in energy consumption when run 24/7.
These idle at around 20-23 watts while a "normal" PC will idle at 130-200 watts normally.
£1 per year? I'm guessing that's a typo!?
No, if for instance, the computer draws 40W while in use it would amount to £1 per Watt over the year so £40 in this case.
For every watt your PC takes, it costs roughly £1 per year in energy consumption when run 24/7.
These idle at around 20-23 watts while a "normal" PC will idle at 130-200 watts normally.
£1 per year? I'm guessing that's a typo!?
Nope - as a rough rule, for every watt you "waste" on a constantly on appliance, it will cost you £1 per year
In reality it varies according to the tarrif you're on but if you assume 12p per KWh ......
1 W * 24 hours = 24 watt hours per day
24 watt hours * 365 days = 8760 watt hours or 8.75KWH
8.75KWH * 12 pence = £1.05 per year
Scarey eh !
Again, in reality, this energy is generated as heat and in winter means your boiler/heating isn't doing quite as much work to warm the house but in summer this energy is wasted.
My TV / DVD / XBox etc draws nearly 50 watts in standby - by putting a cheap £5 remote switch on it, I've saved just over £40 in electricity over the last year by turning it off at night / when not in use.
Edited By: bbdom on Aug 24, 2012 18:09
For every watt your PC takes, it costs roughly £1 per year in energy consumption when run 24/7.
These idle at around 20-23 watts while a "normal" PC will idle at 130-200 watts normally.
£1 per year? I'm guessing that's a typo!?
I am assuming he is meaning 650w PSU would cost £650 a year (on average)
For every watt your PC takes, it costs roughly £1 per year in energy consumption when run 24/7.
These idle at around 20-23 watts while a "normal" PC will idle at 130-200 watts normally.
£1 per year? I'm guessing that's a typo!?
I am assuming he is meaning 650w PSU would cost £650 a year (on average)
If you used the full 650w on a 24 hour 7 day a week basis. Some people look at their power supply and assumes it draws its maximum capacity all of the time. This is untrue. A PC with a 650w PSU may draw maybe 150-200w on idle (often less).
My old ML115 G5 server draws between 113 and 150w on idle. Under load it draws 200-250w. It has a 350 watt (ish) PSU in it. I only ever max it out when encoding programs recorded from the TV so 99% of the time its idle and used as a file/print/email/web server.
The new ML110 G7 server I installed last month has the same (ish) rated PSU, triple the processing power but idles at 23-30 watts. I'll save what the server cost me in electricity in around 2-2.5 years.
There is a reason the 80+ Psu units are becoming popular - the less energy you waste, the more money you save.
Hopefully, will got my Cashback £100 so can buy few drives....