[EU ONLY] Looking for old, cheap, non working servers

foxone · October 2023

For the opening of a hackerspace we are looking for servers, even old and non-functional ones, from which we could steal the 'front panels' to make 'artistic' furniture composed of servers that give the impression of being lit up by mounting LEDs inside them. Even going on ebay I cannot seem to find anything similar, and if I do find something, it's at prohibitive prices (even just 50€ per server would mean spending an insane amount of money on a 'coffee table').

So, does anyone need to get rid of any servers or know where to find such things? Even just a pallet of different models and ages would be interesting, hoping the shipping is not too prohibitive.

I am located in Italy, Milano!

ehab · October 2023

@c1vhosting maybe can help.

yoursunny · October 2023

Go to OVH and ask for burned servers.
You may get some for free.

Chievo · October 2023

@Calin and @FlorinMarian may help

Chievo · October 2023

I guess you could call local recycling point companies for them. It would be the cheapest option. If you explain them what are you looking for and double the price per kg they would call you if they receive them.

bdl · October 2023

@Chievo said:
@Calin and @FlorinMarian may help

Romanian Rambos

@yoursunny said:
Go to OVH and ask for burned servers.
You may get some for free.

they already have "impression of being lit up"

c1vhosting · October 2023

@ehab said:
@c1vhosting maybe can help.

we sold all our old R610s about 6/7 months ago.. now we only have much more expensive stuff left from the 13th gen to the 15th gen

Freek · May 15

@c1vhosting said:

@ehab said:
@c1vhosting maybe can help.

we sold all our old R610s about 6/7 months ago.. now we only have much more expensive stuff left from the 13th gen to the 15th gen

Did you buy back your old hardware or did you use a marker to add a '1' in front of the generation number of the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 in my VPS?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwell_(microarchitecture)#Server_processors

PS. Even 6 months later than your original post, (official) Intel 15th gen hasn't been released yet.

davide · May 15

@Chievo said:
I guess you could call local recycling point companies for them. It would be the cheapest option. If you explain them what are you looking for and double the price per kg they would call you if they receive them.

Sounds like something from an American movie; I don't see this happening in Italy, recycling companies are 100% state business, private in title yet owned by the communes; parastatal monopolies don't have the bureaucratic flexibility to accomodate anything out of their ordinary practices, ie they won't have a phone number you can call, or an open entrance to a building.

BTW I have 1 broken Supermicro motherboard (2 sockets, EATX)
5€ shipped to Milan.

foxone · May 15

@davide said:

@Chievo said:
I guess you could call local recycling point companies for them. It would be the cheapest option. If you explain them what are you looking for and double the price per kg they would call you if they receive them.

Sounds like something from an American movie; I don't see this happening in Italy, recycling companies are 100% state business, private in title yet owned by the communes; parastatal monopolies don't have the bureaucratic flexibility to accomodate anything out of their ordinary practices, ie they won't have a phone number you can call, or an open entrance to a building.

BTW I have 1 broken Supermicro motherboard (2 sockets, EATX)
5€ shipped to Milan.

If it's Milan, i might as well just come pick it up lmao

davide · May 15

I'm in a miserable place between the swamps of Comacchio and the pine forests or Ravenna

Sorta.

Okay it's not that big of a forest, the Romans cut them down. And the swamps were reclaimed by some Pope centuries ago. But still.

AuroraZero · May 15

I will buy some of this in the U.S. if anyone has any and is willing to let it go cheap.

Calin · May 15

Hello we have lot of dell r610/hp gen 6 servers , we possible give for 24$ per server , (servers still work) but don't know about shipping , leave me address on PM

Regards

terrorgen · May 15

@AuroraZero said:
I will buy some of this in the U.S. if anyone has any and is willing to let it go cheap.

Hey man if you want I can scout one for you in my locality and ship it to you.

My time is free, you pay the cost of acquiring and shipping. How about that.

Just let me know your specs.

skorous · May 15

@AuroraZero said:
I will buy some of this in the U.S. if anyone has any and is willing to let it go cheap.

You're looking for old servers?

AuroraZero · May 15

@skorous said:

@AuroraZero said:
I will buy some of this in the U.S. if anyone has any and is willing to let it go cheap.

You're looking for old servers?

Yeap always looking for a deal! :smile

@terrorgen said:

@AuroraZero said:
I will buy some of this in the U.S. if anyone has any and is willing to let it go cheap.

Hey man if you want I can scout one for you in my locality and ship it to you.

My time is free, you pay the cost of acquiring and shipping. How about that.

Just let me know your specs.

Always looking for deals. We don't have much in the way of dealers here in Northern Michigan and I usually have to buy things online amd have it shipped.

terrorgen · May 15

Send me your specs @AuroraZero

fluttershy · May 16

@Freek said:

@c1vhosting said:

@ehab said:
@c1vhosting maybe can help.

we sold all our old R610s about 6/7 months ago.. now we only have much more expensive stuff left from the 13th gen to the 15th gen

Did you buy back your old hardware or did you use a marker to add a '1' in front of the generation number of the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 in my VPS?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwell_(microarchitecture)#Server_processors

PS. Even 6 months later than your original post, (official) Intel 15th gen hasn't been released yet.

I hate this guy too and I'm sure he's lying, but he's talking about generations of Dell servers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_PowerEdge_servers

Freek · May 16

@fluttershy said:

@Freek said:

@c1vhosting said:

@ehab said:
@c1vhosting maybe can help.

we sold all our old R610s about 6/7 months ago.. now we only have much more expensive stuff left from the 13th gen to the 15th gen

Did you buy back your old hardware or did you use a marker to add a '1' in front of the generation number of the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 in my VPS?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwell_(microarchitecture)#Server_processors

PS. Even 6 months later than your original post, (official) Intel 15th gen hasn't been released yet.

I hate this guy too and I'm sure he's lying, but he's talking about generations of Dell servers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_PowerEdge_servers

Thanks, today I learned something new. I stand corrected. Apologies to @c1vhosting

[EU ONLY] Looking for old, cheap, non working servers

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