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Dell PowerEdge 1850 review

8.3

Editors' Rating

Excellent

8.3

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 2164

Verdict

Other than limited internal storage, Dell has made few compromises on the specification of the 1U PowerEdge 1850, the end result being a server that can support a wide range of enterprise applications... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Support for dual EM64T Xeon processors
  • Optional PCI Express I/O
  • Good choice of availability and management options

Cons

  • Limited to two internal drive bays
  • Cable management an afterthought

Key Specs

Clock speed: 3.6 GHz
RAM installed: 1024 MB
Hard drive size: 146 GB
Case form factor: rack
Weight: 17.7 kg
Operating system: optional (Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Linux 3, SuSE Linux ES, Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.5)

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Member Opinion

8.3

Average Member Rating

Excellent

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Good workhorse but noisy fans

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8.5

Excellent


Anonymous

Anonymous

Great product

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10

Perfect


Mike Llewellyn

Mike Llewellyn

Very good value server

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8.0

Excellent


Anonymous

Anonymous

Cable Management is TERRIBLE

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6.5

Good


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