Buying servers?
kvogt: We've tried several vendors at Justin.tv, but we always end up circling back to Dell.  Pricing is great, spare parts are readily available on Ebay, and they're quality machines.  Definitely get in touch will their sales guys and plan your purchase for the end of the month, or better yet, end of the quarter.You're making the right choice on 1U 8-core boxes.  We've done the math and there's no better combination of price, performance, density, and power consumption out there.-Kyle