Found UK-based GretzkyHosting and their budget VPS plans through “random clicking”. Their lowest OpenVZ/HyperVM plan is only $6.95/month with the following spec:
96MB guaranteed memory/192MB burstable memory
5GB storage
150GB monthly data transfer
CentOS/Debian/Gentoo/Ubuntu/Fedora
Their servers are with SaidHost in Philadelphia. They are also reselling SaidHost’s budget dedicated servers starting from $21.95 for a 1Ghz/256MB Pentium III.
Another deal via WebHostingTalk. Universal Hosts is having some cheap low end dedicated box deal with their old Pentium IV servers — $27.99/month free set up gets you
Pentium IV 1.5GHz
512MB memory
40GB storage
2,000GB monthly transfer
CentOS 4/5 or Windows 2003
Their website is hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina, so I presume their dedicated servers are hosted there as [...]
Via WHT, Spacerich has a special on dedicated servers, where you can get the following server for $29.99 & free setup.
Pentium IV 1.5GHz
512MB memory
40GB storage
2TB monthly transfer
5 IP addresses
Pretty good consider bundled 2TB monthly transfer. Not sure where the servers are. Update: Looks like they are BurstNET/Nocster reseller, which means their servers are at Scranton, [...]
I don’t speak German, but at least netdirekt’s budget dedicated server page is populated with figures that I can understand. For 19€ (~$28 USD) you can get
Pentium III 733Mhz
256MB memory
10GB storage
500GB monthly transfer
3 IP addresses
Debian Sarge
Server in Frankfurt/Main Germany.
LowCostDedi.co.uk offers you all the vintage machines amazingly in runable state — for cheap! For less than USD$20 (10 UK pound), you can get the following dedicated server all for yourself, without setup fee!
Pentium II 400Mhz
192MB memory
6.5GB storage
50GB monthly transfer
1 IP address
UK server
400Mhz CPU with 512kb of L2 cache running at 1/2 processor speed — [...]
Yes we all know these are refurbished, but at least OLM.net have been honest to advertise them this way on their refurbished dedicated servers. For $29.95 per month you get
Pentium !!! 1GHz or above
256MB memory
25GB storage
2500GB monthly transfer
Fedora Core
$50 setup fee if pay month by month, waived if 12 month prepaid. Buying refurbished is like [...]
One of the first under-$30 dedicated server, ServerPronto Starter Server has been pretty popular amongst low-end box admins. For $29.95 per month (+$69 setup fee) you’ll get this AMD box with the following spec:
AMD 2000+ CPU
256MB RAM
40GB storage
200GB transfer
Various Linux/BSD/Windows distributions.
And almost any service costs money. Their website is hosted in Miami so I think [...]
Not as low-end as those low-end virtual servers, but dedicated servers under $30/month are also hard to come by but can be a good solution if you need consistent performance on a budget (whereas on a VPS your performance pretty much depends on how busy your neighbours are). $24.95/month from CoreNetworks (+$69 setup fee) gets [...]