The dedicated server market is a crowded and competitive one with many companies to choose from offering different packages and server specifications. The Planet, based in Houston and Dallas, are currently running dedicated server specials with some servers being sold within the Bargain Bin at under $50/month.

The inventory is updated daily and often multiple times a day with the sub $50 servers usually selling within a few minutes of being placed online. By chance, whilst browsing the Bargain Bin last Friday I noticed a few servers at below the $50 a month price point (see screenshot). I decided to try one of these servers out so I chose the Intel P4 Celeron 2.4 GHz/80GB 7200RPM IDE/512 MB RAM/750 GB Bandwidth per month at $41.83/month. After placing the order, I decided that cPanel/WHM ($25.00/month) is a requirement for me so I contacted The Planet staff via the Live Chat whom were very helpful in getting this added to my order. The server was setup within one hour and thus far everything has been smooth. I shall keep you informed of the progress of the server as I begin to add some sites to it and test out the network and infrastructure. So if you’re looking for a dedicated server and you have a limited budget it may be worth regularly checking out the Bargain Bin at The Planet.