For non-production usage (eg staging / development / hobby sites), you can also look Hetzner's "Server bidding". It's where they (dutch) auction off their sligh

For non-production usage (eg staging / development / hobby sites), you can also look Hetzner's "Server bidding". It's where they (dutch) auction off their slightly older servers, and there are some great deals there - currently, for example, there's a 12GB i7 with dual 1.5GB drives for €44 a month(including VAT), which I think is a great price. The downside to Hetzner is their support is fairly brutal when it's outside their normal parameters: obvious hardware fails are replaced reasonably quickly (eg within an hour) - anything non-obvious and you'll batter your head against their support, or you'll have to pay extra to change hardware if you can't prove that it's their problem. I had an EX4S and after a month I terminated it because it kept failing on a minimal Ubuntu install and they refused to do anything without proof or money, but have been very happy with a cheap 8GB dual core Athlon server I got through the Server Bidding process.