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> That's $400,000 of just CPUs to sell. But do you crater the market for those CPUs? What's the demand for 2016-era Xeons and how much of their price comes dow
by EvanAnderson 3y ago
> That's $400,000 of just CPUs to sell.
But do you crater the market for those CPUs? What's the demand for 2016-era Xeons and how much of their price comes down to supply?
- ansible 3y agoI presume no one is building new motherboards for those processors either. While there is old stock laying around, you really need to run those systems close to as-is for them to be useful.
- pantalaimon 3y ago> I presume no one is building new motherboards for those processors either That's actually far from the truth, LGA2011 is quite popular as a budged gaming system precicely because CPUs are so cheap on the 2nd hand market. https://aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-X99.html https://aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-X99.html
- toast0 3y agoThese are high spec cpus for the socket though. Lots of room for people with compatible boards that want to upgrade. There's a lot of low budget hosting with old Xeon systems (I'm paying $30/month for a dual westmere system; but I've seen plenty of offers on newer gear); you can still do a lot with an 18 core Broadwell, if the power is cheap.