Does anyone knows why most Epyc CPUs and MB on eBay are shipping from China? Does anyone here has experience buying a used CPU/MB from China?

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Interested in people’s experiences - planning on getting an Super micro MB and a gen2 CPU in the next few months

    • Pulsar@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I believe this is best alternative at the moment for my next Proxmox build, threadripper is out of reach for me and Ryzen doesn’t have the PCI lanes or memory channels. So I guess my best option is a 7542 + Supermicro MB + 128G for about $1,000.

      • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I’ve got my eye on a 7452 (seems like a good balance for core count and TDP) and a H12SSL (PCIe 4, and an upgrade path to Gen3 - although the power draw doesn’t make that super attractive)