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
    4·
    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
      3·
      1 year ago

      I believe this is best alternative at the moment for my next Proxmox build, threadripper is out 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
        3·
        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)