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Why so many Epyc CPU and MB on eBay ship from China (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Pulsar@lemmy.world to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pulsar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.world 3 points 2 years 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)

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because China is dumping those chips in favor of in house.