Well a quick look on taobao, shows there seem to be still a lot out there in the wild...for sensible prices around 4.5-5.5 rmb...or usd 7-800 for the yanquis out there...
E5 2696 V3 正式版 2.3睿频3.8G 18/36 秒2699V3 2686V4 2676现货-淘宝网
Note I've always ebayed (got my 3 e5-2696 v3's there) so not an experienced taobaoer exactly..but wow if had the cash, very tempting! Still trying to figure out how to avoid the taobao agent fee thing...have tried communicating directly using google translate, but no luck so far.
Of course the sr1xk at least for me, remains the most 'desirable' cpu, for the c1/oem status (not b1/b2 etc, although my previous sandy bridge dirt cheap e5 v1's b0 did just fine! But weell..there's that microcode hack thing over in anandtech...unlock all-core turbo...etc..which stopped at e5 v4...so truly drool-worthy! All-core turbo at 3.1-3.2 ghz on all 2x18 cores if you have the cooling! Cinebench r15 of 5200+ points for a dual system!
The new platinum things..meh! So eye-wateringly expensive, and no point with more cores unless doing virtualization or pure rendering..windows STILL doesn't support more than 64 threads..so find myself turning of cores here...(if I hadn't bricked my bios..another story!)...
Edit for the 3d folks out there, well VRay, Max, Maya are very happy with more than 64 threads. For the vid editors out there..not so much (but we knew that from Puget systems anyway). Still a boost from 2.7-2.8 to 3.1 means a pretty big reduction in render times on Premiere or Resolve over (say 2x 16 cores/32 threads to stay under windows limits)..and yes could go over to linux...I guess...for the fabulous gaming experience...etc...and drivers..
Happy taobaoing shoppers!
E5 2696 V3 正式版 2.3睿频3.8G 18/36 秒2699V3 2686V4 2676现货-淘宝网
Note I've always ebayed (got my 3 e5-2696 v3's there) so not an experienced taobaoer exactly..but wow if had the cash, very tempting! Still trying to figure out how to avoid the taobao agent fee thing...have tried communicating directly using google translate, but no luck so far.
Of course the sr1xk at least for me, remains the most 'desirable' cpu, for the c1/oem status (not b1/b2 etc, although my previous sandy bridge dirt cheap e5 v1's b0 did just fine! But weell..there's that microcode hack thing over in anandtech...unlock all-core turbo...etc..which stopped at e5 v4...so truly drool-worthy! All-core turbo at 3.1-3.2 ghz on all 2x18 cores if you have the cooling! Cinebench r15 of 5200+ points for a dual system!
The new platinum things..meh! So eye-wateringly expensive, and no point with more cores unless doing virtualization or pure rendering..windows STILL doesn't support more than 64 threads..so find myself turning of cores here...(if I hadn't bricked my bios..another story!)...
Edit for the 3d folks out there, well VRay, Max, Maya are very happy with more than 64 threads. For the vid editors out there..not so much (but we knew that from Puget systems anyway). Still a boost from 2.7-2.8 to 3.1 means a pretty big reduction in render times on Premiere or Resolve over (say 2x 16 cores/32 threads to stay under windows limits)..and yes could go over to linux...I guess...for the fabulous gaming experience...etc...and drivers..
Happy taobaoing shoppers!
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