Server components in Shenzhen/Huaqiangbei?

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Jeff S.

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I'm going to be over in Asia in a few weeks, and I've been contemplating visiting Shenzhen/Huaqiangbei to see what they have for CPU/RAM components. (I figure the folks selling ES/QS CPUs on eBay have to be getting them from somewhere, right?)

Has anyone been there before, and if so how much selection have you found?

I found this blogpost showing dubious stacks of RAM held together by rubber bands (!), lol.

https://vilimpoc.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/huaqiangbei-021-768x576.jpg
A Visit to Huaqiangbei Market by an Embedded Systems Engineer – vilimblog
 

WANg

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I think the more important question is - how much do you trust whatever you were being offered there?