I need a pair of Xeon v3 CPUs to test some dual socket system boards. Looking for cheapest option. On eBay, I found some E5-2603 v3 for about $88. No ES or QS please. PM me with what you have to offer. Thanks.
Ummm...because I didn't know the socket changed on the v3 until I just looked it up.why would v1 work samir!?
It might be a one time thing for now, but probably would be a good idea to have a set of CPU+RAM to test system boards in my lab. How do you suggest to combine efforts? I'm in southern CA...@BLinux i'm in a similar situation. Is it a one time thing for you or do you need to test dual boards more often ?
Depending on your location, we could combine efforts.
why the dislike of ESS / QS ?
I can't do anything with soldering and resistors at that level (but know some basics), and these processors are changing all the time! I remember a point where I kept up with every 486 generation that came out and their specs, and I still know all these--but for the modern stuff I always have to look up stuff on passmark or cpuworld.haha no probs, but it was just a big surprise you can do maintenance on resistors but don't know basic xeon generations! I am sure you are an interesting person
no worries, i too, find Intel's CPU naming scheme asinine. there are a bunch of details you have to look at carefully, low core/high freq. vs high core/lower freq, number of PCI-E lanes, supported memory, turbo capability, etc. much of this is not apparent by the naming scheme. The only thing that makes sense to me in their naming scheme is the number of sockets (1xxx, 2xxx, 4xxx) and the sandy/ivy/haswell/broadwell ("",v2,v3,v4). Not really clear on the 2nd digit (x2xx,x4xx,x6xx) yet, and definitely not clear about the last 2 digits if it isn't a multiple of 10. Oh, and I get the "L" for the limited TDP. the desktop CPUs are even more confusing to me, and you can forget about the mobile/laptop CPUs...I can't do anything with soldering and resistors at that level (but know some basics), and these processors are changing all the time! I remember a point where I kept up with every 486 generation that came out and their specs, and I still know all these--but for the modern stuff I always have to look up stuff on passmark or cpuworld.
Ya you need to be on your alerts and even then the real deals are mostly lucky auctions only. I picked up 2 E5-2643 v3's recently in auction for $150 each, but I had been looking for deals for a while before that.v3 and v4 non es qs cpu price are just outrageous!