A Skylake-EP processor has appeared on eBay

[WYP]

One of Intel's new Skylake-EP processor has appeared on eBay, with the seller claiming that this model is a 28-core 2GHz unit.



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[Dawelio]

Yeah right... As soon as I saw "eBay" in the headline, total bluff.

 

[Kaapstad]

As soon as I saw 2ghz I thought no use to me.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

As soon as I saw 3,750 USD I teared up.

 

[Chopper3]

To be fair there's nothing at all incorrect in that listing, the part number and specs are spot-on - that said there's no heat-sink and I've not seen them shipped without them, which strikes me as a bit odd. But otherwise this looks like a legit part.

 

[ridercho]

As soon as I saw Intel... yeaah no.

 

[Chopper3]

As soon as I saw Intel... yeaah no.

This is a server processor, pretty much specifically designed for virtualisation, Intel have over 99% of this market - it sounds like you know better, perhaps you could enlighten us...

 

[d1974]

P stands for Platinum, as a part of the new naming scheme for the Xeon range. Platinum 81**. Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

 

[AlienALX]

LOL that's a huge ass bitch !

 

[garih]

Well, it turns out Linus (LTT) bought them!! Not giving anything away as the video is not on youtube yet (Floatplane)

 

[AlienALX]

I hate Xeons that use weird sockets. That means you are tied to companies like Supermicro and the boards look gash. 2ghz is pretty lame too. That is what they usually give the initial batches of ES, so that they don't give too much away.

Talking of ES. I have been on ES for about ooo, five years now? maybe more tbh. You just can't find that sort of value anywhere else, at any point of the market.

About 7 months back I bought my 14 core ES. 28 threads. I paid £360. It does 3.2ghz on the first 4 and then a solid 2.9 on the rest with OC Genie.

Yesterday I bought another one. This time a 10 core. Will do the same sort of speeds. However price? £160. You tell me another CPU anywhere that can offer that sort of power and threading for that little cash.

Still running a 8 core Ivy ES too. 3.4ghz, cost me £120 about dead on a year ago.

In fact, once I upgrade Dianoga all of my rigs will be on ES lol.