> That's $400,000 of just CPUs to sell.
But do you crater the market for those CPUs? What's the demand for 2016-era Xeons and how much of their price comes down to supply?
But do you crater the market for those CPUs? What's the demand for 2016-era Xeons and how much of their price comes down to supply?
That's actually far from the truth, LGA2011 is quite popular as a budged gaming system precicely because CPUs are so cheap on the 2nd hand market.
There's a lot of low budget hosting with old Xeon systems (I'm paying $30/month for a dual westmere system; but I've seen plenty of offers on newer gear); you can still do a lot with an 18 core Broadwell, if the power is cheap.