- Oct 4, 2017
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I am looking to buy a CPU in the US and have it brought down to India (way way way cheaper in the US), and have just come to know of someone who is coming down to my country from the US in the next few weeks and is willing to bring along 1 CPU.
So I just have to order and ship it to him, but I am a bit lost in the options of which website to use to buy, and even which type of CPU to get. I'd appreciate any help / advice on this.
A key consideration for me is that as I am not living in the US, I cannot easily ship a non-working part back, and so a better probability of reliability is helpful (so I wonder if I should go for a new one, or a tested refurbished one).
MY ISSUE
I am looking to buy either an Intel Xeon E5-2670 or E5-2660 (v1 or v2) for a home server / FreeNAS setup.
For the most, a 2660 v1 should do what I need on a home server, but geekiness and possible future potential of a more powerful CPU (Yay! 2670) with more cores (Yay! v2) gets in the way of simple decision making. I am mostly looking at amazon.com and ebay.com (newegg does not have anything cheaper than these).
My current preferred options are higlighted in bold below.
- I can get a new 2670 for about $139 (ebay) or $160 (amazon). I can get used/refurbished ones for about $120.
- I can get a new 2660 for about $100 (amazon). I can get used/refurbished ones for about $75/88.
- I can get used versions of 2670 v2 for $165 or a used 2660 v2 for $123 / $115 (all on ebay)
At the moment I am largely leaning to getting a 2660 v1 off Amazon as $100 is rather cheap for a new one.
Though the 2660 v2 on ebay ($123/$115) or a new 2670 v1 ($139) are also very enticing,
Would you recommend one of these CPUs over the other (incl. v1 vs v2 or new vs. used vs. refurbished)?
Do you have any advice or recommendations buying from these sites?
So I just have to order and ship it to him, but I am a bit lost in the options of which website to use to buy, and even which type of CPU to get. I'd appreciate any help / advice on this.
A key consideration for me is that as I am not living in the US, I cannot easily ship a non-working part back, and so a better probability of reliability is helpful (so I wonder if I should go for a new one, or a tested refurbished one).
MY ISSUE
I am looking to buy either an Intel Xeon E5-2670 or E5-2660 (v1 or v2) for a home server / FreeNAS setup.
For the most, a 2660 v1 should do what I need on a home server, but geekiness and possible future potential of a more powerful CPU (Yay! 2670) with more cores (Yay! v2) gets in the way of simple decision making. I am mostly looking at amazon.com and ebay.com (newegg does not have anything cheaper than these).
My current preferred options are higlighted in bold below.
- I can get a new 2670 for about $139 (ebay) or $160 (amazon). I can get used/refurbished ones for about $120.
- I can get a new 2660 for about $100 (amazon). I can get used/refurbished ones for about $75/88.
- I can get used versions of 2670 v2 for $165 or a used 2660 v2 for $123 / $115 (all on ebay)
At the moment I am largely leaning to getting a 2660 v1 off Amazon as $100 is rather cheap for a new one.
Though the 2660 v2 on ebay ($123/$115) or a new 2670 v1 ($139) are also very enticing,
Would you recommend one of these CPUs over the other (incl. v1 vs v2 or new vs. used vs. refurbished)?
Do you have any advice or recommendations buying from these sites?
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