eBay Seller Auctions AMD 12-Core Opterons
A manufacturer is selling a set of 4 for a starting bid of $7000.
Although AMD hasn't officially launched the Opteron 6174 "Magny-Cours" CPU, custom-built server and workstation manufacturer Oakville Mehlville Computers (OMC) is already on eBay selling AMD's 12-core CPU. X-bit Labs, who actually first spied the auction, said that the chips do not look like engineering samples, and could be from the first mass-production batch.
The auction's starting bid for a tray of four microprocessors is $7,000 USD, with a "Buy It Now" price of $8,000 USD. Designed for the socket G34 platform, the Opteron 6174 has a clock speed of 2.20 GHz, 12 MB of unified level-three cache, and 6 MB of level-two cache (512 KB of cache per core).
Despite the appearance of the Opteron 6174 on eBay, AMD would not confirm with X-Bit if the company has already began shipments of the new processor to hardware stores and online outlets. "What I can confirm for you at this point is that Magny-Cours is on track to launch in the current quarter," said Phil Hughes, a spokesperson for AMD.
Given that OMC isn't offering a mainboard (or cooling system) with the Opteron 6174 chips up for auction, there's really no way to test the chips to see if they actually work. That's a bad thing given that the seller isn't accepting returns. And although OMC has a 99.2-percent positive feedback, this looks like a good auction to avoid until the G34 platform is at hand.
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This does give good press for AMD.
For the price of that auction you could build the world's fastest desktop with dual cpu's and crossfire x 5970's
proc w/out MB and cooling = FAIL
For the price of that auction you could build the world's fastest desktop with dual cpu's and crossfire x 5970's
yup just as much any other SERVERS and WORKSTATIONS, you could build your gaming DESKTOP yeh?
but who'd use a gaming desktop for a server/workstation? lol.
proc w/out MB and cooling = FAIL
Maybe a company with prototype G34 boards will bid on them!
Maybe a company with prototype G34 boards will bid on them!
Yeap, and then benchmark them. =)
so we don't even know if they can play crysis?
$7000 Dollar eh? hmmm.... No thank you.
I want one, but where could you find the MB ?
Well, the Buy it Now price seems to be $7700 and bidding has ended with 0 bids.
I am not that familiar with E-Bay but clicking the link here to the auction indicates the auction has ended (with a bid history of 0) and it appears there was no sale made.....perhaps someone got an angry phone call from AMD's legal dept.?
either that or someone bought them and the auction page is just not clear about it....
there aint even a g34 board out yet, Epic Fail
I am not that familiar with E-Bay but clicking the link here to the auction indicates the auction has ended (with a bid history of 0) and it appears there was no sale made.....perhaps someone got an angry phone call from AMD's legal dept.?either that or someone bought them and the auction page is just not clear about it....
Or nobody wanted $7000.00 processors without a compatible motherboard.
Or nobody wanted $7000.00 processors without a compatible motherboard.
They're not $7000 processors. You get four of them for that price.
One of these still doesn't compete against an Intel Core i7 920
One of these still doesn't compete against an Intel Core i7 920
lolwut?
Setting a high starting bid or reserve is a sure-fire way to have your auction end without any bids. The seller likely did that so the listing would show up as both an auction and a 'buy it now' item. Also the auction price is used over the 'buy it now' price for sorting. He/she probably intended to have someone buy it for the asking price rather than bid on it.
lolwut?
I was just joking around.
there aint even a g34 board out yet, Epic Fail
The company also has a listing for a TYAN VX50 server based on those chips. They say they're taking orders but waiting on TYAN to ship a compatible motherboard (S8812.)
You'd think for $7000, they could take some better pictures!
You'd think for $7000, they could take some better pictures!
You'd think...
Lol, still no bids!