For example, an Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor costs $8719.00 as new, but the used ones are like +$700 . Do they become useless after 2-3 years?
Servers like the ones $8K CPU's go into are part of large server farms that represent a huge investment intended to make money for a company and it's customers. When you put that much money into a project you'll want some pretty good assurances it's going to work so you tend to avoid sketchy hardware. Buying only new CPU's with warranty and paying Intel's price for them (with negotiated discounts from list and kick-backs) is a way to make sure you maintain up-time metrics. And give yourself a way to spread the blame around if something goes wrong. Think of it as job security for...For example, an Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor costs $8719.00 as new, but the used ones are like +$700 . Do they become useless after 2-3 years?
I would think they are still reliable if kept cool during their use.For example, an Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor costs $8719.00 as new, but the used ones are like +$700 . Do they become useless after 2-3 years?
Not at all.... Do they become useless after 2-3 years?
Servers like the ones $8K CPU's go into are part of large server farms that represent a huge investment intended to make money for a company and it's customers. When you put that much money into a project you'll want some pretty good assurances it's going to work so you tend to avoid sketchy hardware. Buying only new CPU's with warranty and paying Intel's price for them (with negotiated discounts from list and kick-backs) is a way to make sure you maintain up-time metrics. And give yourself a way to spread the blame around if something goes wrong. Think of it as job security for CIO's who're cautious by nature.For example, an Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor costs $8719.00 as new, but the used ones are like +$700 . Do they become useless after 2-3 years?