{"id":15021,"date":"2020-05-24T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2566313"},"modified":"2020-05-24T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T15:31:00","slug":"this-extraordinary-motherboard-is-being-used-by-server-cpu-scavengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/24\/this-extraordinary-motherboard-is-being-used-by-server-cpu-scavengers\/","title":{"rendered":"This extraordinary motherboard is being used by server CPU scavengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xeon or Opteron, you&rsquo;ll be spoilt for choice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PaZqpGrEKizSoJ3gz2hLR3-1200-80.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to believe, but even motherboard vendors have factory outlet stores (FOS). Straight from AliExpress comes the Shenzhen FOS, which specializes in new motherboards for obsolete server processors.<\/p>\n<p>Shenzhen FOS has managed to carve out a niche based on the fact that, every now and then, tens of thousands of server CPUs flood the market as hyperscalers and cloud computing providers (<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/web-hosting\/best-web-hosting-service-websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">web hosting<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/the-best-cloud-storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">cloud storage<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/the-best-website-builder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">website builders<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/vpn\/best-vpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">VPN<\/a>&nbsp;companies, etc.) change platforms.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-widget\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"8260048346122360000\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>Suddenly, eBay and AliExpress are awash will old (but still useful) servers dumped by the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon &#8211; and they&#8217;re extremely cheap. The problem, however, is that they don&#8217;t have a consumer-focused, user-friendly motherboard to slot into.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the Shenzhen FOS and a handful of other craftspeople, who fulfill that specific need at a very competitive price.<\/p>\n<p>For example, take&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=10748&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=trd-7533403956466831000&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliexpress.com%2Fitem%2F4000534906824.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/4000534906824.html\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-label=\"this dual X79 motherboard\"><u>this dual X79 motherboard<\/u><\/a><u>,<\/u>&nbsp;which can accommodate a pair of Intel Xeon CPUs, supporting E5-1600\/E5-2600 Series V1\/V2 processors.<\/p>\n<p>You can get a pair of them for sometimes as little as $10 (about &pound;8, AU$12), delivering up to eight cores. Add in the motherboard, which costs $76.50 excluding delivery (about &pound;63, AU$120), and you have a decent barebones system.<\/p>\n<p>However, we haven&rsquo;t tested this motherboard and the usual caveats apply, especially when the website&#8217;s opening statement reads: &ldquo;Due to different batches of productions, there might be some difference between the pictures you&#8217;ve seen and the motherboard you get. Retail boxes, colors of DIMM slots, SATA ports, PCI or PCI-E Slots, and other ports are subject to change without prior notice&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=10748&#038;awinaffid=103504&#038;clickref=trd-7533403956466831000&#038;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliexpress.com%2Fitem%2F4000534906824.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=10748&#038;awinaffid=103504&#038;clickref=trd-7533403956466831000&#038;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliexpress.com%2Fitem%2F4000534906824.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Desire Athow <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Desire Athow <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xeon or Opteron, you&rsquo;ll be spoilt for choice It&rsquo;s hard to believe, but even motherboard vendors have factory outlet stores (FOS). Straight from AliExpress comes the Shenzhen FOS, which specializes in new motherboards for obsolete server processors. Shenzhen FOS has managed to carve out a niche based on the fact that, every now and then, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/24\/this-extraordinary-motherboard-is-being-used-by-server-cpu-scavengers\/\">Continue reading <span>This extraordinary motherboard is being used by server CPU scavengers<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/24\/this-extraordinary-motherboard-is-being-used-by-server-cpu-scavengers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This extraordinary motherboard is being used by server CPU scavengers - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/24\/this-extraordinary-motherboard-is-being-used-by-server-cpu-scavengers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This extraordinary motherboard is being used by server CPU scavengers - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Xeon or Opteron, you&rsquo;ll be spoilt for choice It&rsquo;s hard to believe, but even motherboard vendors have factory outlet stores (FOS). 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