Re:A 10 year old Xeon is all you need (for 26B-A4B MTP Draft...
by overfeed on Monday June 01, 2026 @07:17PM
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> now same machine is 2.5x the price
2.5x?! I have a bunch of older Haswell servers I got for free that are rotting away in my garage. I had initially thought of stripping out the ECC DDR4, but now I'm wondering if I'll get takers on Marketplace...
Re:A 10 year old Xeon is all you need (for 26B-A4B MTP Draft...
by sixothree on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @09:39AM
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Honestly, if someone can actually use them (as demonstrated by paying the price+shipping) then they would probably have a better home with that person.
2.5x?! I have a bunch of older Haswell servers I got for free that are rotting away in my garage. I had initially thought of stripping out the ECC DDR4, but now I'm wondering if I'll get takers on Marketplace...