ON SALE 4 x AMD Opteron 8356 Quad Core 2.3ghz Brand New Start Price USD 2,800.00 Current Price USD 2,800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 11, 2008 Location Auckland, Auckland See more about 'ON SALE 4 x AMD Opteron 8356 Quad Core 2.3ghz Brand New' Description ATTENTION BUYER :   This auction is for 4 x IBM AMD Opteron 8356 Quad Core Socket F. Total of 16 Cores ( 4x quad core). This is latest steping B3 it is guarantee 100% compatible with all mother board and absolutely no bugs. Please note, there are many sellers on ebay selling old edition AMD B2 stepping model either at high price or lower price, take my advise, B2 stepping will not compatible with most motherboard and it has cpu thermal bugs, it will run at very high temperature. I have experienced it in the last 4 months.   The history of these CPU are :  The CPUs are purchased from IBM dealer for upgrade our Giant Blade Server, but we decided 1 server is enough as the server is to far powerfull for our applications and database. Due to hosting cost and Power cost maintaining of the second server so we need to decomission it and sell the CPUs but no other parts as we might want to use the second server later on.The CPU is latest release from AMD B3 stepping and it compatibles with all server board included Dell, IBM, Tyan, Compad, HP, Supermicro etc... please watch out for B2 stepping as it will not work on your motherboard.   Watch out for CPU OS8356WAL4BGD, it is known as B2 Stepping - cheap but will not compatible. If you want to know B3 stepping please drop me an email I will answer as soon as i can. SpecificationsManufacturer: AMD INTL UPC Code: 0730143262064 Estimated Weight: 0.85 lbs Opteron Model 8356 Quad Core Socket F (1207 PIN) without FanUPC Code: 730143262064   I am prefer to sell all 4 CPUs at once since they are matched cpu. but if you want to purchase them seperate please let me know. Each cpu true cost is around $USD 1500.00, I purchase these CPU together with server hardwares and paid $3200.00 four months ago from IBM hardware dealer. ( I also purchase B2 stepping on ebay for $2800 but it never work and wasting 3 months to find out why it does not work.)Please check at how much it is sell in OZ http://www.novastore.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=196246&osCsid=6b0458ad039ca0a10f425e9a45bf45a9and http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-amd-opteron-8356-price-107445-2349161.htmlPlease note i dont have many feedbacks as i am not regular ebay seller, I only sell stuff that I purchase for business but end up not using. This offer is 100% warranty item exactly as described. OEM New Condition, CPU has been tested and not run longer than 10 minutes. Serious buyer only, and be prepare for confirmed address. If you do not have confirmed address please email me before you purchase as this item my not be ship to you if unconfirmed paypal address is provided.   Thank for looking, good luck all.    Place a Bid!