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for sale: two workstations, Talos II dual CPU / Radeon RX580 8GB

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pocock:
Hi all,

My Talos II systems have worked very well for a number of years

I recently had some experiences with BIOS updates on hardware from another vendor.  The vendor requires people to have accounts, support contracts and running a specific operating system to run some utilities.  As the hardware had a very old BIOS firmware it couldn't update directly to the current version.  It was a huge hassle and it reminded me of the benefits of having things like petitboot and open source BIOS code.

Nonetheless, it feels foolish for me to spend time testing the platform and creating patches when some people are undermining collaboration in larger Linux distributions.

With that in mind I'm looking to sell the two workstations.  I will probably spend more of my time on other areas of open source.  By purchasing the workstations, you are indirectly supporting my work in other areas.

I can sell them whole or to reduce shipping costs I could remove them from the cases and sell the combination of motherboard/CPU/heatsink/memory without case/GPU.

Full specifications and proposed prices below.  Offers will be considered.

Regards,

Daniel



Workstation B, build price approx EUR 5,400, sell for EUR 3,500, buy only Talos II motherboard/two CPUs/HSF/RAM only EUR 2,900 :

Motherboard/Dual CPU/HSF bundleRaptorT2P9D011Heat sink fan (HSF) – 3UIBM01KL9602CPU in bundle – 4-core POWER9 3.8GHzIBMCP9M012dual CPUSATA controller1CD/DVD ROM drive1RAM ECC 16GB DDR4-26668(total: 128GB, spread over all eight channels for maximum performance)CaseCorsairCarbide Series Air 540 Cube1PSUSeasonicPrime TX 8501FansNoctuaNF-A14 chromax black swap3GPUAMD / SaphhireRadeon RX580 8GB1
(SOLD) Workstation A, build price over EUR 6500, sell for EUR 4,500, buy only Talos II motherboard/two CPUs/HSF/RAM only EUR 3,800 (SOLD):

Motherboard/Dual CPU/HSF bundleRaptorT2P9D011Heat sink fan (HSF) – 3UIBM01KL9602CPU - 8-core POWER9 3.8GhzIBMCP9M322dual CPURAM ECC 16GB DDR4-2666SamsungM393A2K40CB2-CTD8(total: 128GB, spread over all eight channels for maximum performance)CaseFractalDefine 7 XL1PSUSeasonicPrime TX 8501GPUAMD / SaphhireRadeon RX580 8GB1GPU riserFractal1

pocock:

The 8-core CPU/HSF/motherboard/RAM combination has been sold

The case from the 8-core system is still available, along with PSU, riser for a GPU, a SATA 4-way cable and a SATA HBA

The Noctua fans have been sold

The other system is still available.  I could move the motherboard with 4-core CPUs into the Fractal case if that is the case you prefer.

One very interesting possibility with the dual 4-core system: you could buy another motherboard, either Blackbird or Talos II Lite, directly from Raptor and then move one of the CPUs to that other motherboard.  Then you have two 4-core systems.

4-core systems are interesting because they use less electricity, generating less heat and less noise but they still give very good performance and they are completely open.

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