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Don't get an used Quanta server - I just wanted a cheap Epyc server... | Craft Computing (www.youtube.com)
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Lesson learnt: don't ever buy an used server from Quanta

Also, isn't Epyc have an efuse that will pair it with the mobo?

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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Some Epyc SKUs are firmware locked to specific motherboard vendors - eg if you look on eBay, you'll see plenty of listings for "Dell locked" CPUs. Afaik they aren't locked to specific motherboards, just to a specific vendor, and there are plenty of unlocked SKUs as well