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Processors

Buying a processor with crypto

A processor is the easiest part to buy and the easiest to buy wrongly, because the thing that makes it fit is not written on the box in large letters. Three checks take two minutes and prevent the only mistake that actually costs money.

  • 1,117listings in stock
  • $6.99+entry price
  • 7assets accepted
  • 56countries served

Socket, chipset, cooler

The socket has to match the board — that one is obvious and it is the one people check. The chipset is the one they miss: a board can carry the right socket and still refuse a newer chip without a firmware update, which is an awkward thing to discover with the old processor already removed. And the cooler has to be rated above the chip’s power draw, which on the current high core-count parts is a serious number.

Every listing here states the socket, the core and thread count, the base and boost clocks and the rated power. If you are also replacing the board, the motherboard section is where the pairing gets decided.

Desktop parts and server parts are not interchangeable

A large share of the processors on this site are server parts, and they are a genuinely different product: more cores at lower clocks, more memory channels, error-correcting memory support, and sockets that only exist on server boards. They are excellent value per core and they will not go anywhere near a desktop board.

If the machine is a workstation or a home server, that is the section worth reading. If it is a gaming machine, clock speed and single-core performance matter far more than core count, and the desktop parts are the right list.

Condition, and what a tray part is

Processors turn up in three states: boxed retail, tray (the bare chip, sold without a cooler, usually pulled from an OEM machine), and used. All three are legitimate and all three are stated on the listing rather than left to inference. A tray part with no cooler at a boxed-part price is the trap; the specification block is where you catch it.

The twenty-four-month warranty is handled here regardless of which of the three you buy.

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CPU / Processor — 1,117 listings, from $6.99 to $24,776.99. Best stocked brands: Intel, AMD, IBM, HPE.

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Questions

Do the processors come with a cooler?
Boxed retail parts usually do; tray parts do not. The listing states which it is.
Are server processors worth it for a desktop?
Almost never. They need a server board, they clock lower, and games care about clock speed. For a workstation or a home server they are very good value.
Can I check whether my board supports a chip?
The socket is on both listings. Chipset and firmware compatibility is set by your board maker and their support list is the authority — that is one detail no retailer can promise on their behalf.
How is a used processor tested?
Condition is declared on the listing. The twenty-four-month warranty applies to it the same way it applies to a new part.
Which coin is cheapest for a $200 processor?
TRON, Solana or Litecoin — the network fee is cents rather than dollars. On an order this size that is the only cost difference between assets.

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