1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,050 Okay, I've got my dual socket motherboard and I'm sure you guys have all gone through 2 00:00:05,050 --> 00:00:09,370 this at some point in the past where you're like building a new system and like the first 3 00:00:09,370 --> 00:00:14,890 part arrives and you're like, oh wow, this is so cool to look at because I have nothing 4 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:16,810 else that goes with it. 5 00:00:16,810 --> 00:00:23,210 But then, okay, it got real and two of my eBay CPUs arrived. 6 00:00:23,210 --> 00:00:30,390 Basically these are 28 core 8176s or whatever they are, something along those lines. 7 00:00:30,390 --> 00:00:35,290 I got those, then I got these, yeah, these. 8 00:00:35,290 --> 00:00:39,030 These are 32 gig modules. 9 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:45,720 These modules have more RAM than what I would consider to be a high end gaming system in 10 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:46,720 one module. 11 00:00:46,720 --> 00:01:01,550 And I was like, no way, now I can test it. 12 00:01:01,550 --> 00:01:03,110 Thanks to Audible for sponsoring this video. 13 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:08,710 Experience the world's largest library of audio books today with Audible and stay tuned 14 00:01:08,710 --> 00:01:11,970 later on in this video for a special offer. 15 00:01:11,970 --> 00:01:15,990 I wasn't sure if either of them would be real or working. 16 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:21,890 So I actually ordered two sets of what claimed to be 28 core CPUs on eBay. 17 00:01:21,890 --> 00:01:22,890 And look at this. 18 00:01:22,890 --> 00:01:24,350 It's even marked on the spreaders. 19 00:01:24,350 --> 00:01:30,760 This is a P8136 that the seller says is a 28 core. 20 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,680 But then I was like, hey, can you send me a CPU? 21 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:34,680 Zed screenshot? 22 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:35,680 And they're like, sorry, I can't. 23 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,300 And I was like, well, can you double check with someone that it's 28 core? 24 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,760 They're like, I can't. 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:42,760 So let's hold on first. 26 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,550 Let's double check this. 27 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:49,990 So absolutely nothing Intel Xeon 8136. 28 00:01:49,990 --> 00:01:56,050 You can see I've Googled it before, but other than an eBay listing, oh, oh, and there's 29 00:01:56,050 --> 00:02:03,210 a thread discussing that eBay listing and other people saying that this is really sketch. 30 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:10,360 So this takes up a lot more space on the bench than most motherboards. 31 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:11,360 Okay. 32 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,490 Step number one. 33 00:02:13,490 --> 00:02:15,030 Does this fit? 34 00:02:15,030 --> 00:02:16,030 Yeah. 35 00:02:16,030 --> 00:02:17,030 Cool. 36 00:02:17,030 --> 00:02:20,840 Um, if it turns on, I'm going to be turned on. 37 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,840 Okay. 38 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:32,570 So we've got dedicated eight pins, dedicated eight pins for each CPU. 39 00:02:32,570 --> 00:02:39,420 That fresh eBay smell, that thermal compound all over it. 40 00:02:39,420 --> 00:02:40,420 Okay. 41 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:43,020 So here's problem number. 42 00:02:43,020 --> 00:02:44,020 I've lost track. 43 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:45,860 But this is a problem. 44 00:02:45,860 --> 00:02:55,650 The LGA 3647 socket has no CPU retention ARM. 45 00:02:55,650 --> 00:03:01,570 The way it's meant to be held in is by the cooling solution, but almost nobody is supporting 46 00:03:01,570 --> 00:03:07,570 this socket because this is an enterprise Xeon socket. 47 00:03:07,570 --> 00:03:13,930 Intel's workstation chips are actually using LGA 2066, but with a different chip set. 48 00:03:13,930 --> 00:03:19,750 So ASUS went off the rails with this thing and there's like no coolers to support it. 49 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:26,810 And it's got this bizarro land mounting system here with like threaded stuff here and here, 50 00:03:26,810 --> 00:03:29,350 and then these posts that are different size here. 51 00:03:29,350 --> 00:03:37,320 So I'm hoping to just kind of wing it by literally holding the CPU in place or like the unknown 52 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:43,920 side, the random side, no one, no one knows what the hell's going on side, including the 53 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:44,920 seller. 54 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:45,840 But who knows? 55 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,280 How did you put 28 core in the listing? 56 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:52,700 You're the only people on earth with this CPU, as far as I can tell, where did these 57 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:53,700 come from? 58 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:54,820 Where did they go? 59 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:55,820 Where did they come from? 60 00:03:55,820 --> 00:03:56,820 Cotton eye Joe? 61 00:03:56,820 --> 00:04:01,020 Oh, this is really dumb what I'm doing right now. 62 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:02,020 Okay. 63 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:03,020 Wait. 64 00:04:03,020 --> 00:04:04,020 Okay. 65 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:05,020 This is bad. 66 00:04:05,020 --> 00:04:06,020 CPU just lifted up. 67 00:04:06,020 --> 00:04:07,020 Okay. 68 00:04:07,020 --> 00:04:08,020 I got it. 69 00:04:08,020 --> 00:04:10,170 Jake. 70 00:04:10,170 --> 00:04:11,170 I may need your hands at some point here. 71 00:04:11,170 --> 00:04:12,170 Okay. 72 00:04:12,170 --> 00:04:13,170 What do you think? 73 00:04:13,170 --> 00:04:14,780 Is it going to boot? 74 00:04:14,780 --> 00:04:15,810 Maybe. 75 00:04:15,810 --> 00:04:19,080 Yeah, I'm going with a definite maybe on this one too. 76 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,750 Here we go. 77 00:04:21,750 --> 00:04:22,750 Oh wow. 78 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:25,030 That was a whole lot of nothing. 79 00:04:25,030 --> 00:04:26,030 Pretty anticlimactic. 80 00:04:26,030 --> 00:04:27,990 Oh boy. 81 00:04:27,990 --> 00:04:37,440 Um, now most dual socket boards, oh, uh, okay. 82 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,540 Postcode zero zero. 83 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:40,580 That's not generally a good sign. 84 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:42,260 Let's think. 85 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:46,000 Do you want to try the other one of these first or do you want to try the other chips? 86 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Uh, I think you should try two. 87 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Oh, I mean, that's even more janky. 88 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,020 It's more jank than I was kind of hoping to get, but. 89 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:54,020 Wait, hold up. 90 00:04:54,020 --> 00:04:55,020 I got an idea. 91 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:56,020 Whoa. 92 00:04:56,020 --> 00:04:57,140 That's heavy. 93 00:04:57,140 --> 00:04:58,140 What's that? 94 00:04:58,140 --> 00:04:59,140 Holy . 95 00:04:59,140 --> 00:05:00,140 Oh yeah. 96 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:01,140 This is a titanium. 97 00:05:01,140 --> 00:05:02,140 I think. 98 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:03,140 Holy crap. 99 00:05:03,140 --> 00:05:04,910 Here we go. 100 00:05:04,910 --> 00:05:07,600 Oh, that weren't a good sign. 101 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,600 Wow. 102 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:09,600 Crap. 103 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,600 Okay. 104 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:11,600 Well, hold on a second. 105 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,600 There could still be something else. 106 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,600 Uh, let's try the other chips. 107 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:14,600 Okay. 108 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,560 There's some action. 109 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:23,500 Um, they're warming up this time, so that's going to limit how long I can hold these in. 110 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:24,500 Okay. 111 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:25,500 Okay. 112 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:26,500 Go ahead and hit the, uh, power. 113 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:27,500 My thumb's burning. 114 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:28,950 Okay. 115 00:05:28,950 --> 00:05:32,030 It's time to consult the manual. 116 00:05:32,030 --> 00:05:41,440 So it occurs to me we have actually seen this socket before in our Xeon Phi video. 117 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,810 This is that bizarro cooler that it used. 118 00:05:44,810 --> 00:05:47,890 So this gives us a few more exciting options. 119 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:53,610 I don't actually know if this board is Xeon Phi compatible, but it's the same socket. 120 00:05:53,610 --> 00:05:55,850 So maybe we could try this chip to see if it fires up. 121 00:05:55,850 --> 00:06:01,350 Then we could try this cooler on one socket to see if maybe it is a mounting pressure 122 00:06:01,350 --> 00:06:03,880 issue. 123 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:04,880 Still got options. 124 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,610 Oh, and of course it's torques. 125 00:06:08,610 --> 00:06:10,800 Okay. 126 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:17,370 This looks like it may not actually be quite the same because there's like a, a thing here. 127 00:06:17,370 --> 00:06:26,400 And what, what is this mounting system? 128 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,190 This is a narrow ILM. 129 00:06:29,190 --> 00:06:30,190 This is a square ILM. 130 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:31,190 Okay. 131 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:39,690 So we're going for hopefully enough mounting pressure. 132 00:06:39,690 --> 00:06:41,690 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 133 00:06:41,690 --> 00:06:42,690 Whoa. 134 00:06:42,690 --> 00:06:43,690 Hello. 135 00:06:43,690 --> 00:06:44,690 Hello. 136 00:06:44,690 --> 00:06:45,690 Okay. 137 00:06:45,690 --> 00:06:46,690 That's fine. 138 00:06:46,690 --> 00:06:47,690 That's fine. 139 00:06:47,690 --> 00:06:48,690 We've got a postcode this time though. 140 00:06:48,690 --> 00:06:49,690 That's a better sign. 141 00:06:49,690 --> 00:06:55,290 And also this is less likely to be CPU one anyway, so I'm going to put it back where 142 00:06:55,290 --> 00:06:56,290 it was. 143 00:06:56,290 --> 00:06:58,760 All right. 144 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,790 Okay. 145 00:06:59,790 --> 00:07:04,160 One long, two short. 146 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,160 Great. 147 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,660 Reserved for future AMI codes. 148 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:08,660 Perfect. 149 00:07:08,660 --> 00:07:10,150 Okay. 150 00:07:10,150 --> 00:07:12,150 Let's try a different, uh, let's try a different chip. 151 00:07:12,150 --> 00:07:20,200 Let's try the other one. 152 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,500 Yeah. 153 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,760 Well, it could be good as f**k, like leet as f**k. 154 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:27,760 Okay. 155 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:34,490 It's completely different, which is maybe good and maybe bad. 156 00:07:34,490 --> 00:07:35,490 Okay. 157 00:07:35,490 --> 00:07:40,130 So the manual says one long beep and two short means no memory detected. 158 00:07:40,130 --> 00:07:47,590 So we put those CPUs back in and we're trying the higher mounting pressure on them. 159 00:07:47,590 --> 00:07:48,590 Okay. 160 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:50,100 Okay. 161 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:52,830 So kill it. 162 00:07:52,830 --> 00:07:53,830 Okay. 163 00:07:53,830 --> 00:08:05,880 So let's just put some more memory in because one of the, uh, classic symptoms of a bad 164 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,380 mount in the socket is that some of your dim slots won't work properly. 165 00:08:09,380 --> 00:08:17,230 So, I mean, this is, if nothing else, a bad mounting system. 166 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:18,230 Okay. 167 00:08:18,230 --> 00:08:23,390 So the working theory right now is that it's probably a mounting pressure issue. 168 00:08:23,390 --> 00:08:27,840 So last attempt before I just patiently wait for a cooler. 169 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,840 I need to get up higher so I can put more weight on it. 170 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:31,840 Oh, wow. 171 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,160 That is terrifying. 172 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:35,160 Why did it just turn on? 173 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,160 I just put more pressure on the CPUs and the system turned on. 174 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,160 Do you want to turn it off for now? 175 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:42,160 Okay. 176 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,160 I'm going to put more pressure on. 177 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:45,160 Okay. 178 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,720 Let's try the other ones. 179 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,420 Okay. 180 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:51,420 Center down there. 181 00:08:51,420 --> 00:08:52,480 Let's center down there. 182 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,800 Okay. 183 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:54,800 More weight. 184 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:55,800 And I'm good. 185 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,800 Have you tried clearing the CMOS? 186 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,800 No, actually. 187 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:00,800 Yeah. 188 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,280 It's the same as before. 189 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,760 Okay. 190 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,080 It's been like another week, two weeks. 191 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,080 I don't know. 192 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:16,080 The point is today was basically Christmas because first, and yes, it's only the 19th, 193 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,080 but it's still Christmas because first, check this out. 194 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:26,080 So I've got those engineering sample processors that I ordered when I thought that Intel wasn't 195 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,080 going to work with us on this. 196 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,080 But today, I also got, oh, look at this. 197 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:36,150 Oh, it's beautiful. 198 00:09:36,150 --> 00:09:39,150 So these are Intel Confidentials. 199 00:09:39,150 --> 00:09:44,150 I don't remember what SKU these are, but they're 3.2 gigahertz base, so they're a lower core 200 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:45,150 count. 201 00:09:45,150 --> 00:09:50,150 And these ones, Xeon Platinum 8180s. 202 00:09:50,150 --> 00:09:53,150 These are the top of the line. 203 00:09:53,150 --> 00:09:59,340 But it was the kind of, I ordered new computer hardware Christmas where, get a little cricket 204 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:03,340 there, where I didn't have a piece that I needed still. 205 00:10:03,340 --> 00:10:06,690 But then today again. 206 00:10:06,690 --> 00:10:15,100 These are Intel thermal solution box coolers for the Xeon processor scalable family. 207 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:26,120 This is the one active cooler that I could find on the market for the square ILM socket. 208 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,120 I finally have everything. 209 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:33,120 We're still going to try that eBay processor first. 210 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,120 I really want to know if I got ripped off. 211 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,120 With how hard this is clamping down. 212 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:45,120 Honestly, I do not feel like I wasn't putting enough force on it before. 213 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,480 I really don't think that was the problem. 214 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:55,960 So theoretically, if these work, then I have two sets of 28 core processors. 215 00:10:55,960 --> 00:11:02,500 If they don't, then I still have one because sometimes it's nice to be Linus Tech Tips 216 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:05,600 and have Intel send stuff over to you sometimes. 217 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,600 Do you get sweaty when you're working on expensive stuff? 218 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:09,600 A little bit. 219 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,600 Yeah, me too. 220 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,950 I need a graphics card. 221 00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:15,270 Wow. 222 00:11:15,270 --> 00:11:18,360 So the 8136 doesn't work. 223 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:23,460 Now I'm wondering if maybe there's a problem with our board at this point. 224 00:11:23,460 --> 00:11:27,780 So let's try, let's try a retail chip. 225 00:11:27,780 --> 00:11:34,640 So each of these Xeon 8180s is I think 8 or 10 grand. 226 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,220 Something like that retail. 227 00:11:38,220 --> 00:11:40,860 No pressure though, you know. 228 00:11:40,860 --> 00:11:45,560 I mean, don't they know that people drop things? 229 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:53,640 Okay, so this is with a very probably known good chip this time. 230 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:59,320 If this doesn't boot up, then I have my doubts about something. 231 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,320 Oh, did that just change? 232 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,320 Yeah, it did. 233 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:06,120 Does it just have a really, really long post? 234 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,120 How interesting would that be? 235 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,120 What if it has some kind of first boot process 236 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,120 where it has to go through some kind of detection thing 237 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,120 before it can then boot up properly the next time 238 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,120 and it's really long? 239 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,120 Okay, we are attempting a USB BIOS flashback 240 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,120 with their crash-free BIOS thing. 241 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,120 We have a problem though, 242 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,120 and that's that if you look at the BIOS revisions here, 243 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,120 the one with the higher revision number 244 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,120 is dated earlier than the one with the lower one. 245 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:43,080 So let's pull that out and try again. 246 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,080 I wouldn't have thought we could make it 247 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,080 worse, but we did. 248 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,080 00 postcode. 249 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:55,080 This is 2666 megahertz, 32 gig sticks. 250 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,080 I wonder if it's been a RAM compatibility thing 251 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,430 this whole time, 252 00:13:00,430 --> 00:13:04,520 because I've never actually tried different RAM. 253 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:05,520 Okay, new plan. 254 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,520 We're going to try the 32 gig sticks 255 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,520 from 7Gamers1CPU instead. 256 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,520 So these are older, slower memory modules. 257 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,520 These guys are 2133 instead of 2400 megahertz, 258 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,520 which is like bleeding edge for servers right now. 259 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,520 Maybe we'll see better compatibility 260 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,520 if we try something a little bit older. 261 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,520 97, B2, 98, 99. 262 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:36,940 It was just RAM compatibility. 263 00:13:36,940 --> 00:13:37,940 No! 264 00:13:37,940 --> 00:13:38,940 Oh, come on. 265 00:13:38,940 --> 00:13:42,020 Oh, it's up. 266 00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:45,840 Oh, sick. 267 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,040 Overclocking. 268 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,040 Yeah, yeah, I want to overclock. 269 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,040 I mean, not now. 270 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,040 I want to get it like working reliably first, 271 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,040 but wow, you just key them in. 272 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,040 Look at this. 273 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,450 5 billion volts. 274 00:13:59,450 --> 00:14:00,450 No. 275 00:14:00,450 --> 00:14:04,050 Do I just type in auto? 276 00:14:04,050 --> 00:14:06,050 Wow, that is jank. 277 00:14:06,050 --> 00:14:10,210 Oh, there they are. 278 00:14:10,210 --> 00:14:11,210 56 cores. 279 00:14:11,210 --> 00:14:12,210 Let's boot it up. 280 00:14:12,210 --> 00:14:16,200 Okay, it still won't boot into Windows. 281 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,840 Just a little more troubleshooting. 282 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,910 It's finally booted. 283 00:14:21,910 --> 00:14:23,910 So these are the retail chips. 284 00:14:23,910 --> 00:14:27,100 And check this out. 285 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:32,370 Take that, mother . 286 00:14:32,370 --> 00:14:34,880 I still haven't tried firing it up 287 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,880 with all of the RAM in it. 288 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,880 This is the RAM strategy, okay? 289 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,880 Two sticks here, 10 on the table, 290 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,880 and I haven't tried any of the eBay chips 291 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,880 because I wanted you guys to come along for the ride. 292 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,400 Let's find out if anything works. 293 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,070 I'm like half excited and half terrified. 294 00:14:55,070 --> 00:14:57,070 I really hope these work 295 00:14:57,070 --> 00:15:01,130 because I am almost definitely past 296 00:15:01,130 --> 00:15:06,130 any kind of buyer assurance deadline 297 00:15:06,130 --> 00:15:08,130 through eBay at this point or PayPal. 298 00:15:08,130 --> 00:15:10,450 I really, really hope this thing works. 299 00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:12,450 Now that I've had the board booted up, 300 00:15:12,450 --> 00:15:14,450 if this doesn't work, 301 00:15:14,450 --> 00:15:17,450 then I'm pretty sure that I got scammed. 302 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:19,450 One thing I did find out 303 00:15:19,450 --> 00:15:23,450 is that some of my posting issues 304 00:15:23,450 --> 00:15:26,450 may have simply been related to memory training, 305 00:15:26,450 --> 00:15:28,450 and if I had just waited longer, 306 00:15:28,450 --> 00:15:30,450 which wasn't something that was easy to do 307 00:15:30,450 --> 00:15:33,450 when I was holding CPUs into the sockets, 308 00:15:33,450 --> 00:15:36,450 this is not a solid indication right now 309 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:38,450 that things are going to go well, though. 310 00:15:38,450 --> 00:15:40,450 I actually hate that this TV 311 00:15:40,450 --> 00:15:43,450 has, like, such a pretty screen saver. 312 00:15:43,450 --> 00:15:45,450 Like, when I see a thing change, 313 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:46,450 I'm like, 314 00:15:46,450 --> 00:15:48,450 Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, okay. 315 00:15:48,450 --> 00:15:50,450 Hold on a minute here. 316 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:54,540 Whoa, okay. 317 00:15:54,540 --> 00:15:55,540 They booted. 318 00:15:55,540 --> 00:15:57,540 Genuine Intel CPU. 319 00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:59,540 Zero thousand percent at. 320 00:15:59,540 --> 00:16:08,290 All right, let's fire this baby up. 321 00:16:08,290 --> 00:16:10,290 So our last CPU 322 00:16:10,290 --> 00:16:14,290 got a score of about 7,000 in Cinebench, 323 00:16:14,290 --> 00:16:17,290 and that was with retail 8180 chips. 324 00:16:17,290 --> 00:16:19,290 I've seen engineering samples 325 00:16:19,290 --> 00:16:21,290 that have more information than this, 326 00:16:21,290 --> 00:16:23,290 but what we do know 327 00:16:23,290 --> 00:16:26,290 is the base speed of 2.1 gigahertz. 328 00:16:26,290 --> 00:16:28,290 We know that there are 28 cores. 329 00:16:28,290 --> 00:16:30,290 That's really exciting. 330 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:33,290 So these are probably what they said 331 00:16:33,290 --> 00:16:36,290 they were, which is 8176s. 332 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:37,290 Yep. 333 00:16:37,290 --> 00:16:40,290 Xeon Platinum 8176s. 334 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:43,290 The eBay Gambit worked. 335 00:16:43,290 --> 00:16:45,610 Nice. 336 00:16:45,610 --> 00:16:47,610 And these are qualifying samples, 337 00:16:47,610 --> 00:16:50,610 which I believe means, 338 00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:53,610 generally, they are pretty close 339 00:16:53,610 --> 00:16:55,610 to retail chips. 340 00:16:55,610 --> 00:16:57,610 So this is not the be-all and end-all 341 00:16:57,610 --> 00:16:59,610 of benchmarks, certainly. 342 00:16:59,610 --> 00:17:01,610 But we can get an idea 343 00:17:01,610 --> 00:17:03,680 of whether we're here 344 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,680 close to what we have 345 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,680 with the retail 8180. 346 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,570 I want to see what it turbos to. 347 00:17:10,570 --> 00:17:14,940 Not bad. 348 00:17:14,940 --> 00:17:17,360 Not bad at all. 349 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:19,360 Okay. 350 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:21,360 So that's a significantly lower turbo speed. 351 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,360 We were turboing up around 3 gigahertz 352 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:25,360 with the other one, 353 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,360 and our lower score does reflect that. 354 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:29,390 But 355 00:17:29,390 --> 00:17:31,390 that's a hell of a chip 356 00:17:31,390 --> 00:17:33,840 for what we paid for it. 357 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,080 Now let's try the mystery meat. 358 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,080 Platinum 8136 time. 359 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,080 Is this a straight-up scam? 360 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,080 Remember, this is the one 361 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,080 where the eBay seller 362 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,080 was unable to confirm 363 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,080 anything about it. Unable. 364 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,270 Okay. 365 00:17:52,270 --> 00:17:54,270 Yeah, this is not looking promising so far. 366 00:17:54,270 --> 00:17:56,620 It's just been on AF the whole time. 367 00:17:56,620 --> 00:17:58,810 You might say it would be 368 00:17:58,810 --> 00:18:00,910 disappointing AF. 369 00:18:00,910 --> 00:18:05,240 Damn. 370 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,590 I wonder if I can still file a dispute. 371 00:18:08,590 --> 00:18:11,040 Ah, here it is. 372 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:17,800 Ah, shoot. 373 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,800 The item is not there anymore. 374 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,800 Oh, that's not good. 375 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Can I even leave feedback? 376 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,800 No, I can't. I can't even leave feedback anymore. 377 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,800 Wait. Hold on. 378 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,220 No. 379 00:18:30,220 --> 00:18:35,520 View similar items. 380 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,520 2600 US dollars plus shipping. 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