Is it just me or are second hand PCs and second hand PC components super expensive in NZ? You read about people in Europe and the US getting things like 8th gen intel old Dell OptiPlex ex-lease PCs for <$100 (2017 tech). Meanwhile sticking with the same example, you struggle to find an 8th gen intel CPU (without other components) for less than $300 on trademe and marketplace, and complete systems are like $500+ for 6 year old tech.
I want to upgrade my Plex server CPU from 4th to minimum 8th gen so I can properly transcode h265 video using the modern QuickSync version. I just need a new CPU and motherboard and it seems like I can buy new 12th or 13th gen for similar money as 8th gen second hand.
Preemptive reply to AMD comments. I run AMD on my gaming rig. But AMD don’t support QuickSync.
Seems like not much supply of ex-lease stuff here. PBTech gets a bit but it’s often not cheap. Grays online auctions previously had some bigger lots of IT stuff that went cheaply but you had to be able to pick it up normally.
Also what about cheap Quadro P100 or P400 cards instead, see those going on trademe pretty often.
Thanks I’ll keep on eye out on the quadro cards. Hadn’t heard of grays online auctions. Cheers.