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Server CPUs

Server CPUs: Xeon and EPYC

Pulls and tray processors move through with the platforms they came out of. Send the exact model and quantity for a price.

Families
Intel Xeon · AMD EPYC
Packaging
Pulls · Tray
Condition
New · Used
Terms
PO / net-30
Ships from
South Florida
Xeon ScalableXeon E5EPYCPullsTraySpec codeVendor-locked

What we stock

Most server CPUs on the secondary market are pulls: processors that came out of working, decommissioned machines. They trade by exact model, meaning not “a Xeon Gold” but which Xeon Gold, since one suffix changes the socket, the core count, or both.

One wrinkle the used market learned the hard way: AMD EPYC processors can be permanently locked to one vendor’s boards the first time they boot, so Dell-locked chips are common in pulled lots. A locked CPU is fine in the right platform and useless in the wrong one. Buying, tell us what board it is going into; selling, say whether your lot is locked if you know.

CPUs usually travel with the rest of a decommission. If you are clearing whole machines, servers and chassis and the memory inside them are quoted alongside, or send the whole list and we price it line by line.

What identifies a processor

Four things separate a priced line from a guess:

Exact model
Not "a Xeon Gold" but which one. A suffix change moves the socket, the core count, or both.
Spec code
Intel parts carry a five-character S-spec on the heat spreader that resolves the exact variant. Include it when you have it.
Vendor lock
AMD EPYC can be permanently locked to one vendor’s boards the first time it boots, so Dell-locked chips are common in pulled lots.
Quantity
Per model. Matched trays quote differently from mixed pulls.

Only have a photo of the heat spreader? Send that — the model and spec code are printed on it.

Pricing and availability

Send part numbers and quantities and we reply from current stock. Approved purchase orders ship on net-30 terms.

Request a quote

Send the exact model and quantity. If you are buying EPYC, tell us what board it is going into.

What a useful line carries
Part number · Quantity · Condition · Needed by

Prefer email? sales@kernamic.com

Part numbers and quantities, or a description. Add a needed-by date if you have one.

Also in stock: DDR4 & DDR5 server memory and enterprise SSDs.