Looking to buy Intel Xeon E5-1660 but no one is selling

[PSwan1]

Hey Guys,

I'm new to this forum so I hope I don't break any rules of etiquette.

Basically I want to buy an Intel Xeon E5-1660 but I can find no stores that hold inventory. It's a new chip so I was very surprized! Not to mention it has better performance in single CPU systems than some others that cost more. See below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_2011 LGA 2011 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-1650+%40+3.20GHz PassMark - Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz - Price performance comparison

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-2630+%40+2.30GHz PassMark - Intel Xeon E5-2630 @ 2.30GHz - Price performance comparison

It appears as if Intel doesn't even produce them any more, can anyone else confirm this? If anyone knows a place I can buy this chip from I would really appreciate it. I'm willing to pay $100 over MSRP. Also I found 8 sites claiming to have them by searching at google.com 4 of the sites looked like scams, I contacted 2 of the others and they lied about their inventory and don't presently have any.

http://ark.intel.com/products/64601 http://ark.intel.com/products/64601

Hope someone knows something, thanks a bunch in advance for taking the time to read my question!

Peter

[Jose_H_Intel1]

Hello Peter,

Perhaps you may find the Xeon processor from an Intel Authorized Distributor

http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/32523.htm http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/32523.htm

http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/08/99/89937_89937.pdf http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/08/99/89937_89937.pdf

[idata]

Hi Peter,

I made the mistake of thinking I could use these in a dual processor mobo and bought 2. I live in New York and would gladly sell you one of my unused cpus- please email me (info in my profile) or message me through twitter @edmondhawkins Thanks!