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The original was posted on /r/sysadmin by /u/HJForsythe on 2024-01-22 23:49:24+00:00.
We recently noticed that server pricing for servers with AMD Epyc 4 CPUs are completely detached from the price of the actual hardware and reality.
For example a server with a pretty basic spec with two 9174F CPUs is about $9600. The server with the exact same specs but two 9124 CPUs is about $8000.
The confusion comes from the fact that the 9174F is a $3850 part and the 9124 is an $1100 part.
We also noticed that Epyc 3 servers with essentially the same specs as the Epyc 4 servers but two 7313 CPUs are about $5200. However the EPYC 4 server with two 9124 is about $8000. That is an unheard of generation over generation increase.
It seems like the large server vendors all got in a room together and decided on a minimum sale price. Single CPU seems to be impossible to buy for less than $3700. Dual CPU seems to be impossible to buy for less than $8000. Even at quantities in the 1000s.
Does anyone know what is going on?