: Manufacturers like SOYO have revitalized the chipset in gaming/workstation hybrids, providing PCIe 3.0 and NVMe support at competitive 2021 price points.
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Compare that to an Intel Xeon D-1500 (similar era but embedded) or a modern AMD EPYC 3000 series. For a European user in 2021 (high energy prices), a C612 server will cost you $30-$50/month to run 24/7. For US users, it’s $15-$25. : Manufacturers like SOYO have revitalized the chipset
With the global silicon shortage making new Ryzen and Intel Core processors difficult to find at MSRP, enthusiasts and homelab builders turned their eyes to the secondary market. What they found was the C612 platform: a robust, no-nonsense foundation for high-core-count computing that offers arguably the best price-to-performance ratio in the used market today. "Performance Evaluation of Legacy Server Platforms for Edge