Why is my motherboard selling for so much?

[dank69]

My wife listed on old EVGA x58 3xSLI motherboard on ebay for me. Model 132-BL-E758-A1 which is included in the listing. No CPU and no RAM, just motherboard. It was removed from a working PC and no pins are bent. Bidding is up to $212. Why is this thing selling for so much?

 

[Smoblikat]

Probobly because everyone realized the old 6C/12T OEM xeons are really fast for really cheap. Back in the day I bought a pair of L5639's for $150 shipped, thats 24 intel threads for $150..

 

[vailr]

I've got an older MSI x58 Pro board with an i7-930 CPU that is unable to be upgraded to the six core Xeons. There is some obscure power delivery hardware difference that prevents that from happening.
So: be careful & double-check for compatibility when looking to upgrade an x58 board to a Xeon CPU.

 

[MongGrel]

Probobly because everyone realized the old 6C/12T OEM xeons are really fast for really cheap. Back in the day I bought a pair of L5639's for $150 shipped, thats 24 intel threads for $150..

Pretty much what he said.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2335636&highlight=l5639&page=107

 

[Burpo]

Yeah, good X58 boards are getting rare. Missing USB3 & SATA3, but someone will be happy to have it 🙂

 

[jana519]

Be wary of non-paying buyers. Just because an auction ends for much higher than expected doesn't mean you'll actually get that much. Wait until the money is actually in your PayPal account. I suggest cancelling bids if a buyer has zero feedback.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Sell it high to suckers while it's still worth something. They don't see the big cost/benefit picture that a longevity of a 6+ year old mobo is already highly suspect, made even worse by the furnace-hot X58 chipset.