Tray for holding processors?

[harveychestbreach]

So I am one of the lead techs/managers of a relatively new local business. We have started amassing an inventory of processors without the boxes and we need cpus trays. Are they pretty universal or are they sized for each gen/socket?

[minibois]

CPU can be different sizes.

For example, Intel's mainstream CPU's have been on the 115x socket for close to 10 years now, which have similar footprints. But at the same time Intel has HEDT and server sockets, with much larger CPU's.

Then there is AMD, who also has mainstream CPU's which have stayed roughly the same size, but they also have stuff like Threadripper which is - by comparison - massive. On many AMD CPU's you'll also be dealing with PGA, where you will want to protect the pins and such on the CPU.

 

Not exactly all different per socket/generation, but you have some different 'paths' for CPU's.

LGA vs PGA

(Small) consumer chips (larger) HEDT/server chips.

[harveychestbreach]

9 minutes ago, minibois said:

CPU can be different sizes.

For example, Intel's mainstream CPU's have been on the 115x socket for close to 10 years now, which have similar footprints. But at the same time Intel has HEDT and server sockets, with much larger CPU's.

Then there is AMD, who also has mainstream CPU's which have stayed roughly the same size, but they also have stuff like Threadripper which is - by comparison - massive. On many AMD CPU's you'll also be dealing with PGA, where you will want to protect the pins and such on the CPU.

 

Not exactly all different per socket/generation, but you have some different 'paths' for CPU's.

LGA vs PGA

(Small) consumer chips (larger) HEDT/server chips.

We mostly deal with old people and younger dudes wanting custom builds. All of the processors we have are consumer, but I have like 4 xeons sitting around too.

[minibois]

1 minute ago, harveychestbreach said:

We mostly deal with old people and younger dudes wanting custom builds. All of the processors we have are consumer, but I have like 4 xeons sitting around too.

A safe anti-static environment for these products is also something to consider.

For PGA CPU's I would generally consider keeping them in at least their plastic casing which comes in the package, if at all possible (or something similar). It just seems like stuff could go wrong pretty quickly

 

Depending on the size of the stock, I have seen some shallow drawers from IKEA that could work well for this purpose.

Although something like a CPU tray you can buy from Chinese websites might work nicely too, those are generally only available for Intel in my experience.