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spike101x   04-27-2009 at 06:59:24 AM

It's much cheaper to buy Intel engineering sample CPUs than regular ones from china. So what should I know about engineering samples before buying them? Are they bad? No warranty? What does this mean for me?

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randomizer   04-27-2009 at 07:54:23 AM
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1) It's illegal for an ES to be sold.

2) They could be bad because they undergo alot of testing. They should work, but don't expect a fantastic overclock (you could get lucky though).

3) There is no warranty. They are and always remain the property of Intel, so you can't claim anything.

4) Some people have returned them to Intel and received a retail chip for free in return. However, there is no guarantee that they will do this for you.

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jimmysmitty   04-27-2009 at 08:28:50 AM
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randomizer wrote :

1) It's illegal for an ES to be sold.

2) They could be bad because they undergo alot of testing. They should work, but don't expect a fantastic overclock (you could get lucky though).

3) There is no warranty. They are and always remain the property of Intel, so you can't claim anything.

4) Some people have returned them to Intel and received a retail chip for free in return. However, there is no guarantee that they will do this for you.



This.

One guy here got a ES QX6700, returned it to Intel and they gave him a QX6850 before they were out. But as said no guarantee.

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jitpublisher   04-27-2009 at 01:26:00 PM
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If anyone told you they had engineering samples for sale, I would suspect they are really trying to pawn off a remarked processor.

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randomizer   04-27-2009 at 01:37:31 PM
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That's the other thing, you need to make sure the "retailer" is reputable... enough (they're not really reputable if they sell ESs)

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spike101x   04-27-2009 at 06:27:04 PM
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jitpublisher wrote :

If anyone told you they had engineering samples for sale, I would suspect they are really trying to pawn off a remarked processor.



Good info guys! What exactly is a remarked processor? Are you sure it's illegal for people in china to sell them? I'll try to contact intel what should I tell them too see if I can get a real one?

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