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Cpu help. 1230lv5 from China or 1275v6 retail for 3.5x price

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killster1

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Not sure if saving 250 and buying cpu from China is a good idea, it certainly sounds fun. I'm sure the v6 1275 retail e3 xeon is better but this will be for home server doing light duty but need it to run ecc ram or I would be tempted to try a ryzen is same price range (1275v6 is 353 new retail shipped price ) hmmm planned using with supermicro x11 1151 motherboard but not set in stone
 
chances are that chip will be an illegal sale of an ES (Engineering Sample) Cpu.

A few things you should know about ES cpu's..

While they do work, they may be missing some things as they are designed to give 2nd tier vendors samples to product design for next gen intel cpu's.

ES cpu's are also all owned by Intel and LOAN'd to these vendors.
Under most cases Intel does not ask for them back, however there has been some occasions where they do.

If you go off and start posting screen shots of ES cpu's and someone bored at Intel Security happens to see, they will ask for the chip back, and start a whole chest of headaches from you.

So honestly, my 2 cents.... dont get ES chips.
Sure they maybe a lot cheaper, but they dont offer any warrenty, may not be fully unlocked, or may not be fully compatible as most of them unless its a pre launch retail sample, will be on a lesser grade stepping, which can mean, it will be more fragile to overclocking and heat.
 
Wouldn't it say es on the top of the cpu? I see why they are cheap 1235lv5 is lots slower than 1230v2 so it would be a silly purchase. Just sucks they charge more than retail for 1275v6 and all the xeon e3 are more than retail pfff
 
it would say intel Confidential
QHVZ-2-2-INTEL-I5-Engineering-version-ES-of-INTEL-CORE-I5-ES-processor-CPU-2.jpg


Still i would not trust a chip from china...
There has been a lot of fakes as well..

like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92uflDSYUHw
 
Ya it doesn't say that on it (maybe the reprinted the correct cpu name but cpuz will tell me) , tempted to buy it and then buy the v6 when it drops to retail. ECC will be used and not worried about getting that cpu that he had on youtube (most likely made by himself for likes / subscribes) it isnt the right socket even : )
going to buy it just for fun on my lunch break, maybe 3 weeks to deliver is worst part.
 
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