erek
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Yeah they came in dime a dozen Dells by the boat load.According to the Intel Ark, that's the normal one. Just a standard ES chip. I have one just like it.
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...echnology-3-73-ghz-2m-cache-1066-mhz-fsb.html
Yeah they came in dime a dozen Dells by the boat load.
The 19k AUD (15k USD?) buy now is ridiculous even for an ES and even more so as you explained. The actual non-ES chip for desktop (ark link) was a pretty good seller if I remember correctly.That's also exactly what reviewers were often given. Intel always samples ES chips to reviewers. AMD's are marked "Not for Resale" but they are basically retail packages and the CPU's themselves do not show as engineering samples the way Intel's do. I've had dozens of Intel ES chips over the years and while they tend to be somewhat hand picked and slightly better overclockers than the average retail chip, they aren't special or even all that rare. The Ebay ad is correct about one thing: They were not sold to the public.
So I take it the listing's claim of "one of the rarest CPUs available" is BS.
lol bidding has ended at a little less than $100 AU. LOL
Honestly, the biggest thing I got from this thread was that 2011 6 core chip that Dan_D posted for $199, but even at that price, I assume a $100 Ryzen 2600 would still be pretty competitive with it unless you need quad channel memory or have a lot of DDR3 sitting around and have a beefy cooling system. Plus, it's $100 less and uses 1/3 the power.