Are engineering samples legal?

[Potatocodone]

I know someone selling a few E6300 ES for roughly $70 each.

I thought it was somewhat illegal to sell ES cpus. If not, would it be worth $70 buying a e6300 ES?

 

[Relativist]

"I will MAKE IT LEGAL" -- Lord Sidious.

Actually, I doubt anyone cares with tech that's already been released.

 

[bholstege]

Unless they signed a contract saying they couldn't. Intel doesn't write the law. First Sale and all that.

 

[Potatocodone]

Ah thanks for clearing up.

I was told ES series have unlock multiplier. So would that mean the e6300 would go beyond the 7 multiplier? Also is it worth $70?

 

[needmorecarnitine]

Yes

5 years in Federal prison. Prepare to get your sh!t pushed in

 

[Mega666]

Yes

5 years in Federal prison. Prepare to get your sh!t pushed in

Hahaha! er.. ouch.

 

[haffey]

I was told ES series have unlock multiplier.

If they do, please sign me up. There's nothing I hate more than locked multis.

 

[dandragonrage]

Unless they signed a contract saying they couldn't. Intel doesn't write the law. First Sale and all that.

This is true, but depending on the circumstances that the ES was given out under, the CPU might not even be legal to be in the person's hands. If Intel made the original person they sent it to sign something saying ownership still belongs to Intel and it's for testing purposes only, then it is Intel's still and can't legally be sold since legal ownership is still Intel's.

Intel does go after people selling these in high-profile places.

 

[Nanan]

Not all ES chips are unlocked, the ES chips are just low batch made versions of the production chips. One of my friends has a Q6700 ES chip that in all reality sucks, it can't hit 3.6ghz on water without a core voltage of 1.55v where my q6600 hits 3.6ghz on 1.30v with my TRU120E.

 

[vsboxerboy]

Yes

5 years in Federal prison. Prepare to get your sh!t pushed in

Wow that made me lol

But yeah, the final silicon of the retail chips might be better suited for o/c reasons AND anyone that had this ES chip probably OC'd the crap out of it, I would definitely be wary of that fact.

 

[pxc]

This place openly sells many ES/QS chips: http://www.stalliontek.com/category_s/167.htm

Look through the CPU categories. The Intel chips with a 4 character sSpec starting with Q are samples. None are unlocked though, except the ones that normally come unlocked (Extreme Edition and Netburst-based 800/1066MHz supporting CPUs).