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| Thread ID: 125022 | 2012-06-02 04:38:00 | Thoughts on Engineering Sample Intel cpus | PC builder (15482) | Press F1 |
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| 1279089 | 2012-06-02 04:38:00 | My friend recently purchased one off eBay, after googling about it i found out it was illegal . That aside do Engineering Sample Intel cpus run properly? I know they are 'beta editions' produced before retail CPUs . Any thoughts are appreciated . Also his CPU supports DDR3-1066/1333 But his motherboard Supports DDR3- 1600 What kinda ram should he get? Thank You |
PC builder (15482) | ||
| 1279090 | 2012-06-02 05:57:00 | Ram, normally motherboards support more than just one type. What board is it specifically? | pctek (84) | ||
| 1279091 | 2012-06-02 06:02:00 | Intel DP67BG thanks | PC builder (15482) | ||
| 1279092 | 2012-06-02 09:28:00 | Hope he's got the right socket. I'd have thought the engineering samples were mostly based on new / not released socket designs. Might have lots of unlocked features for overclocking... if the right software can be found to tweak them. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1279093 | 2012-06-02 09:43:00 | Apparently you can lose some of the performance monitoring features, temps etc depending on the revision of the cpu. Personally I'd only ever go after one if I knew it was new unreleased tech. But the chances of that are slim and there probably wont be any motherboard support for it. If it's old tech its kind of a stupid buy when the fully tested retail one is available. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1279094 | 2012-06-03 13:40:00 | But having an engineering sample is cool... I don't see why it wouldn't run OK. Might not run as fast, or can be overclocked as much as the retail version, but it should work. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1279095 | 2012-06-03 14:17:00 | It might not run for the same reason beta software crashes. And yes I do see the novelty factor but I still wouldnt run one of these in my main pc. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1279096 | 2012-06-03 21:39:00 | But his motherboard Supports DDR3- 1600 Actually it says: DDR3 memory 1600+/1333/1066MHz |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1279097 | 2012-06-04 01:05:00 | Actually it says: DDR3 memory 1600+/1333/1066MHz But the CPU supports 1333? |
PC builder (15482) | ||
| 1279098 | 2012-06-04 03:28:00 | He should get the type of ram that the motherboard supports. | icow (15313) | ||
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