3.2E Engineering Sample For Sale???

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ChuckS

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• Nov 19, 2004

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Saw this on Ebay and was wondering if it's for real or not. There's a nice readable pic of the chip, but the text is not in English, so for all I know the guy's telling me how stupid I am in Norwegian... What do you think? I mean about the chip, not how stupid I am... I have a wife to tell me that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80143&item=6723887767&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

 

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beau_zo_brehm

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• Nov 19, 2004

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ChuckS said:

Saw this on Ebay and was wondering if it's for real or not. There's a nice readable pic of the chip, but the text is not in English, so for all I know the guy's telling me how stupid I am in Norwegian... What do you think? I mean about the chip, not how stupid I am... I have a wife to tell me that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80143&item=6723887767&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

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looks genuine to me, but there really isnt a way to know. u could always translate the page into english using an online translator...

 

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man_utd

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• Nov 19, 2004

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C0 revision, preproduction model. I wouldn't personally bother with it, but if you like the deal, go for with it.

 

OcLinNoob

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• Nov 20, 2004

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I saw that two but didn't even understand what he was talking about

 

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Falkentyne

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• Nov 20, 2004

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Why in the name of God would he post all that in a language no one can understand? And he registered in the USA, too.......

At least he could have babelfished it before posting......

 

Foxie3a

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• Nov 20, 2004

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Well, it is illegal to sell engineering samples that are younger than 3 years old.

Engineering samples are usually the first revisions, so they don't overclock too well. There's really no benefit in getting one. If your in it for the overclocking its definately better getting the latest revision and not bothering with the bus ratio.

The seller obviously doesn't know too much about selling stuff. He doesn't even have the words "Intel", "Pentium", or "P4" in his title.

Also, the only feedback he's given is NEGATIVE. That bothers me. He has low feedback, and gives negative feedback every 1 out of 7 auctions. And another, older account. :/

 

Lancelot

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• Nov 20, 2004

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Dunno guys, might still be a hoax?! He's talking about a certain BIOS version displaying it as a 2.8E on an IC7-MAX3 board. He's also comparing the chip to the SL7B8 S-spec which is a standard C0 3.2E able to run with a 14x multi on older BIOSes...

 

stryg

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• Nov 20, 2004

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If it doesnt really clock that well, its a sad deal - hoax or not...

 

caater

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• Nov 20, 2004

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lmao.
text and images are from this review: http://www.soneraplaza.fi/tietokoneet/artikkeli/0,2998,h-9102_a-193789,00.html
it's in Finnish, btw.
i really doubt that this seller is related to this respected Finnish hardware-site
so - he might have this item but definately not the one pictured.

 

stryg

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• Nov 20, 2004

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lonk

 

OcLinNoob

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• Nov 20, 2004

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lol