Would you care if your VPS is hosted on Engineering Sample CPUs?

serverian

Same stepping as the retail one. Only half price.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_sample

Corey

@serverian said: Same stepping as the retail one. Only half price.

You're talking about the e5's I'm guessing....... these people are profiting more than the people selling the legit ones. They got these samples next to nothing. It is illegal to sell the samples.

jhadley

I don't care

serverian

@Corey said: It is illegal to sell the samples.

Yet, they are being sold for many years.

heiska

Nope.

ihatetonyy

@serverian said: Yet, they are being sold for many years.

http://news.techeye.net/chips/intel-oem-engineers-face-five-years-in-gaol

zhuanyi

You can't even tell, as a user, if the CPU is second hand/engineering sample/fake CPU whatsoever, so I would say I won't bother unless the performance is bad?

jhadley

@zhuanyi said: You can't even tell, as a user, if the CPU is second hand/engineering sample/fake CPU whatsoever, so I would say I won't bother unless the performance is bad?

Some engineering samples have different cpuinfo

Chan

Can't VPS providers just fake cpuinfo though? (you can do anything with linux :D)

rds100

I wouldn't care if it is an engineering sample as long as it can pass all correctness and burnin tests.

wdq

@rds100 Same here, as long as it's just as fast and stable as the normal chip I'm fine.

craigb

It leaves the provider open to blackmail if someone in the DC figures out they are using Intel ES chips as legally they are the property of Intel.

JTR

It depends on how high risk they are.

lele0108

Where do you get these things?

Spencer

@lele0108 said: Where do you get these things?

Black market

Nexus

edit: brain fart

lele0108

@Spencer said: Black market

Yo homey PM me.

Lol, but seriously, do people just sell these on websites and stuff?

Spencer

http://www.techspot.com/news/46902-engineers-arrested-for-selling-sample-cpus-on-ebay.html

http://communities.intel.com/message/161267

If OP does do this I would stay away since he blatantly knows it is illegal to buy them.

jcaleb

I don't care on the machine. But I care which provider is giving me service.

William

@Spencer said: If OP does do this I would stay away since he blatantly knows it is illegal to buy them.

Depends on the country.

Coastercraze

Yes because if Intel finds out, that server's going down and being dismantled.

UGVPS

• Stay away from that.

serverian

The price was tempting, but yeah, it's better to stay away from them.

lele0108

Found out some people sell it on HardForums

Dat price.