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    Cpu to good to be true?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by joshanator, Sep 3, 2011.

  1. joshanator

    joshanator Notebook Consultant

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    Hello there i have a G71GX wwith a p8700 and its OC to 3.1ghz which is perfect for current games and it does great, however i want to but a core 2 extreme for more performance and i have found one on ebay for VERY cheap almost cheap
    Intel® Core?2 Extreme Mobile Processor X9100 3.06G QBDW | eBay

    Now if this is real im going to be VERY happy, but i have a few questions:
    Could this be a fake Chinese knock off?
    Thats really it lol
     
    joshanator, Sep 3, 2011
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It is an engineering sample chip. Illegal to resale, could have any number of missing features or defects, and the price is definitely too good to be true.

    Buyer beware as far as I'm concerned.
     
    Greg, Sep 3, 2011
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  3. joshanator

    joshanator Notebook Consultant

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    Thankyou.
    i was thinking damn ill buy 20 and resale em ;)

    Whats a price that i will know is legit?
    I can only find this on ebay..
     
    joshanator, Sep 3, 2011
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  4. frysbot

    frysbot Newbie

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    If you are still looking i have gotten 2 X9100's from extremeprocessor store on eBay they showed up in 6 days which is good coming from Taiwan to California and they were regular chips not crappy es chips, they currently list them at $226 U.S. dollars
    New Intel Extreme X9100 OEM SLB48 3.06GHz 6M L2 1066FSB | eBay
     
    frysbot, Sep 3, 2011
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  5. hereticangel

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    hmm for 60 dollars i would try anyhow lol

    he does have 1500+ ebay rep , pity he does not ship to south Africa, or i would of bought it :p
     
    hereticangel, Sep 3, 2011
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  6. long2905

    long2905 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I bought a ES T9600 and find no problem with it. But this one still have 5 days left to bid so I wont hold my breath for it to be that cheap by the end. Also current i7 has gone far from that gen of core 2 extreme.
     
    long2905, Sep 3, 2011
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  7. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Josh I would have thought that is a QS model which means it is the next stage from ES it is what the OEM's use to test their laptops, it mentions this in the listing so contact the seller and find out if its ES or QS. Mine is a QS but still has ES stamped on it and these chips are no different to the retail chips apart from they are not for Sale.

    I have a QS and the only difference is that I cannot use Yougamer to check for system requirements as it does not recognise it haha that is it. Any CPU that does not come with a Warranty is going to be risky but for the price they sell QS models for it is a bargain.
     
    Yiddo, Sep 3, 2011
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  8. joshanator

    joshanator Notebook Consultant

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    Just found out the cpu is a QS and i am the highest bidder :) only 85 what a deal! Lol
     
    joshanator, Sep 4, 2011
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  9. RampageX

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    There is still 4 days and 7 hours left on the bid. I doubt you would win. don't worry about it, this is why the forum is here.
     
    RampageX, Sep 4, 2011
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  10. long2905

    long2905 Notebook Virtuoso

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    dont bid on it yet just watch and put down your money in the last 5 minutes, that way you can keep the price low and have less chance of someone outbidded you in the last minute or second.
     
    long2905, Sep 4, 2011
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  11. RampageX

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    Oh! I misread! I still though it was the Engineering model. :eek:
     
    RampageX, Sep 4, 2011
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  12. PhnX

    PhnX Notebook Evangelist

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    The price will skyrocket by the time it gets to the end. If you're serious about this purchase, I'd get ebay sniping software, because odds are all the people who are bidding on something like this are going to use one.
     
    PhnX, Sep 4, 2011
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  13. joshanator

    joshanator Notebook Consultant

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    i know to well about this ive lost alot of stuff because i just crap out in to the upper 60's.
    Ive lost a lot of ssd's like this too.. ill just camp it out see what happens and hoope for the best, besides i go up to like 150 its a good cpu
     
    joshanator, Sep 4, 2011
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