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    Upgrade L702X upgrade to Engineering Sample CPU ??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dave343, Sep 4, 2011.

  1. dave343

    dave343 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought my L702X with a i5 2410 but before Battlefield 3 comes out and some other heavy game titles, I'd like to drop a quad core in. Looking on ebay I can same $100-200 on the 2720QM and 2820Qm if I buy the Engineering Sample CPU, I'm familiar with them for the desktops but I'm curios if the XPS would recognize it, vs a standard 2820QM. Thoughts?
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    Of course it'll recognize the new ES CPU. They're basically the same processors, but unfinished with some minor bugs you wouldn't even notice. There're bunch of people who uses ES CPU with no problems whatsoever. I say, go for it :D
     
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    Dell BIOS doesn't whitelist CPU's. ES chips have gotten alot better since Core 2 days. QS is going to be the best between ES and OEM chips. ES chips can again sometimes lack features/run hotter than a QS/OEM chip. QS is more towards production phase quality.
     
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    what is that QS cpu?
     
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    quality sample chip?
     
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    QS stands for Qualification Sample, again it is near final production. Engineering Sample or ES is at early stages when Intel loans them out to OEM, ODMs and ISV's. QS chips are at like an Intel pre-launch event. My workplace (Micro Center) got a whole bunch of QS chips for the Sandy Bridge launch for the display Sandy Bridge desktops we built.
     
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    The 2820qm chip I was looking to get is a QS chip. I would always prefer OEM but if it saves me $200... QS sounds good. I just don't want to take apart the 702, only to have it not recognize the QS/ES chip lol,so as long as Dell's bios has no issues..
     
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    Dell BIOS is some of the most lenient out there in terms of being able to change options readily and Dell does not whitelist WLAN cards and CPU's. Of course you should POST test it before you put everything back together..
     
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