CPU's ES QS

what it means the ES, QS cpu's etc etc what are those designations and what are the differences among them?

 

ES usually means engineering sample, QS basically means the same thing, Quality Sample.

In other words, they are not production chips, just samples Intel/AMD produced for testing purposes.

 

QS actually means Qualification Sample, meaning it is the final test chip beore the production ones. If possible, try to go for a QS, as they are almost always identical to the production chip.

 

Ah, there you go, I wasn't too sure of QS.

 

I don't think, TS is asking the above..

I think is asking eg.. E6400, Q6000 for CPU chips..

 

I thought about that, but the inclusion of the "S" in both acronyms kind of lends itself to making it seem like he's asking what they mean.

 

An ES (Engineering Sample) CPU is more like a Beta-version (or prototype) of the final product, usually sent to ODMs for testing and enabling them to make their own product around the upcoming final version of the CPU.

A QS (Qualification Sample) is identical to any OEM or Retail CPU out there. It is identical to the commercial version of a CPU, usually sent out to OEMs to let them validate their hardware, BIOS, ACPI etc etc, with the final chip.

ES CPUs are usually quite cheap, and there is no sense in buying one unless you have an overclocking desktop, and just want to play around with the CPU's voltage and frequency.

 

I see no reason to buy expensive retail chips, when equally reliable QS chips are widely available at half the price.

 

I'm in agreement. Most Ebayers and other sellers will have a exchange policy for dead chips. When you get it, just do a torture test (with ORTHOS) for 48 or 72 hours. If the chip doesn't die then, chances are it won't die in the future.

For those interested in what the letter prefixes of the CPUs mean (e.g. Q9100), see here: http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/mobile-processor-number.html.

 

QS has temp sensors while early ES doesn´t....

 

thank you so much for your answers now I'm thinking about buying a QX9300 QS

ES don't have temp sensor? :x ouch
and ES chips for overclock? I didn't get it? because they are cheap right

but now I've another doubt. What about the QX ? I mean extreme edition CPU's. what is the main deference from the other ones?

 

ES chips have unlocked multipliers and VIDs, so overclocking non-extreme chips is not much of a problem.
They have a temp sensor, but because the codes for that particular revision are not released by Intel, BIOS developers are not able include to them in their BIOS releases.
QX and X series CPUs have an unlocked multiplier for overclocking, which is useful if your BIOS supports multiplier overclocking. Otherwise, the next lower chip provides more bang for the buck. And also the Extreme edition dual-core CPUs have a higher TDP, compared to the non-extreme ones.

 

hi
i just ordered T9800 and i want to ask if will run in my sony vaio aw 11s/b laptop?
thnx

 

Yes it will work. You should definitely confirm that before you order though.

 

and what about 8gb ram ddr 3 1066 ?
or 8gb ddr2 1066 ?