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    Penryn processor off ebay?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cephasara, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. cephasara

    cephasara Notebook Consultant

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    Is this a bad idea to buy a processor? Being such a critical part of laptop I'm worried, but I found several for at least $100 cheaper than retail price.. I've seen a few people say that they test them for a concept, what does that mean?

    Another thing, in this product description should I not buy a Engineering Sample for a laptop I plan to use for conventional web surfing and gaming?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core2Duo-Mobile-T9400-C0-2-53GHz-6MB-L2-1066-FSB_W0QQitemZ120303506476QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120303506476&_trkparms=72%3A1163|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

    Feedback is appreciated :D
     
    cephasara, Sep 13, 2008
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  2. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    I once picked a Q6600 off ebay and it worked great till I sold it a year later!
     
    emike09, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Engineering Samples tend to have flaws in them, which were not worked out when released. The point of engineering samples, are that Intel can sell some chips, so people can test them in their systems before Intel actually finishes making the processor. ES cpu's tend to run hotter and run less stable, so I would stay away from it.

    What cpu do you have now?

    and is there a reason to upgrade the cpu, or to just have more power.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Sep 13, 2008
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    That CPU has the latest CPU revision as the retail one, so I think it should be fine. But No Guarantees !!
     
    Andy, Sep 13, 2008
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  5. cephasara

    cephasara Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, thanks. I'll make sure to compare CPU revisions. Well I just have the CPU listed in my signature.. but I'm thinking about assembling a new laptop.. seeing as it's quite a lot cheaper, I'm thinking about getting a processor off ebay. Even if I did get one on ebay, I at least have most the 3 year limited warrenty that comes with it if anything goes wrong.

    I might go with this MSI configuration mentioned here.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=298736
     
    cephasara, Sep 13, 2008
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  6. mystery905

    mystery905 Notebook Deity

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    My T8300 Penryn (non-ES) came from e-bay and has been stable and fast in my m1330. I got a really good deal on it that I couldn't pass it up.
     
    mystery905, Sep 13, 2008
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