Intel Performance Plan - Eligibility

Many of us here having unlocked CPUs and also good warranties from our place of purchase. But these warranties expire and if it's just the CPU, replacements are still pricey.

With these plans being so cheap ( $30 for 6700k) I was considering purchasing the Intel protection plan for the i7 6700k in my P770DM-G

Does anyone know if the CPUs bundled with our machines are eligible for this? It mentions that tray CPUs aren't valid and while I'd assume that's what would be used any certainty would be welcome and perhaps more pointedly how stringent they are with this policy.

It seems they don't ask for any actual info on the processor at the point of purchase, only on registration for the pre-purchased plan.

I purchased this plan with my desktop boxed i5 4690k since it's a mediocre clocker at best and my water loop can handle the voltage and heat but with a new laptop now and the desktop on standby duty I'm thinking of pushing it higher. Sooner or later I expect this laptop will have a similar fate and 3 years is a good time.

 

@stonetrap

First thing to bear in mind is that you need to purchase the IPP in the first year of owning the qualifying CPU.

To answer your question, I'd be extremely susprised if any companies on nbr were purchasing boxed CPUs to install in laptops - assuming that they are system integrators and not resellers who might only purchase 1 or 2 CPUs per week. As you mentioned, only boxed CPUs qualify for the IPP and Intel states this in their T&Cs. I would expect them to be very stringent, though I don't have any direct experience.

 

Thanks for the reply, I know it would be very unlikely, but would rather ask and be very pleasantly surprised.

It's the rumors of people who have delidded whilst under the plan and only reattached the spreader with nail varnish to successfully have their CPUs replaced that made me question their stringency though they were presumably boxed editions initally.

 

@stonetrap I don't know what tests Intel carry out when they have a CPU back under IPP, I assume it it looks sealed/passes their physical checks then they will honour the plan - but yes they would have had to be boxed CPUs unless Intel really are lax about it.

 

surprise surprise: i actually got a boxed cpu from you guys at XMG although i have to admit, i bought my system with two cpus, the lowest model i5 at the time and a 4790K, which in turn was boxed

 

@jaybee83 Ah ha, but if you ordered two CPUs and the second wasn't in a PC or laptop then I expect they would have sold you a boxed model as technically tray CPUs aren't supposed to be sold individually, only integrated in systems ;-)

 

yes, exactly my point, i was just being a bit cocky here

 

I suggest approaching your reseller and asking directly.

While CPUs are pricey, they are not normally the cause of failure.

 

Yup, understood Just clarifying for other members ;-)

 

Agreed, unless you seriously OC your CPUs 24/7, it is most likely not going to fail while you own your laptop!

 

Well for people like me that can not be saying much But it is true for most users, usually the heat pumped out from the CPU is more going to impact the parts around it.

 

I was thinking more memory overclocking than multiplier, if the IMC burnt out it would be a whole new ticket to the lottery.

 

considering the speeds that desktop memory modules are already reaching, i dont think ull be able to max out a desktop imc in a laptop with sodimms...even if u oc the crap outta them

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The IMC would only burn out if you could over volt it, it's just a question if it's stable or not.