Cherry Picking...

[Andy__C]

I see references to cherry picked CPU's occasionally in build logs etc...

Am just curious to how this is done.


Is it just a case of someone having access to a lot of CPU's, say in a store... popping them out of the boxes and testing them?...

Or is this something that comes from the manufacturer where they know certain batches can handle more of an o/c and pass that through to the retailer?

 

[Andy__C]

So is it fair to say when we buy a CPU its may have already been used by someone cherry-picking?

 

[Andy__C]

They do it with OEM chips which just come in trays.

Ah, thats clearer - cheers mate.

 

[Andy__C]

that was my initial concern... i didn't think about the OEM side... I couldn't see retail boxes being opened, properly re-sealed and re-sold.