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I've recently got hold of a second hand Xeon E5 2650 V3 CPU, however I'm concerned it might be an engineering sample because in the CPU-ID readout it says in brackets (ES) on one of the description lines, and does not mention the full CPU name:
https://imgur.com/a/wepjL
Everything else appears 100% retail. The lid of the CPU does not say Intel Confidential but instead has all the correct retail writing on it, including the retail code SR1YA, not an engineering sample Q code. Additionally, when I run the Intel CPU Identification Utility mentioned here:
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/articles/000005719/processors.html
it does not give the 'this is an engineering sample' warning, but instead describes the CPU as a 'Genuine Intel(R) CPU'. Oddly, CPU-ID reports the frequency as 2.2GHz in the suspicious line, when the 2650 V3 is supposed to run a base 2.3GHz. Does anyone know what I have here?
https://imgur.com/a/wepjL
Everything else appears 100% retail. The lid of the CPU does not say Intel Confidential but instead has all the correct retail writing on it, including the retail code SR1YA, not an engineering sample Q code. Additionally, when I run the Intel CPU Identification Utility mentioned here:
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/articles/000005719/processors.html
it does not give the 'this is an engineering sample' warning, but instead describes the CPU as a 'Genuine Intel(R) CPU'. Oddly, CPU-ID reports the frequency as 2.2GHz in the suspicious line, when the 2650 V3 is supposed to run a base 2.3GHz. Does anyone know what I have here?