April 16, 201610 yr Saw this on ebay for £154 from japan seller. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2658-v3-ES-LGA2011-3-12C-Compatible-with-X99-i7-5820K-5930K-5960X-/151989476551?hash=item2363475cc7:g:xzMAAOSw5dNWs997 Wow 12 cores wish i hadnt bought my quad core skylake now!!
April 16, 201610 yr I'm sure most people will be fine with this, however note that ES CPU's (engineering sample CPU's) are not for resale, and have some other conditions around them: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/000005719.html
April 16, 201610 yr DO NOT PUT THESE IN DELL/HP ETC BOARDS. They dont have the microcode (and for $$$ reasons) and they will fail to boot. If you have an intel server board, or bought your mobo, you should be good.
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