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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

it fails the top tier qc check, but passes a low tier qc check. That's how different price points/tiers for CPUs exist.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 10 months ago

And then there's those who fail the low tier check and "some friend" gets them for scrap en masse.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

That sounds like two different ways of saying the same thing.

It failed to be the best, but it was good enough to be used for something else.