Engineering Sample CPU's

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Helzy

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So not certain it is even legal to sell these but they are all over eBay so I assume that it must be legit. I'm interested in the 35W i9 10900T to drop into a P340 Tiny with the Q470 chipset. All these samples though infer that the ES versions are chipset locked. Anyone know if this is hard/fast/set in stone? For example this eBay vendor lists this:


While also listing the compatible chipsets as H410, B460, Z490. I'm uncertain if the chipset lock is real? My google-fu is apparently failing me, I can't even find any discussion on the matter.

If a subject matter expert could chime in I'd be grateful and if this happens to be a taboo topic please delete.

Thank you!