It's essentially 9 different giveaways, one per region, all going on at the same time. I'd assume this allows Intel to customize the rules to each region to ensure compliance with local laws.
And that's not even the full story because Quebec is excluded (it's own fault for basically outlawing contests) so the non-Quebec population actually gets an even bigger advantage.
Not sure worth my time. Frankly my I5 still runs everything I need. If i get one of these I will have to upgrade mothertboard and ram which is a pain and costs me.
The apparent reason why some countries are absent from this list is that, even (for example), in the EU, giveaways are treated differently by a nation's law. That why, in Canada, you have to solve some kind of math challenge, so it's technically not just a lottery. In other countries, you can't hold a drawing for a giveaway without getting licensed to do so. Isn't the legal system fun?
I understand sharing the winners names, maybe faces, but only for the purpose of proof of sweepstakes winners. That paragraph essentially gives them the right to use your name/face/voice/anything you provide them to promote their products *at any time* without permission or compensation.
Well, I bought one on Amazon before it sells out. Watched bestbuy sellout. Wonder what the resell value will be a while from now... Low risk investment at the least!
Glad I purchased it, bound to be sold out on Amazon soon. Might build a nice water cooled computer from this eventually. Or resale with minimal loss to good gain
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CajunArson - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Intel is evil so I say that EVERYBODY should boycott this contest in the name of FREEDOM!Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! Sign up while you are all chanting! Boycott! Boycott!
KennyS - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Except you, right? lolpeevee - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
40 year anniversary?FunBunny2 - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
well, it kinda depends on how you measure. the 8086/8088 I saw back then carried a copyright date of 1978. you might still be able to find one.Martijn ter Haar - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Why this seemingly arbitrary and very limited list of countries?qlum - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Indeed, there would be nothing that makes shipping it in the entire eu harder for exampleDeath666Angel - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
The "not whole EU" thing is weird. And Germany seems to be a massive Intel market? Who knew. I'll be signing up for sure. :DMumrik - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
They do have a fab there.Ryan Smith - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
It's essentially 9 different giveaways, one per region, all going on at the same time. I'd assume this allows Intel to customize the rules to each region to ensure compliance with local laws.Makaveli - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Canada should have just as many units allocated as the USA, China or Germany come on inteltyger11 - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
There are more people in the state of California than in the entire country of Canada. C'mon.CajunArson - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
On a per-capita basis Canada is massively over-represented.If Intel treated Canada the same way it treats the U.S. there would only be 233 parts given away.
CajunArson - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
And that's not even the full story because Quebec is excluded (it's own fault for basically outlawing contests) so the non-Quebec population actually gets an even bigger advantage.Intel loves Canada apparently.
FunBunny2 - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
"On a per-capita basis Canada is massively over-represented."good reason for a Trade War, eh?
eastcoast_pete - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
On the other hand, it would be even worse if it's done on a per square-mile basis. I think it should be done based on the population of grizzly bears.Hxx - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
isn't Canada just French for Chicago? lol"Steve Harvey"
lurker22 - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Not sure worth my time. Frankly my I5 still runs everything I need. If i get one of these I will have to upgrade mothertboard and ram which is a pain and costs me.Makaveli - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
So you posted to that to say its not worth your time?kmmatney - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
My i7 3770 (non-K) still runs everything OK, but would still love to have this.Ken_g6 - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
If you don't manage to snag a specially branded 8086K, you can still get a "guaranteed" 5GHz i7-8700K here: https://siliconlottery.com/collections/coffeelake/...eastcoast_pete - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
The apparent reason why some countries are absent from this list is that, even (for example), in the EU, giveaways are treated differently by a nation's law. That why, in Canada, you have to solve some kind of math challenge, so it's technically not just a lottery. In other countries, you can't hold a drawing for a giveaway without getting licensed to do so. Isn't the legal system fun?7upEXE - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Wtf. Look at #10 for sweepstakes details. https://game.intel.com/8086sweepstakes/I understand sharing the winners names, maybe faces, but only for the purpose of proof of sweepstakes winners. That paragraph essentially gives them the right to use your name/face/voice/anything you provide them to promote their products *at any time* without permission or compensation.
Ryan Smith - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
That's actually rather standard for sweepstakes. It allows them to show the rest of the world who won.olafgarten - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
"potential winners who are Canadian residents must correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question as posed by Sponsor."Canadians have to pass a sanity check.
eastcoast_pete - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
Not sure about the sanity part. I've known some math wizzes who were pretty excentric , to say it mildly.ByteMyAscii - Thursday, June 7, 2018 - link
And I would be "that guy" that puts this in a B360 board with 8GB of RAM because that's all I could afford.Lord of the Bored - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
Me too.Mumrik - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
Not all that global. It is:USA, Germany, France, Canada (excluding Quebec), the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Mainland China and Taiwan.
danwat1234 - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
Well, I bought one on Amazon before it sells out. Watched bestbuy sellout. Wonder what the resell value will be a while from now... Low risk investment at the least!koaschten - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
yeah sure ... https://siliconlottery.com/collections/coffeelake/... resale value 419€ I guess ;)danwat1234 - Saturday, June 9, 2018 - link
Glad I purchased it, bound to be sold out on Amazon soon. Might build a nice water cooled computer from this eventually. Or resale with minimal loss to good gainiranterres - Sunday, June 10, 2018 - link
Jive ass giveaway. I don't know AT post this crap if just a selected number of countries will be contemplated. Utter Failure.