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Processors Working With Dead Cores?

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If somehow, a processor were to have a dead core, would it still work? I ask because I've found a processor on eBay insanely cheap for what it is, sold as working, but I'm wondering what exactly 'working' means. Is it likely to have gimped thermals? Is it likely that there will be dead components or old thermal paste that would need to be replaced?

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I highly doubt it would work. If it looks sketch on ebay at all, don't buy it.

"You think your Commodore 64 is really neato! What kind of chip you got in there a Dorito?" -Weird Al Yankovic, All about the pentiums

 

PC 1(Lenovo S400 laptop): 

CPU: i3-3217u

SSD: 120gb Super Cache mSATA SSD

HDD: Random seagate 5400rpm 500gb HDD

RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR3-SODIMM

OS: Windows 10 education

 

PC 2(2014 Mac Mini):

CPU: i5-4260u

HDD: 5400rpm 500gb

RAM: 4gb DDR3 (soldered on :( )

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