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It should be a drop-in cpu for any sapphire rapids compatible motherboard, but if the bios can boot it is another story.
It may not perform like a production CPU, as clocks on ESes are often lower than production samples as defects get ironed out.
Either way, be careful with those! Somebody was not supposed to do that if they're working CPUs. Even if they're dead, they should probably stay internal.