Another Ivy Bridge Thread - Costa Rica vs. Malay

[rickon66]

I did a search and did not find a thread here on this-Has there been any consensus on whether Costa Rica or Malay chips are better for overclocking, etc.

 

[Barfo]

The country with the cooler climate is better for overclocking.

 

[Ferzerp]

They're all fab'ed in Oregon (I believe they only have one 22nm site right now) and just shipped to either Malaysia or Costa Rica for final assembly/testing. The assembly location has absolutely no bearing on the actual die.

 

[ShintaiDK]

The malay one is the one with the misprint on the box (95W and not the correct 77W).

 

[Pheesh]

Also intel is pretty big on 'copy exactly' with their factories...so even if fabbed in a different country I doubt there would be any difference. It's one reason they are able to transfer production to different fabs so seamlessly.

 

[Idontcare]

Welcome to the forums Pheesh! :thumbsup:

 

[blastingcap]

The chips themselves are probably pretty similar, but the TIM and how well it's put together might not be.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

its a silicon lottery, i doubt that location matters

 

[rgallant]

I'm still waiting for better mb's , when the time comes to buy the cpu , I'll get the highest week I can find at a shop,[some had week 13 last week]
some guy's are still getting 2011 chips from the net. L15xxxxx
x213xxxx =
-year 2012
-week 13
as most ib users[95%] are in a under volting competition @ 4.5, $350-$600.00[cpu\mb] systems with a $29.65 dollar cooler ,it's hard to tell what batches are better ,but to me the newest batches you can find can't hurt at this point.