B3 vs G0 stepping on Q6600

[swtethan]

bummer, it really is a crap shoot!

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
My NCIX Q6600 finally shipped and it's a B3. :brokenheart:

Wow, you're like the first person I've read getting a B3 from them.

 

[n7]

The funny thing is, i suspect the B3s will clock just as well as the G0s in most cases.
Sure, some G0s will likely clock a bit better, but really, there's a lot of luck involved...

 

[idiotekniQues]

there are a few more people on the NCIX forusm that report B3. if i had read those i wouldnt have ordered but i guess i lucked out.

 

[AceFan84]

Hey guys, just signed up for the forums. I am in the middle of building my first self-built pc. One day I was doing some surfing and happened to stumble across this website. The information I got on here really helped me with ordering my different pc components. I just wanted to say thanks for all the help. I have never built my own pc before so I might not be thru with the help yet.

Anyways I just wanted to say that I ordered a Q6600 from NCIX thanks to someone's earlier suggestion. I got an email saying it shipped earlier tonight, I double checked and it is indeed a G0. I ordered it Tuesday afternoon if that helps at all. Hopefully I will be able to do a modest OC with just air cooling. But for now I just want to get my pc up and running smoothly. When I get to messing around with OC'ing I will take any advice I can get from you guys. Thanks again for all the help.

 

[bryanW1995]

Beginner's luck...

 

[QuixoticOne]

Well I don't know about the other differences between B3 and G0, but:

http://www.intel.com/design/pr...or/specupdt/315593.htm

Intel FIXED 35 CPU bugs (errata) in the G0 that were problems in the B3.

Though in the process of doing that they added at least one known NEW bug
in the G0 that was NOT a problem in the B3, and I'm sure more bugs
may be found in the future.

And, granted, MOST of those errata that are FIXED in G0 and BAD in B3 are probably
things that aren't TOO likely to cause problems for most people in the real world....

BUT a few of the fixes in G0 are quite significant / important in various not too
unrealistic circumstances, so I'm quite glad to see they've made them!

FIXED in G0, but defective in B3:
ak6
ak20
ak21
ak22
ak23
ak30
ak31
ak37
ak38
ak39
ak40
ak41
ak42
ak44
ak47
ak50
ak55
ak56
ak57
ak66
ak69
ak70
ak72
ak75
ak79
ak83
ak92
ak94
ak95
ak98
ak101
ak102
ak105
ak108
ak109

PLANED FOR FUTURE FIX YET STILL UNFIXED IN BOTH B3 and G0:
ak8
ak10
ak16
ak33
ak43 (is this as bad as it sounds?)
ak91

 

[Diogenes2]

My GO is on the go !

Shipped from NCIX ..


S/N: BX80562Q6600SLACR ...

 

[Buzz]

Decided to take the risk and ordered July 24th, recevied confirmation email yesterday stating that I was shipped a SLACR - G0 chip. Looks like I got lucky with all the reports of recent B3 stepping CPUs.

 

[Valour]

Did you guys buy from the US site, or the Canadian site?

 

[Buzz]

Bought mine from the US site - ncixus.com.

 

[Valour]

Man, I was all set to order my E6850 (I even debate the Q6600 vs E6850 in my sleep now!), but you guys have given me the itch to take another shot at the G0 lottery with ncixus.com. Agh!

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: Valour
Did you guys buy from the US site, or the Canadian site?

Mine is shipping from Canada ..

I think I ordered from the Canadian site .. I had to specify US$ when
I checked out..

Edit:
I ordered from Canada for sure ,,

I just looked at the NCIXUS site, and I can see that is not where I ordered ..

 

[Buzz]

Originally posted by: Valour
Man, I was all set to order my E6850 (I even debate the Q6600 vs E6850 in my sleep now!), but you guys have given me the itch to take another shot at the G0 lottery with ncixus.com. Agh!

I run FAH so the quad core was the easy winner over the dual core.

NCIX is a crapshoot at the moment ... people are randomly reporting G0's and B3's regardless of when they ordered. If you don't mind waiting a few weeks, you could always go for Tankguys.

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
My NCIX Q6600 finally shipped and it's a B3. :brokenheart:

Where did it ship from ?

 

[idiotekniQues]

that guy Tiramisu on xtreme forums is breaking 3.6 on air with his q6600 G0

 

[orion23]

Originally posted by: AceFan84
Hey guys, just signed up for the forums. I am in the middle of building my first self-built pc. One day I was doing some surfing and happened to stumble across this website. The information I got on here really helped me with ordering my different pc components. I just wanted to say thanks for all the help. I have never built my own pc before so I might not be thru with the help yet.

Anyways I just wanted to say that I ordered a Q6600 from NCIX thanks to someone's earlier suggestion. I got an email saying it shipped earlier tonight, I double checked and it is indeed a G0. I ordered it Tuesday afternoon if that helps at all. Hopefully I will be able to do a modest OC with just air cooling. But for now I just want to get my pc up and running smoothly. When I get to messing around with OC'ing I will take any advice I can get from you guys. Thanks again for all the help.

We'll help you!

Just start with creating or enabling a profile to receive private messages.

List your computer hardware in your signature so that we can give you advice as well...

And congrats on your G0!

 

[al88]

Originally posted by: Diogenes2

Originally posted by: aka1nas
My NCIX Q6600 finally shipped and it's a B3. :brokenheart:

Where did it ship from ?

My NCIX shipping notification also lists a SL9UM B3. Fedex tracking shows that it shipped from Richmond, BC. And I paid for overnight shipping!

--A

 

[AceFan84]

Originally posted by: al88

Originally posted by: Diogenes2

Originally posted by: aka1nas
My NCIX Q6600 finally shipped and it's a B3. :brokenheart:

Where did it ship from ?

My NCIX shipping notification also lists a SL9UM B3. Fedex tracking shows that it shipped from Richmond, BC. And I paid for overnight shipping!

--A

My G0 shipped from Richmond as well. I guess it really is just a crapshoot and I happening to get lucky.