Better or Not?? 2.4c - Reg or SL6Z3

[DeRailur]

Ive heard alot of hype about the 2.4c sl6z3. Has anyone here had and tried both?? And if so what are the differences in performance?? Have you gotten better overclocks overall with the newer chip??

 

[aggressor]

Nothing is guaranteed, but my personal experience is:


First 2.4c: Couldnt get above 3.1ghz (3.1ghz at 1.65v)
Second 2.4c: Couldn't get above 3.2ghz (3.2ghz at 1.58v)

New sl6z3: Currently at 3.4ghz at 1.52v.

Edit: Corrected some numbers, all of the above is Prime95 stable, btw

 

[DeRailur]

That sounds promising. Anyone else have any other personal experience with both types?

 

[Shimmishim]

yeah

i have a d1 sl6wf 2.4c @ 3.5 which duvie now owns

second m0 sl6z3 2.4c @ 3.45 with 1.65 volts

third m0 sl6z3 2.4c @ 3.5 with 1.6 volts (in sig)

good stuff...

but yeah.. nothing is guaranteed

 

[helloguy]

looks like the SL6Z3 is the chip to go.....

 

[willbemcse]

How can I tell wheather my version is SL6Z3 as I wont know the serial # untill I open the cpu right ?

 

[sugarkang]

people were ordering from zipzoomfly to get theirs. don't know if that's still going on though.

 

[ferrarifreak93]

From what I've read, chances are the newer SL6Z3 should be better. You could always get an incredible D1 though.

 

[aggressor]

Originally posted by: willbemcse
How can I tell wheather my version is SL6Z3 as I wont know the serial # untill I open the cpu right ?

No, you'll know when you get the box. It will say SL6Z3 at the end of the Prod. Code section.

 

[BLHealthy4life]

Originally posted by: sugarkang
people were ordering from zipzoomfly to get theirs. don't know if that's still going on though.

They still have the SL6Z3 chips. I ordered mine today. They have a pretty large inventory of the SL6Z3 chips I was told today by Dave. Call zipzoomfly, contact Dave at extension #2201 and he will take care of you to get a SL6Z3 version. He was the most friendliest and helpful customer rep I have ever talked with from any online retailer...though a lady named Carol from ABIT RMA comes in at a close second.
Take care.
Brian

 

[rickon66]

For what it is worth-I got one of the 2.4c "mo" steppings from ZZF last week and it will not run above 245MHZ. I wish I would have kept my old 1.8a that ran at 2.53ghz without breaking a sweat.

 

[Garster]

I purchased a 2.4c MO stepping from Newegg and to me they are no better then the rest, it is mostly a gamble on how high they will clock.
I did purchase a new retail box 2.4c here in the forsale forums last week for a computer upgrade and almost didn't bother testing it in my IS7 box. I decided to and it is currently running at 3.48 ghz (290 fsb) at 1.5v default voltage. The Mo stepping would only do 3.24 at 1.5v, this is a D1 SL6WR stepping.