E6400 Stepping - did I get a winner?

[MichaelD]

The Box from Newegg came today. :beer: Got my E6400/Gigabyte DS3. Probably won't have time for a few days to put it together...gotta work to pay for the toys you know. :roll:

Anyway, it's an E6400 and the code on the CPU is L629A728. The box has some additional info. The pack date says 22 August. The Version# is D6329-001.

What do all the numbers mean? Did I get a known good overclocker?

ps
The stock HSF is freaky looking. I miss the good old Socket A days and the SLK900 type HS's with a simple clip. At least I knew what to do with it without having to read the directions!

 

[n19htmare]

only one way to find out....stick it in, boot it up and start playing with it and let us know.

 

[Jen]

you have a week 29 processor , batch A . the only way of knowing if its good is to try it out

would recommend a better heatsink as well , i hate the stock retail heatsink

also may want to flash the DS3 to F7 bios as it did wonders for me , at 486 fsb now and orthos stable 24 hrs

hugs


Jen

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks, Jen. I fully intend on flashing to the F7 bios upon the first reboot; flashing to the latest BIOS is SOP for me w/a new MB.

I know that the stock HSF is crap compared to the aftermarket offerings; I have read that it's OK for stock or slightly over stock speeds though. I'm going to remove the stock TIM and use AS5 right off the bat; that should help a little bit.

Strange how w/these new CPUs, you've got to "test it out" to see how far you can go. In Ye Olden Days, the stepping of your CPU pretty much 100% guaranteed how high you could go. I'm posting on a Barton XP2500 that has been running 2.2GHz (XP3200 speed, and seen as such in my NF7-S v2.0's BIOS), 200FSB since the day I booted it up about 3 years ago. It used to be a CPU in my F@H farm...now it's my daily driver.

Anyway, I'll be testing it out soon, hopefully. Thanks for the reply.