I got a SLACR!

[Stumps]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: sgrinavi

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

You mean, for once, it actually paid to be an early adopter?

Nah, it paid to be a "mid adopter".

If you were an early Q6600 adopter then you got stuck with those notoriously power hungry FSB limited B3 steppings. It was only later that the G0 stepping (SLACR) for Q6600 were released.

There's nothing wrong with the B3 stepping.....as long as you don't look at your temps

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
The new SLACRs are slackers?

Oh man, I got a good laugh at that :laugh:

Originally posted by: Stumps
There's nothing wrong with the B3 stepping.....as long as you don't look at your temps

Or your clockspeed when OC'ing

 

[Modelworks]

Not hard to find at all.
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Q6...&qid=1236098892&sr=8-1

Amazon is only shipping the Q6600 with confirmed BX80562Q6600 SLACR, with G0 stepping

I bought one from amazon and it is pack date 12/11/08 Malaysia.
Runs at 3.3Ghz at default voltage 1.35v

 

[boomhower]

I had a 1.30 VID SLACR. It did 3.2 at decent volts and temps. 3.4 was doable but warm. Everyone expecting 3.6 out of them are just dreaming. It is certainly possible to get a chip that will do it but that is the exception and not the rule.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I got to 3.6 with my SLACR, but it has a 1.2v VID.

 

[Stumps]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
The new SLACRs are slackers?

Oh man, I got a good laugh at that :laugh:

Originally posted by: Stumps
There's nothing wrong with the B3 stepping.....as long as you don't look at your temps

Or your clockspeed when OC'ing

Why?, I got 3.6ghz out of my B3 ES(1.25 VID) dead easy...

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
The new SLACRs are slackers?

Oh man, I got a good laugh at that :laugh:

Originally posted by: Stumps
There's nothing wrong with the B3 stepping.....as long as you don't look at your temps

Or your clockspeed when OC'ing

Why?, I got 3.6ghz out of my B3 ES(1.25 VID) dead easy...

Why? No reason at all I guess.

Your results are definitely typical and representative of what most people report overclocking their B3's are like...

I too was able to clock my B3 like a motha, it only took 1.37 Vcore at load to be small FFT stable at 3.6GHz.

Oh yeah, I suppose I should mention that was at -40C on a phase cooling rig. (minor detail)

So yeah, 3.6GHz on B3, dead easy, just need a $1,000 cooling solution. Or just be Stumps and have it dead easy.

 

[Stumps]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
The new SLACRs are slackers?

Oh man, I got a good laugh at that :laugh:

Originally posted by: Stumps
There's nothing wrong with the B3 stepping.....as long as you don't look at your temps

Or your clockspeed when OC'ing

Why?, I got 3.6ghz out of my B3 ES(1.25 VID) dead easy...

Why? No reason at all I guess.

Your results are definitely typical and representative of what most people report overclocking their B3's are like...

I too was able to clock my B3 like a motha, it only took 1.37 Vcore at load to be small FFT stable at 3.6GHz.

Oh yeah, I suppose I should mention that was at -40C on a phase cooling rig. (minor detail)

So yeah, 3.6GHz on B3, dead easy, just need a $1,000 cooling solution. Or just be Stumps and have it dead easy.

hey...there can only be one "Stumps"

Guess I must have a decent sample of the B3 Q6600's...I did try a couple of G0's in a vain attempt to get my temps down but even with the same shitty Thermaltake water cooling kit I could barely reach 3.33ghz...hence the "old" B3 stayed put.

 

[Fayd]

i read it as "i got a slacker".

first thought: "gratz........"

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: Idontcare
So yeah, 3.6GHz on B3, dead easy, just need a $1,000 cooling solution. Or just be Stumps and have it dead easy.

hey...there can only be one "Stumps"

Guess I must have a decent sample of the B3 Q6600's...I did try a couple of G0's in a vain attempt to get my temps down but even with the same shitty Thermaltake water cooling kit I could barely reach 3.33ghz...hence the "old" B3 stayed put.

Ha ha :laugh: Yeah thats true

It is quite plausible you are the lucky recipient of a B3 chip from the high-end of the tail of the distribution. (a +3-sigma chip)

But your experience in having a one in a thousand B3 chip unfortunately doesn't translate into what the typical B3 consumer got to experience from theirs. Count your blessings and give us a shoulder to cry on

 

[SanDiegoPC]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Ausm
My SLACR I got from Newegg last week overclocks just fine VERY happy with it.

If it's the 3.3GHz one in your sig, that's a semi-common OC. Most people that get the SLACR G0 Q6600's expect far too much out of them. Many are disappointed if they don't reach at LEAST 3.6GHz, which is quite a feat.

Agreed. The Q6600 in my sig is an SLACR G0 and 3.4GHz is stable for a few minutes with insane voltage. 3.2GHz, however (a neat 400x8) is rock solid at 1.395v and idles at 38C. I highly doubt it would ever make it above 3.4GHz.

Agreed. My machine has been running for over a year now (15months) always on, and rebooted once a week or so. See my sig for build details. Rock Solid.

 

[Grooveriding]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
I got to 3.6 with my SLACR, but it has a 1.2v VID.

Yar, my 1.275 VID SLACR does 3.6 with 1.36V and I can do 3.85 on it with 1.45, but it gets too hot for my liking. The early G0 Q66's did real well, I also have an old e6400 from early on at core2's release that does 3.8 no problem and could probably go higher.

 

[Gillbot]

My SLACR was a 1.325VID and it wouldn't do anything over 3.4 with as much as 1.65v

 

[Stumps]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: Idontcare
So yeah, 3.6GHz on B3, dead easy, just need a $1,000 cooling solution. Or just be Stumps and have it dead easy.

hey...there can only be one "Stumps"

Guess I must have a decent sample of the B3 Q6600's...I did try a couple of G0's in a vain attempt to get my temps down but even with the same shitty Thermaltake water cooling kit I could barely reach 3.33ghz...hence the "old" B3 stayed put.

Ha ha :laugh: Yeah thats true

It is quite plausible you are the lucky recipient of a B3 chip from the high-end of the tail of the distribution. (a +3-sigma chip)

But your experience in having a one in a thousand B3 chip unfortunately doesn't translate into what the typical B3 consumer got to experience from theirs. Count your blessings and give us a shoulder to cry on

Could also be the fact that mine is a very early Engineering sample as well...windows displays it as an Intel Core 2 Quad@2.4ghz, not Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 like the G0's that I have tested.