I just got a Week 31A E6600. Good or Bad?

[mawsoccer]

Is this good or bad for OCing?

Regardless of what gets posted here, I plan to do further research, but it'd be nice if I had someone else who know about them give me some opinion about it.

 

[The-Noid]

Really really good. Check my sig . Possible you have the new stepping of Conroe too. Stepping 6 B3.

 

[mawsoccer]

How can I tell on the stepping without having it in a computer?

 

[Mango1970]

You have the same stepping as me. The week 31A is a monster. I out of the box hit 3.6 wth not much of a volt increase on my eVga 680i. However then I trashed the board but that's another story.

I as well am not sure if i have the new stepping.. B3 or not. Hard to tell and not even sure where to look. However you can't do no wrong with that chip.

 

[khurios2000]

Originally posted by: mawsoccer
How can I tell on the stepping without having it in a computer?

CPUZ

 

[khurios2000]

Originally posted by: Mango1970
You have the same stepping as me. The week 31A is a monster. I out of the box hit 3.6 wth not much of a volt increase on my eVga 680i. However then I trashed the board but that's another story.

I as well am not sure if i have the new stepping.. B3 or not. Hard to tell and not even sure where to look. However you can't do no wrong with that chip.

my L631A454 wont pass 3.3Ghz no matter what voltage applied:|

 

[The-Noid]

motherboard not cpu.

 

[orion23]

Originally posted by: mawsoccer
How can I tell on the stepping without having it in a computer?

The serial / stepping information on the box.

Right after the L6XX there should be a B2 or B3 code!

 

[mawsoccer]

So, my code is L631A383, what does that mean?

 

[khurios2000]

Originally posted by: Yoxxy
motherboard not cpu.

P5B deluxe?

 

[The-Noid]

possible. If you keep putting voltage in a conroe though it keeps getting faster. Out of the dozens I have tested it never seems to not be this way. Colder or more voltage = faster. It might not be stable if you can't keep it cold, but it will still get higher clock speeds.