OMG Q6600 for under $300 on newegg!!!....

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Toadster
been there, done that - get a Q6600 - AWESOME

how does your zalman do with the q6600? Noise/temp? I have a 9700 led, but I'm thinking of getting a thermalright ultra 120 for the G0 stepping quad that is in my computer's near future.

 

[JackBurton]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Idontcare
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Is running a Q6600 under phase-change a good idea? G0 stepping Q6600s might be doable, but I've heard that heavily OCed/overvolted current-gen Q6600s, Q6700s, and QX6700s put out too much heat for most commercial phase-change units to handle.</end quote></div>

My QX6700 at 3.73GHz on Vapochill LS phase cooling is not giving me or my vapoLS any problems. (going on 8 months now)

I'm sure I could concoct an abusive overclocking situation with my quad and my mobo that would then destroy my phase cooler, but it does not seem to be an inevitable fate or some such.</end quote></div>

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Dude, what board do you have? With a P35 and VapoChill LS, you should be able to get to 4.0GHz at least. Unless your QX6700 is not that great of an overclocker. How much voltage are you using?

This guy got his Q6600 up to 4.3GHz+ with his P5K Deluxe and his VapoChill LS.

 

[bryanW1995]

he doesn't have the QX6700 in a p35 board if he's had it stable for 8 mos. Probably a 975 board?

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Dude, what board do you have? With a P35 and VapoChill LS, you should be able to get to 4.0GHz at least. Unless your QX6700 is not that great of an overclocker. How much voltage are you using?

This guy got his Q6600 up to 4.3GHz+ with his P5K Deluxe and his VapoChill LS.

I have a QX6700 from probably one of the first batches (gvien timeframe of my purchase) combined with the ASUS Striker i680 (crap^2, I know)...my OC expectations were actually lower than 3.73GHz, was hoping to eek out 3.46GHz, happily surprised to see the VapoLS give me the engineering margin to hit what I did.

I can push voltages and such to hit 4GHz and it'll be Orthos/Prime stable, but I prefer to reserve that last bit of OC margin for more stability. I run this quad fully loaded 24x7 with financial simulations for my business and would rather avoid the periodic BSOD.

Quite happy it doesn't mine running 24x7 fully loaded for months and months without headaches of restarts, etc.

I intend to upgrade/replace the system with V8 or FASN8 (whichever provides top-performance at any cost for my application of interest) in Q1/2008 if the hardware is available then.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Nice, I'm glad to hear phase-change is an option for quad cores (even the first-gen chips).

 

[solofly]

Where did you guys hear September for G0 stepping?

 

[bryanW1995]

the new 1333 mhz fsb chips coming out on jul 22 are all G0 stepping. Intel announced this in april IIRC. The Q6600 for G0 stepping is a little bit dicier. I can't even find the stepping listed on newegg right now. It stands to reason that most sites would sell through their B3 steppings chips first. I wouldn't want the B3 if I could wait a month or so for a G0.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
The Q6600 for G0 stepping is a little bit dicier. I can't even find the stepping listed on newegg right now. It stands to reason that most sites would sell through their B3 steppings chips first. I wouldn't want the B3 if I could wait a month or so for a G0.

tankguys has this info

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: JackBurton

Dude, what board do you have? With a P35 and VapoChill LS, you should be able to get to 4.0GHz at least. Unless your QX6700 is not that great of an overclocker. How much voltage are you using?

This guy got his Q6600 up to 4.3GHz+ with his P5K Deluxe and his VapoChill LS.</end quote></div>

I have a QX6700 from probably one of the first batches (gvien timeframe of my purchase) combined with the ASUS Striker i680 (crap^2, I know)...my OC expectations were actually lower than 3.73GHz, was hoping to eek out 3.46GHz, happily surprised to see the VapoLS give me the engineering margin to hit what I did.

I can push voltages and such to hit 4GHz and it'll be Orthos/Prime stable, but I prefer to reserve that last bit of OC margin for more stability. I run this quad fully loaded 24x7 with financial simulations for my business and would rather avoid the periodic BSOD.

Quite happy it doesn't mine running 24x7 fully loaded for months and months without headaches of restarts, etc.

I intend to upgrade/replace the system with V8 or FASN8 (whichever provides top-performance at any cost for my application of interest) in Q1/2008 if the hardware is available then.

Ahhh, alright man. Sounds like you're doing more than ok. I'm glad to hear your phase change is running 24x7 with no issues. Very nice.

 

[firewolfsm]

Can the stock cooler even handle these quads?

 

[sliderule]

wtf!?

The q6600 has been slowly but surely dropping in price over the past week on newegg(this morning it was $480), but now it just shot back up to $559!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115017

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: bryanW1995
The Q6600 for G0 stepping is a little bit dicier. I can't even find the stepping listed on newegg right now. It stands to reason that most sites would sell through their B3 steppings chips first. I wouldn't want the B3 if I could wait a month or so for a G0.</end></div>

tankguys has this info

yeah, I saw that somewhere else. I think I'll wait a few weeks and get it for $266. I don't have any games that an opteron 180 can't handle, I just want the latest and greatest deal!

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: sliderule
wtf!?

The q6600 has been slowly but surely dropping in price over the past week on newegg(this morning it was $480), but now it just shot back up to $559!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115017

Now that Intel has AMD's stated frequencies and prices for initial K10 release...why not keep the desktop quads priced higher than previously thought when July 22nd rolls around?

I see zero motivation for Intel pricing Q6600 at $266...there simply is no competition until Phenom is out and available for purchase in Q4/07 (or will it be next year?).

 

[sliderule]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: sliderule
wtf!?

The q6600 has been slowly but surely dropping in price over the past week on newegg(this morning it was $480), but now it just shot back up to $559!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115017</end quote></div>

Now that Intel has AMD's stated frequencies and prices for initial K10 release...why not keep the desktop quads priced higher than previously thought when July 22nd rolls around?

I see zero motivation for Intel pricing Q6600 at $266...there simply is no competition until Phenom is out and available for purchase in Q4/07 (or will it be next year?).

Yeah that's my fear, I guess we'll have to wait and see.