Q6600 - $189 at Fry's

[smz]

Did I read that right? 2.0 Multiplyer?

I don't think the Gigabyte board lets FSB go over +.1 and is there another name for gmh? there is a setting for voltage of CPU, DDR, FSB, PCI-E, and probably the one you mentioned.

Should I use a program like HardwareMonitor to give you the values?
Seems that program written by the guy (s) who did CPUZ did a nice job. Temps
are consistant with what coretemp shows. The gigabyte Easy Tune 5 shows temperatures 10 -15 lower then what the other believable temperatures show.

You mentioned 3.4 as well? with a 2x multiplier with 378fsb that will take me to 954mhz doing rough math in my head.

Scott

Originally posted by: Markfw900
try 1.40 vcore, 2.0 multi, 378 fsb, +.2 fsb term, +.2 gmh

Also, if that boots, tell me the load vcore and load temps.

You should have 1.328 vcore load (if its like mine). and not sure, but 65c temps. Thats 3.4, almost for sure.

 

[smz]

Let me know if you are going to have a firesale on some of the goodies you are showing off in that Persephone. The speed of 4x raptors must be insane. Loud? that's 40K RPM.

That's gotta draw some serious power too. I used to be the man with my single Ultra320 SCSI 10K drive, but these Raptor SATAs are far cheaper, provide the same 5 year warranty and don't require a $200+ adaptec add on card even though in my case you can move the adaptec card from pc to pc. it's just a pain.

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: smz
Oh that's totally not fair.

He asked :T

i know its not fair:

Persephone:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2169090&enterthread=y

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: smz
Let me know if you are going to have a firesale on some of the goodies you are showing off in that Persephone. The speed of 4x raptors must be insane. Loud? that's 40K RPM.

That's gotta draw some serious power too. I used to be the man with my single Ultra320 SCSI 10K drive, but these Raptor SATAs are far cheaper, provide the same 5 year warranty and don't require a $200+ adaptec add on card even though in my case you can move the adaptec card from pc to pc. it's just a pain.

Actually there not that bad. Yes its kinda loud but yes its insanely fast.

I am working on aquiring an Areca 1680xi controller. Problem is there not out yet, and they cost a fortune, but ruby said thats the card would put a nice big smile on my face.

Also another note: this week at frys the Q6600 with board is 229.99 From the ads i was browsing though

 

[bryanW1995]

that's not very good since it was $40 less last week and the price is going to drop even further on 4/20.

 

[Syzygies]

Originally posted by: aigomorlaAlso another note: this week at frys the Q6600 with board is 229.99 From the ads i was browsing though

I asked in the Concord, CA store: Still $189, still in stock.

 

[smz]

Agreed, $229 with a crap MB is basically like discounting the MB down to $40. Not worth it.

Bryan you mentioned 4/20 was an Intel price drop date. Would be be so kind to shared what the Line up is projected to drop to as far as MSRP. we all know Fry's on a loss leader will go way below this number. But places like newegg.com will regularly have at least $10 or more off everyday.

Oh no need to include Celeron or Pentium dual cores in your reply of price drops.

I'm guessing the new 45nm debuting at the same price of the Q6600 just doesn't seem right for the aging Q6600 to share that price. So I get 15 days with my Purchase. So the burning question is should I return it for $189 and wait? I still have my E6400 that works just peachy for the mean time.

Later,
SMZ

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
that's not very good since it was $40 less last week and the price is going to drop even further on 4/20.

 

[Markfw]

I will make a screen shot later when I shut down my S3 motherboard, and paste, so you can OC your Q6600 if you want to keep it and OC it.

 

[smz]

That would be very cool. I managed to get the Intel price cuts from a couple of sources and though they are significant, mainly for the Q6600, the MSRP will drop around $149 or a tad more. They are basing it on 40% but Intel should round it down.

Without waiting a few more weeks for another Fry's sale, I may look at the $40 difference I paid with the Fry's loss leader as not worth the effort of changing out things. It seems this chip can do 3.2ghz which is a minimum target, so if it's a good overclockable G0 chip, it may be better to keep it. No telling that that I go back after Intel cuts the prices and all the open boxes at Fry's start getting sold from early 07. I'm curious what retailers are going to sell the majorly improved AMD Phenom X4 9850 note the xx50 at the end. all chips are modified and the prices drop April 9th. the x4 9850 is also black and unclocked.

in stock clocks, it's average performance hovers around the Q6600 stock but in overclocked mode, it can't compete. Top end on the AMD is 400mhz on a good chip. The Q6600 is tested by pros at 3.6ghz stable so it will be interesting. I like AMD's 4 separate cores on one die vs intel's architecture.

Looking forward to the screen shot.

For the record, I am a computer tech professionally and not a geek squad or firedog guy. So I am as proficient as it gets with systems I built and deploy, the OC is how I have fun on my own gear!

Thank You so much again.
Scott

Originally posted by: Markfw900
I will make a screen shot later when I shut down my S3 motherboard, and paste, so you can OC your Q6600 if you want to keep it and OC it.