Newer batches of Conroe OCing poorly?

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03-22-2007, 06:16 PM
Chewbenator

I have a week 28 I believe, and it took 1.4v to get 3.2 Ghz stable.

edit: whoops, forgot to mention it is a 6400.

This was bought from zipzoomfly the week or weekend that the conroe line was released.
03-22-2007, 06:33 PM
CedricFP

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Originally Posted by Chewbenator

I have a week 28 I believe, and it took 1.4v to get 3.2 Ghz stable.

This was bought from zipzoomfly the week or weekend that the conroe line was released.

The week 28's were supposed to be good, but within-week fluctuation of OC potential is understandable.

What confuses me is the downward trend of new weeks. Perhaps it is all for the quad cores.
03-22-2007, 06:39 PM
dinos22

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Originally Posted by CedricFP

I just bought a E6600 week 27B than can do 3.8 @ 1.42 orthos stable on Air... it's a much earlier week than the ones that can be bought now, and seems to overclock better as well.

The yield idea makes sense. It's a real shame for OCers, though.

any more brothers and sisters that is a remarkable chip man :toast:
03-22-2007, 06:45 PM
dnottis

How about latest 6300 or 6400s?
03-22-2007, 06:57 PM
CedricFP

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Originally Posted by dinos22

any more brothers and sisters that is a remarkable chip man :toast:

Yeah, I was happy I managed to acquire it. Thanks dinos ;)

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Originally Posted by dnottis

How about latest 6300 or 6400s?

I have heard that the newer (released or soon to be released) Allendales are true allendales, not nerfed Conroes, and that their oc potential has been poor.
03-23-2007, 05:23 AM
dnottis

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Originally Posted by CedricFP

Yeah, I was happy I managed to acquire it. Thanks dinos ;)

I have heard that the newer (released or soon to be released) Allendales are true allendales, not nerfed Conroes, and that their oc potential has been poor.

great, cause my DS3 died and took my 3.6 Ghz 6300. I hate Gigabyte and will never use their products again. I'd advise the same for any one even considering a new rev3 GB DS3. I have another chip coming which I am afraid wont even get close.
03-23-2007, 06:09 AM
CedricFP

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Originally Posted by dnottis

great, cause my DS3 died and took my 3.6 Ghz 6300. I hate Gigabyte and will never use their products again. I'd advise the same for any one even considering a new rev3 GB DS3. I have another chip coming which I am afraid wont even get close.

I wouldn't set it in stone just yet. You may get a good chip ;)
03-23-2007, 08:08 AM
bito

I've had two E6600's.....first one was week 28A...ran 3.6ghz at 1.48v.
My current one is a week 32A....running at 3.6 with 1.4v.
Haven't tried for any more out of it yet....this seems like a sweet spot for these processors.
03-23-2007, 08:16 AM
Omastar

My week 30A Xeon 3060 will do 3.6GHz at 1.375v, Orthos/gaming stable. I wouldn't doubt the newer batches suck as Intel wants the biggest yield possible from C2D.
03-23-2007, 08:23 AM
Ruslan

I went trough 2 E6400 (Sold the old one now on the second one) that do 3.2 below stock and I thought I could do better. I'm going to stick to this one for a while now that I hear about this.
03-23-2007, 08:42 AM
SLI POWNAGE

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Originally Posted by uOpt

I believe that they reserve the best dies for the quad-cores.

Since they have to put two dies into one CPU case it is very important for them to do so at the lowest voltage and heat, which basically means the best clocking dies.

Now, if you would buy a QX6700 and made two Conroes from it... :)

2 x6800 cores=Q6700 i guess??
03-23-2007, 09:16 AM
Gam3Ra

L631B are very nice
03-23-2007, 10:51 AM
ziddey

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Originally Posted by dnottis

great, cause my DS3 died and took my 3.6 Ghz 6300. I hate Gigabyte and will never use their products again. I'd advise the same for any one even considering a new rev3 GB DS3. I have another chip coming which I am afraid wont even get close.

ouch, are you sure? that's terrible. :(
03-23-2007, 11:01 AM
W4ffl35

I bought my e6600 3 ish weeks or so ago from newegg. It does 3.6 on 1.6v -_-. Don't even know if its stable.
03-23-2007, 11:34 AM
dnottis

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Originally Posted by ziddey

ouch, are you sure? that's terrible. :(

yup, nothing on 3 boards now with 2 different PSUs. Got the new CPU in but it came after I left for work. DO NOT BUY GIGABYTE.
03-23-2007, 11:57 AM
oqvist

Am I right thinking this stepping sucks?

FPO: 7638A739
Version D63625-002
Packdate 07-01-25
03-23-2007, 12:08 PM
rjw

I have a couple of E6600's, 29B
Also a couple of QX6700's

If anyone wants one, pm me.
03-24-2007, 05:40 AM
dnottis

Turns out my DS3 ate a stick of OCZ PC2-8000 - I can get that replaced. My CPU is fine. However 645a E6300 couldn't even run 2.8 (400x7). The new chips that I've dealt with stink.

Im happy my 3.6 E6300 is still alive!! Strangest thing though with the bad stick installed 3 different mobos wouldnt even beep just boot without post. Even removing the stick from the board, it will beep - I cannot imagine how a stick of memory can get fried so badly it wont even beep like it didnt see any memory...
03-24-2007, 05:57 AM
G.Foyle

Looks like weeks 32 or 33 were last good weeks, at least for A stepings. This may be different for different fabs.
03-24-2007, 05:57 AM
ziddey

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Originally Posted by dnottis

Turns out my DS3 ate a stick of OCZ PC2-8000 - I can get that replaced. My CPU is fine. However 645a E6300 couldn't even run 2.8 (400x7). The new chips that I've dealt with stink.

Im happy my 3.6 E6300 is still alive!! Strangest thing though with the bad stick installed 3 different mobos wouldnt even beep just boot without post. Even removing the stick from the board, it will beep - I cannot imagine how a stick of memory can get fried so badly it wont even beep like it didnt see any memory...

wow. just wow. I had the same exact deal with my ds3 and a pair of buffalo firestix (d9gmh). only in my case, it ate both modules.

I was pretty certain that it wasn't the cpu though since I haven't seen a cpu blow up on me ever *yet*.

I guess a good way I've found in checking ram is this: If you have no modules installed, and it gives beeps, then it means that the cpu works. If no modules are in and it still doesn't beep, then it's something else.

friggin ds3. I was almost thinking of pulling my ds3 back from the closet to run again. thanks for steering me straight :)
03-24-2007, 07:01 AM
dnottis

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Originally Posted by ziddey

wow. just wow. I had the same exact deal with my ds3 and a pair of buffalo firestix (d9gmh). only in my case, it ate both modules.

I was pretty certain that it wasn't the cpu though since I haven't seen a cpu blow up on me ever *yet*.

I guess a good way I've found in checking ram is this: If you have no modules installed, and it gives beeps, then it means that the cpu works. If no modules are in and it still doesn't beep, then it's something else.

friggin ds3. I was almost thinking of pulling my ds3 back from the closet to run again. thanks for steering me straight :)

Well my DS3 is completely dead now - wont even start. But the P5B-E and P5B Deluxe would just power on and no beeps, nothing. So after the 2nd PSU, 3rd Mobo and 2nd CPU I figured wtf and pulled a stick... it beeped. Swapped and put the other one in, nothing. So I definitely have it narrowed down to 1 bad stick. Why the Asus boards didn't at least beep made me think it was PSU or CPU related. Sometimes troubleshooting sux and man it's expensive!!

Anyone interested in an Enermax 720watt Infiniti PSU for about $190 shipped?
03-24-2007, 07:33 AM
RAMMAN

you guys have successfully scared me off the ds3.so in a couple of days i will instead be getting the asus equivalent, the p5b-e and an e6400 :cool: .
03-24-2007, 07:46 AM
dnottis

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Originally Posted by RAMMAN

you guys have successfully scared me off the ds3.so in a couple of days i will instead be getting the asus equivalent, the p5b-e and an e6400 :cool: .

I have a p5b-e, only thing that irks me is lack of vdimm. Just ordered and installed a refurbed p5b deluxe from Newegg for $109.
03-24-2007, 02:15 PM
RAMMAN

thats okay, i only need 2.2v for my ram, at least for now.the p5b deluxe is too expensive for me.
03-24-2007, 02:17 PM
dnottis

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Originally Posted by RAMMAN

thats okay, i only need 2.2v for my ram, at least for now.the p5b deluxe is too expensive for me.

The p5b-e only has 2.1 Vdimm though

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