Post your recent Q6600 purchases here (The Lookout for g0)

[Brother Esau]

Ok now I'm annoyed; ClubIT is losing credibility
with me. When I pre-ordered a G0 a couple of
days ago on the 30th the rep. told me there were
~25 standing preorders, and that they'd NEVER yet gotten in a G0 Q6600.

I asked if it was their standard practice to actually
physically receive / manage their stock of CPUs
when CPU orders were fulfilled, and that's how
they'd be able to tell when they got in G0
CPUs, and guarantee their shipment to people.
The rep. said yes, that's how they did it.

Now I find out that someone on another forum
ordered 6 CPUs from them on the 25th without
specially requesting any stepping and they got
5 G0 Q6600s and 1 B3 Q6600.

So obviously they *have* gotten in G0s in
the past contrary to what I was told.

If they weren't even aware they'd sold them
in the recent past (during which time people
HAD existing unfulfilled G0 specific preorders),
this leads me to question whether they even
physically receive / look at their ordered CPUs,
which also raises the question how they plan
to guarantee a G0 for the people who *do*
have G0 preorders. I suppose if they just sit
on the G0 preorders for a week or more they're
almost guaranteed to sell G0s since by that time
the supply of B3 will be dried up, but this is NOT
the plan/technique they led me to believe would
occur.

Has anyone recently ordered a Q6600 CPU from
ClubIT and received it? If so, what did you get,
when did you order, and did you express any
preference for one stepping or the other?

Rule #1 Don't ever count on people to do their job correctly because 90% of them don't know their job and don;t care about it either!

Rule #2 If you want it done right do it your self!

Rule #3 When in doubt refer back to Rule #1

[synergy]

That's a very nice B3 speed.

I'm personally not so sure that the G0 is
a huge overclock speed improvement over B3
(though every bit helps, as with temperature
reductions).

The thing that makes a G0 a must for me is that
it fixes about 35 CPU bugs/errata that were
in B3, AND it offers the possibility of performing
equal/better in speed and better in temperature.

Q6600 B3
FPO/BATCh# L647G373
Pack Date 05/31/2007

vid - 1.2750

Mobo P5K-Premium + wc D-Tek Fuzion

Ambient temps 22C

3.2Ghz with 1.3v real, load temps 48C

3.6ghz with 1.44v real, load temps 60C

Why bother hunting for GO when you get a B3 like this one.

[lowdog]

That's a very nice B3 speed.

I'm personally not so sure that the G0 is
a huge overclock speed improvement over B3
(though every bit helps, as with temperature
reductions).

The thing that makes a G0 a must for me is that
it fixes about 35 CPU bugs/errata that were
in B3, AND it offers the possibility of performing
equal/better in speed and better in temperature.

I'd say recently manafactured B3's would have the bugs fixed and would be the same cpu as GO just that they haven't been taged GO.

[ChaosMinionX]

Im not liking my B3 Q6600......I accidentally forgot to change my multi to 9 instead of 8...let it prime at 3.2ghz so it was a go there.... Think im gonna dump this cpu and get a new one, maybe order 2..... It wont do 3.6ghz stable at 1.55 set in bios on P5K Deluxe......


EDIT: Although it could be thermals holding it back? Idles around 50-55C....But I highly doubt it, grrr and I dont wanna take the chance of lapping it to find out and not have any way to return it, or sell it to someone.... What to do, what to do.

[mario2008]

So where can i get q6600 g0?? its been almost 9 days of price drop for q6600

[ChaosMinionX]

Ordered 2 more Q6600's from NewEgg will post what I receive and from where

[nullptr]

So where can i get q6600 g0?? its been almost 9 days of price drop for q6600

To guarantee a G0, you have three options:

1. Find one at a local retail store where you can inspect product codes.

2. Pre-order from TankGuys.biz, ETA August 10th.

3. Pre-order from ClubIT (phone only), ETA August 6th.

If you don't want to wait, or can't find one locally, you can chance it with a purchase from Newegg, NCIXUS or another vendor that has a mix of steppings.

[nicepun]

The egg's price is down to $309.99 Shipped. In the meantime, NCIXUS' price keeps going up.

[Spanki]

To guarantee a G0, you have three options:

1. Find one at a local retail store where you can inspect product codes.

2. Pre-order from TankGuys.biz, ETA August 10th.

3. Pre-order from ClubIT (phone only), ETA August 6th.

If you don't want to wait, or can't find one locally, you can chance it with a purchase from Newegg, NCIXUS or another vendor that has a mix of steppings.

4. Pre-order from Antares Digital ($309), ETA August. 10th.

[SafeFire]

I'm having one shipped to me right now, should be here one monday or hopefully earlier.

It was out of stock when I ordered it a few days ago, so I'm hoping the new bunch will be G0. I bought it from Getmore A/S for those here who are danish.

EDIT: No wait! Those idiots are taking 10 god damn days to ship my parts, jesus.

[lee143]

I have a confirmed G0 Q6600 coming from NCIXUS atm.

[TheBeagle]

I ordered a Q6600 on 7/25/07 from ZipZoomFly, and sent them a specific email within 1 hour of placing my online order indicating that unless the processor was a Stepping Code G0, that they were to cancel my order. Well, they didn't bother to even answer my email until a day later, AFTER they had already processed my order and it was too late to cancel it. Everyone should be aware of this slippery business practice by ZipZoomFly.com. They responded to my email by telling me that they constantly receive new shipments of processors of the type I ordered - that was plainly untrue!! The Intel box clearly states that the processor I received (Stepping Code B3) was manufactured and boxed on April 17, 2007. Be VERY careful of any dealings with ZipZoomFly in the future.

[nicepun]

I ordered a Q6600 on 7/25/07 from ZipZoomFly, and sent them a specific email within 1 hour of placing my online order indicating that unless the processor was a Stepping Code G0, that they were to cancel my order. Well, they didn't bother to even answer my email until a day later, AFTER they had already processed my order and it was too late to cancel it. Everyone should be aware of this slippery business practice by ZipZoomFly.com. They responded to my email by telling me that they constantly receive new shipments of processors of the type I ordered - that was plainly untrue!! The Intel box clearly states that the processor I received (Stepping Code B3) was manufactured and boxed on April 17, 2007. Be VERY careful of any dealings with ZipZoomFly in the future.

Ouch, that's a very old batch homie.

[nullptr]

4. Pre-order from Antares Digital ($309), ETA August. 10th.

Thanks for the addition -- looks like ClubIT @ $295 shipped is the best guaranteed G0 deal right now, especially if they actually ship out on August 6th!

[FlimFlam00]

I ordered from Newegg thinking they had high turnaround. Plus the reviews on the site had guys stating they were receiving G0s for a couple of days from them. But i ordered from NY and they sent me my q6600 from their NJ warehouse, and I got a B3. Nonetheless, I am happy with my B3. If you have to have the G0 stepping, watch out East Coast guys until they have the right SKU. Meh, it's just a holdover for me until Yorkfield.

[nullptr]

I ordered from Newegg thinking they had high turnaround. Plus the reviews on the site had guys stating they were receiving G0s for a couple of days from them. But i ordered from NY and they sent me my q6600 from their NJ warehouse, and I got a B3. Nonetheless, I am happy with my B3. If you have to have the G0 stepping, watch out East Coast guys until they have the right SKU. Meh, it's just a holdover for me until Yorkfield.

I think we're all guilty of oversimplifying the supply chain a bit. It's clearly not a case of retailers sitting on big piles of B3s, shipping them out, and then getting some fresh G0s. There are many places a new batch can come from, and there's a reason most retailers won't check the product codes.

You're certainly correct that nobody is going to turn over inventory faster than Newegg.com, but even though they're getting new shipments it's far from a guarantee. Some of Newegg's recent processor shipments were boxed in April as well.

I'm sticking with my ClubIT pre-order for now, hopefully they don't keep delaying ...

[FlimFlam00]

Yeah, but when teh dudes are saying they are getting G0s, a brother thinks, heh, I should be getting it then. I guess I let it feed my delusion. Adn knowing my luck, I should have known better.

But get this, when I put my quad in, it would not post with my Razer Tarantula. I cleared the cmos, reseated the cpu, ram, etc, and did a bunch of other checks. I just stuck on the splash screen. Then I pulled the keyboard, and it posted. Weird. Back with my Saitek Red Eclipse now.

[synergy]

Overall I'd say this whole G0 situation is
a microcosm example of how truly and completely
the e-tailer / retailer channel sucks in general.

For the most part the resellers have basically
ZERO knowledge about the products they sell
extending even to the most basic pre-sales and
support questions.

For the most part the resellers are totally clueless
about WHAT they're even offering for sale.

For the most part the resellers can't even be
BOTHERED to answer even the most basic of
customer inquiries or to strive for any kind of
improved customer satisfaction in the ordering
and fulfillment process.

Many resellers large and small apparently can't
even be BOTHERED to update their own
PRICES for many weeks after the channel price
changes and even after virtually all their
competitors have responded. You can still
buy a Q6600 for what $568 US from CompUsa,
and somewhere else I've seen it listed for like
$1060 USD just within the past day, and several
other places very near the $400/$500 mark.
How do then EVER expect to sell products if
they invest like ZERO effort into
even appropriately PRICING their products
or updating their e-commerce sites?

Most times you're LUCKY if you get any kind of
useful post-submission order status / order
tracking / order management (ADD, CHANGE,
CANCEL, STATUS) capacity EITHER online OR via
phone since a lot of these e-tailers think it's
OK to never even answer their phone without
lots of long waits, dropped / unanswered calls,
unreturned calls etc.

And in terms of responsiveness, of course we all
know there are thousands and thousands of
G0 processors just *SITTING* in warehouses
all over and neither for love nor money nor
effort can we manage to actually *BUY* them
or *LOCATE* them. This is "internet age"
supply chain technology?
This is "efficient markets"?

I do have to give thanks to the minority of
suppliers e.g. TankGuys and ClubIt et. al. that
seem to be devoting any effort whatsoever to
customer service about the G0 issue.

More importantly I appreciate the resellers that
*in general* offer good, responsive, detailed,
knowledgable, honest customer service / support;
that's nearly non-existent now!

I think the overall far far far below average
acceptability / quality / usefulness of the
distributor/reseller/e-tailer supply chain model
must raise the question whether there's ANY
VALUE ADDED for the customer in even dealing
with the lower 2, 3, 4 levels of suppliers.
If they know nothing of the products,
give no good support, don't add value in
managing / facilitating orders, don't provide
"hands on" product access in local brick & mortar
shops, what good are they to the customer?
They serve only to DELAY the product availability
and MARK UP the price and FOUL UP the orders /
support / warranty process in many cases.
As customers we'd (FOR THE MOST PART)
be better served if we could just order online
right from Intel / AMD / whatever large
regional distributor. Of course there
are exceptions but speaking of the industry
overall I think I'm right.

Oh and of course the collusion of the lower level retailers seems
to be mostly responsible for the whole REBATE SCAM which
basically borders on criminal racketeering in many senses
given how DELIBERATELY it's done to promote theft/fraud from
the consumer, price-fixing which is probably illegal in many cases,
and so on. Sure RARELY there are "manufacturer rebates" but mostly
it seems like it's a scam perpetuated by the low-mid-level resellers
working with the rebate companies and a wink-wink nudge nudge smile
from the taxation people who love to collect sales taxes for vastly inflated
amounts much more than the actual reasonable price of the product which
is probably why there are few prosecutions / investigations of the shady
rebate scam operations that are pretty common.

[brinox]

just to let you all know, i received a G0 from ncixus.com, i ordered tuesday.

my brother ordered a whole new system (including a q6600) from newegg, and he received a B3 with a box date of 7/16. today im going to test them both out and see whats what.

[nicepun]

Anyone ordering from outpost/frys?

[Freebo]

www.scan.co.uk unfortunately are not G0

[ChaosMinionX]

I ordered a Q6600 on 7/25/07 from ZipZoomFly, and sent them a specific email within 1 hour of placing my online order indicating that unless the processor was a Stepping Code G0, that they were to cancel my order. Well, they didn't bother to even answer my email until a day later, AFTER they had already processed my order and it was too late to cancel it. Everyone should be aware of this slippery business practice by ZipZoomFly.com. They responded to my email by telling me that they constantly receive new shipments of processors of the type I ordered - that was plainly untrue!! The Intel box clearly states that the processor I received (Stepping Code B3) was manufactured and boxed on April 17, 2007. Be VERY careful of any dealings with ZipZoomFly in the future.

I can tell you that ZZF does not have a single G0 stepping yet, sometime by next week toward the end maybe, I will post here when they do get it.

So just hold out, and I am sure they will take an RMA on that chip. They never guaranteed a SLACR, when they said they constantly receive new shipments of the processor type you ordered (Yes they constantly receive new Q6600 Quadcores, which to anyone but overclockers is exactly like thee rest) So there was no slippery business, and your Email would not have been read in real time, and it is not as fast as their shipping.

If you need some help with that B3 you got, drop me a PM I am sure I can get you some help returning it

[Walternowi]

Anyone ordering from outpost/frys?

Just bought the quad core combo from Fry's today. It is a B3 with a pack date of 07/11/07.

[situman]

Zipzoomfly is horrible when it comes to responding to customer inquiries. I wouldn't purchase stuff from them unless u never plan on contacting them for anything, including RMA.

[Allan0n]

I can tell you that ZZF does not have a single G0 stepping yet, sometime by next week toward the end maybe, I will post here when they do get it.

So just hold out, and I am sure they will take an RMA on that chip. They never guaranteed a SLACR, when they said they constantly receive new shipments of the processor type you ordered (Yes they constantly receive new Q6600 Quadcores, which to anyone but overclockers is exactly like thee rest) So there was no slippery business, and your Email would not have been read in real time, and it is not as fast as their shipping.

If you need some help with that B3 you got, drop me a PM I am sure I can get you some help returning it

Actually, I bought a Q6600 from ZZF on 7/27 and it was a G0.

Batch #: L724A756

I guess I got lucky