Need some advice on a QX6850 ES

[TheKarmakazi]

Got an engineering sample QX6850 on Ebay for pennies! (unopened box too, so I know it hasnt been abused yet)

Was wondering, someone who has had alot of experience pushing these chips on DICE/LN2 (looking at Team AU or Team Japan ) Which motherboard is the best to get high FSB on a quad? Anything to watch out for? This will be my first quadcore, jsut needed some newbie advice.

Is the board in my sig good for this chip? I know commando's and foxconn mars are solid boards, but I was hoping not to have to buy another mobo if this gigabyte is OK.

[CoolZone]

what do you mean 'for pennies'?what real price and what user?I see even ES that were priced near the OEM/retail versions

[{PMS}fishy]

I've never heard of an ES in a box.

[TheKarmakazi]

$650 USD sniped it with 5 secs remaining heres the link..

a couple of guys on other forums said white box ES is legit. i trust u guys at XS to be more knowledgable though. so you think it is a hoax?

[Leeghoofd]

Ow man for about the same money you would have had an QX9650...( got my 740B159 for 680 dollar)s, better clocker there... but have fun with it... give us some results...

[TheKarmakazi]

Ow man for about the same money you would have had an QX9650...( got my 740B159 for 680 dollar)s, better clocker there... but have fun with it... give us some results...

i was torn between this and a 9650 but i figured id go with this one seeing as its a unopened ES so im hoping for a really nice chip. BTW, where did you find that for $680, the back of a truck in a dark alley ? :P cheapest i see is ~$900

[Psycho_eddie]

Ow man for about the same money you would have had an QX9650...( got my 740B159 for 680 dollar)s, better clocker there... but have fun with it... give us some results...

Where you get for Qx9650 for 680 dollars, i want one for that price

[Leeghoofd]

Well it wasn't ebay, it's sort of a local Belgian thing, Kapaza, we bought 2 of them ( me and a pal ) They were OEMs but pretty amasing stuff in comparison to the retail I got

[ReverendMaynard]

Got an engineering sample QX6850 on Ebay for pennies! (unopened box too, so I know it hasnt been abused yet)

Was wondering, someone who has had alot of experience pushing these chips on DICE/LN2 (looking at Team AU or Team Japan ) Which motherboard is the best to get high FSB on a quad? Anything to watch out for? This will be my first quadcore, jsut needed some newbie advice.

Is the board in my sig good for this chip? I know commando's and foxconn mars are solid boards, but I was hoping not to have to buy another mobo if this gigabyte is OK.

I'd say don't worry about ultra high FSB's and worry more about board design and layout. Most of the records with the 6850's were done with FSB's at 350-400 with high multi's iirc. I think the ASUS Maximus Formula or Extreme would do you well depending on memory type. Your Gigabyte might be up to the task, the only way to find out is testing