Well I lapped my E6600 with 320, 600 and 1200 grit. Didn't go for the perfect mirror finish but the base is level now. Took about 45 mins at 320 grit to remove the spoon effect and actually show signs of sanding on the middle of the chip. The chip was really bad.
Before, max stable Orthos was 3480 @ 1.475v.
Now I'm running 3500 (389x9) @ 1.46v 5 hr orthos stable. Temps are 43-44c load. Much different than 52c at 3480!! Even trying to force 3.6 @ 1.55v while not orthos stable loads about 48, before it would hit 56 - 57! Overall lapping was worth it, unfortunately the chip isn't much of an "golden" overclocker. I was hoping 1.5v would get me 3.6v.
I may lap my E6300 and toss that back in. It does up to 3590 @ 1.375v and 3604 @ 1.45v, while the E6600 3545 needs 1.5v and it just gets worse very quickly. I cannot get 3.6 orthos stable and thats all I was hoping for.
My hangup is the 4MB cache. I want the extra cache, but am uncomfortable giving the E6600 so many volts when the E6300 runs higher on less. However 1M is almost 2 seconds faster on the E6600 (16.2 vs 14.2 seconds)! I've gotta test 3dMark and see if there is any notable gains while using the E6600 over the E6300, cause one of these chips has to go!
Has anyone else tested an E6400 or 6300 vs. one of the 4MB cache chips?
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