What no Q6600 thread

[HoriWanderFuLL]

latest update of my cpu....click on link prolly easiest way...But its doing ghz easier than my E6600 did :-)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...923post2160923

[__Miguel_]

Hi guys. I'm trying to find info on the Q6600s... Thing is, I'd like to get one of them after the price drops, and boost it up to E6850 levels (only with four cores, instead of two... hehe).

I have, however, some twisted requirements. I don't like heat. So I undervolt as much as I can (I have one E4300 that is able to go insanely low on voltages at stock cooling; the E6400 is not so good, though, but it does accept much lower voltages than normal). So I'd like a chip capable of 333MHz (won't go higher than that) at stock voltages, or even lower, if at all possible.

Would you be so kind to tell me what codes to look for when getting one? Also, since G0 stepping C2Qs / X32xx Xeons are due for mass availability by the time the price drops (actually, more like in a week and a half, not a whole month... lol), should better temps and "voltage abilities" be expected with those chips?

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Cheers.

Miguel

[[XC] DragonOrta]

The G0 stepping should let you get 3ghz with a good bit less than stock volts. I could run 333x9 on my Q6600 with 1.21v on my P5N-E SLi (mobo fsb limit). I haven't tried it on my QuadGT, as I have no reason to clock it that low.

[__Miguel_]

The G0 stepping should let you get 3ghz with a good bit less than stock volts.I could run 333x9 on my Q6600 with 1.21v on my P5N-E SLi (mobo fsb limit).

Oh, man, those words are music to my ears... Running @ 3GHz undervolted is something wicked... Gotta get me one of those, for sure! When you say "I could run...", you're referring to a retail B3-stepping, right? If so, can you post the code? It would be a good starting point...

Btw, I know this sounds silly, but does any of you know if it's possible to run a Quad on a 945G-based motherboard? ASRock even has an 865G-based mobo capable of handling quads (not to mention the Via PM900-based one ...), yet I've NEVER seen 945G-based boards capable of that thing...

Cheers.

Miguel

[Ad1tya]

^^ Is that a G0 Or a B3?

Stepping?

[coolrmaster]

I just got my q6600 today, as far as the multiplier, I can set it in the bios with my p5b deluxe and according to CPUz the multiplier is changed. The strange thing is the bios post screen and bios info say I'm running 3.6ghz but cpuz reports 3.2ghz 400x8.

Also another thing, no problems at all with 4gb 4x1gb of memory and 400fsb so far with initial testing with my old Asus P5B Deluxe.

Mine does something similar. BIOS reports my Q6600 at 3.2Ghz, when it's only at 8x360.

Whats stock Vcore for Q6600 guys?

My stepping is
SL9UM
L640A763

might need to disable something in the bios (speedstep?) that's causing the cpu to throttle down when idling

whatever the multiplier the higher the fsb the better. less than 400ish on the fsb at high cpu clocks and you can expect a bottleneck. this was beat to death over on the evga forums 6 months ago, that's why they came out with the A1 revision for 680i which hits between 400 to 450FSB on quads. of course if SLI isn't on the menu then there's better boards to be found.

[[XC] DragonOrta]

My Q6600 is a B3 retail. Batch code L644G063

[bloodbanger]

The G0 stepping should let you get 3ghz with a good bit less than stock volts. I could run 333x9 on my Q6600 with 1.21v on my P5N-E SLi (mobo fsb limit). I haven't tried it on my QuadGT, as I have no reason to clock it that low.

Are you sure the Q6600 from 22/07 on,will have the new steppings?I thought it was only for the new E6x50 series??

[antonfrompresto]

Are you sure the Q6600 from 22/07 on,will have the new steppings?I thought it was only for the new E6x50 series??

I can't quote the link but there was, and probably still is, a pdf on intels website which was a notice to resellers about the Q6600 changing to G0 stepping. Someone posted the link on these forums once and I took a quick look. I think the date for availablilty was 27 July.

[__Miguel_]

Are you sure the Q6600 from 22/07 on,will have the new steppings?I thought it was only for the new E6x50 series??

Let me be the one to answer that. Please take a look at this TG Daily news from April 28th: it clearly states G0 stepping CPUs will be the Q6600 and X3210/X3220 Xeons, and will be available starting May 11th (that is, last month... hehe), with general availability expected for July 19th, which is to say three days before the price drop.

There are probably some G0s on sale right now, but they probably go to OEMs (Dell, HP, Apple, etc.), so you would be hard pressed to find one at a store near you. But keep an eye out, and check the spec number: anything different from "SL9UM" means that it is not B3-stepping (and steppings below that one are ES chips... hehe).

One thing I find odd, though... The price drops are expected just after the new stepping has had time to mature. What could that mean?

Cheers.

Miguel

[antonfrompresto]

It is the 27th July for the Q6600 here is the pdf that states that customers (i.e.resellers) should be ready to receive them on the 27th July.

http://intel.pcnalert.com/content/eo...N107463-00.pdf