Quote Originally Posted by Vapor View Post
I'm just saying G0 isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially at the $270 price point.

The difference between 3.2 and 3.4-3.5 is 5-9%....that's fairly significant, IMO. This isn't QX6700 vs. Q6600 here, it's G0 vs. B3. Yes, B3 is hotter, but at the low end (and Q6600 is somewhat low-end), G0 will suffer and could be even worse than the 5-9% disadvantage when you average it all out.

I guess I'm being overly negative about G0 to offset the excitement and bring it back down to earth....but give me a choice between a random G0 and a random B3, and I'll take the B3. This is XS, we don't stick to stock HSFs where a G0 will typically be a little better, in fact, we use the best HSFs....

Oh, and voltage response is another concern of mine on G0.....especially for 24/7 stability. (but that's largely unfounded so far, but we'll see)

EDIT: and I apologize for the negativity.....taking out my WC-section frustrations here is not my intention
Interesting..I think most people are seeing the G0's as dead equal to the B3's but just able to clock higher due to the lower heat output.
If thats a bad assumption we need to know.
I've read a lot of the threads on the G0's and yet to see a negative.
Granted, those are all ES's vs retail.