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

[GripS]

To RMA a perfectly good CPU is dishonest if you have already opened and used it. If it didn't overclock like you wanted to that's not intel's problem and not the vendors problem. This kind of thing just raises the price of CPU's for the rest of us. I RMA'd a CPU before because i checked results others were getting by the batch code. So... unopened i RMA'd the processor. Now the vendor can still sell it at full price as it's been unopened. Just my two cents on that type of practice. That's assuming you are running at stock volts. Now overvolting the chip and overclocking and THEN returning it is just downright criminal.

On another note i REALLY wish i had paid for faster shipping for my 'G0' from tankguys. Fedex has scheduled delivery for 8/14 . Bummer.

[IvanAndreevich]

I got my G0 from NCIX today. Everything else that was left at the location I was at (Richmond) was B3. Beware!

O/C results later.

[jeffyjaixx]

To RMA a perfectly good CPU is dishonest if you have already opened and used it. If it didn't overclock like you wanted to that's not intel's problem and not the vendors problem. This kind of thing just raises the price of CPU's for the rest of us. I RMA'd a CPU before because i checked results others were getting by the batch code. So... unopened i RMA'd the processor. Now the vendor can still sell it at full price as it's been unopened. Just my two cents on that type of practice. That's assuming you are running at stock volts. Now overvolting the chip and overclocking and THEN returning it is just downright criminal.

On another note i REALLY wish i had paid for faster shipping for my 'G0' from tankguys. Fedex has scheduled delivery for 8/14 . Bummer.

Yeah, this is why if express shipping is only a few bucks more, I would go for it. What's a few bucks for getting your CPU in 1-3 days, right?

[dogsx2]

To RMA a perfectly good CPU is dishonest if you have already opened and used it. If it didn't overclock like you wanted to that's not intel's problem and not the vendors problem. This kind of thing just raises the price of CPU's for the rest of us. I RMA'd a CPU before because i checked results others were getting by the batch code. So... unopened i RMA'd the processor. Now the vendor can still sell it at full price as it's been unopened. Just my two cents on that type of practice. That's assuming you are running at stock volts. Now overvolting the chip and overclocking and THEN returning it is just downright criminal.

. Bummer.

I do not see anything wrong with it if:

The seller offers returns with a restocking charge, like Newegg. If it is defective at Newegg, you cannot get a refund. If you look at the open-box items at Newegg you will see they do not discount them much.

The thing I do not like is guys tearing up hardware oc'ing and then RMA'ing it as defective.

Where have you seen the open-box hardware that goes so cheap?

Newegg:
An RMA refund is a request for a refund of the purchase price (view warranty information). If the product you wish to return is defective, you may only request an RMA repair.
* All RMA refunds are subject to a 15% restocking fee.

[Ace-a-Rue]

To RMA a perfectly good CPU is dishonest if you have already opened and used it. If it didn't overclock like you wanted to that's not intel's problem and not the vendors problem. This kind of thing just raises the price of CPU's for the rest of us. I RMA'd a CPU before because i checked results others were getting by the batch code. So... unopened i RMA'd the processor. Now the vendor can still sell it at full price as it's been unopened. Just my two cents on that type of practice. That's assuming you are running at stock volts. Now overvolting the chip and overclocking and THEN returning it is just downright criminal.

On another note i REALLY wish i had paid for faster shipping for my 'G0' from tankguys. Fedex has scheduled delivery for 8/14 . Bummer.

you need to stop pre-judging others for a simple statement like he RMA'd a cpu with no restocking fee...ALL of us here understand that an open CPU box is accepted back as a return but you are subjected to a restocking fee....when you return without a restocking fee, it generally has to be a dead cpu or the cpu box has not been opened.

[ocZZZ]

got my g0 from clubit today, its a l723a841. I've been running it on my DS3 and it's not doing well at all. Sure I will have better results with my premium that comes tomorrow :/

[fsh42na]

got a GO Quad 6600 from Clubit yesterday L723A841. Will be mating this with a P5k premium soon.
Have another GO coming from Tankguys soon also

[lolers]

Lolers at all the quad core fanboys lately! you guys are going to be sorry when you didnt wait for the real quad core in just a few months that is going to trash the current one! LOL!

[Omastar]

Lolers at all the quad core fanboys lately! you guys are going to be sorry when you didnt wait for the real quad core in just a few months that is going to trash the current one! LOL!

Stop trolling, plz. I see the lollercaust somehow missed you.

[IvanAndreevich]

Ok, I think the default mounting on the Ultra-120 ET is too soft. Check out this discrepancy.

Is it normal to have a difference of 8 degrees between Core0+1 and Core2+3?

[Ace-a-Rue]

i think you are in the wrong area for that post...why don't you post that over in Air Cooling section...a good topic to talk about over THERE.

[chappjc]

....when you return without a restocking fee, it generally has to be a dead cpu or the cpu box has not been opened.

zipzoomfly refused to take mine back without a restocking fee and it is unopened. They knew it was unopened because I called about canceling/RMA before the cpu had been delivered. I was rather courteous and even offered to pay a reduced restock fee, but no... They are very inflexible in my experience.

I would certainly expect a restocking fee if it were opened because they would have to sell it open box.

[lolers]

i think you are in the wrong area for that post...why don't you post that over in Air Cooling section...a good topic to talk about over THERE.

Water or air the same applies. Clock for clock the 45nms will spank it.

[Omastar]

BTW, my Q6600 G0 shipped from ClubIT today via FedEx.

Wish me luck.

[dogsx2]

Ok, I think the default mounting on the Ultra-120 ET is too soft. Check out this discrepancy.

Is it normal to have a difference of 8 degrees between Core0+1 and Core2+3?

Don't see much of you anymore.

[chappjc]

Not so sure getting a B3 is necessarily a bad thing. People here in the forum are getting 3.6ghz out of em. Of course it's still the luck of the draw. But just because you got a B3 does not mean it's gonna be a crapper.

Good point. The top performing B3 quads had no q6700 bin to fall into so the B3 q6600s had some robust chips. On the other hand there is the possibility that a healthy portion of B3s are the weak performers that just made the cut.

Interestingly, the presence of the new Q6700 might actually guarantee, via the binning process, that the G0 Q6600s will not include the true top performing quads, which will end up in the Q6700 bin. Of course the q6700s are probably a much much smaller portion of the market that it hardly keeps the q6600 G0 bin down... That is probably just a steaming pile of BS to rationalize contentment with a B3, but it sounds nice to me.

Ha ha ha, who am I kidding, I'm was never planning on pushing 3.0GHz in the first place! I'd probably not know the difference between the two chips had I not heard about the new stepping and subsequently obsessed over getting one. Sheesh.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ok, I think the default mounting on the Ultra-120 ET is too soft. Check out this discrepancy.

Is it normal to have a difference of 8 degrees between Core0+1 and Core2+3?

i think you are in the wrong area for that post...why don't you post that over in Air Cooling section...a good topic to talk about over THERE.

Water or air the same applies. Clock for clock the 45nms will spank it.

my quote was talking about the quote above mine...

[ChaosMinionX]

Water or air the same applies. Clock for clock the 45nms will spank it.

And lolers, you have the money to buy a 45nm when it drops? If not gtfo and stop trolling. 6 posts and all of them are smack talk, and you have yet to have anything constructive or have any listing or pics of your rig and what your running with to talk everyone elses purchases down.

[NKD]

loler, i really dont buy anybodys crap about real quad core or fake quad core, have seen the damn preformance difference between dual core and quad in multi threaded applications, u bet it is twice as fast a dual core clocked at the same speed, so to me it sounds like quad core is a quad core as long as it has four cores, whether it be real or fake, everyone here is reporting their purchase and some are showing their results,

and yes i have ordered my G0 quad from clubit which will be here next week, and i am happy i did, and when 45nm comes around i will upgrade cuz thats just me, my cpu is always up to date.

and the only major difference with the 45nm is going to be more cache and sse4 support, thats about it, let people be happy with their purchase because its their money.

and yea i always thought it was stupid to buy the xtreme chips and i also thought people were stupid who bought them but only until i had the extra cash to buy one, i realized if u got the cash ur purchase is never stupid, hey one of my xtreme chips made me happy.

[GripS]

I do not see anything wrong with it if:

The seller offers returns with a restocking charge, like Newegg. If it is defective at Newegg, you cannot get a refund. If you look at the open-box items at Newegg you will see they do not discount them much.

The thing I do not like is guys tearing up hardware oc'ing and then RMA'ing it as defective.

Where have you seen the open-box hardware that goes so cheap?

It's the latter that i am talking about and you know it! What forum are we in? Are we to believe someone RMA's a processor because they just 'didn't like it'? It was overclocked. Didn't overclock high enough(after putting ample voltage through it) and then returned. Nuff said.

[VAdept]

Just so you know its sitting there in the unopened retail box, I wouldnt RMA something I opened that worked perfectly fine.

[NKD]

well honestly i wouldnt rma something open boxed either, but if i really had to rma it i would let the company know, i ordered a processor once from mwave.com and i got the b3 stepping quad core and i really wanted to return it because it was a b3 and i told the guy straight up that i just wanted to return it because its not a g0 stepping, and u know what he was cool, and said u do a lot of business with us and i respect the fact tha u told me that its fine and he will take it back, he told me that he doesnt like the fact people telling them its defective, if u do a lot of business with one company they would take anything back to keep u as a customer, i believe u just have to tell them the truth, i have ordered plenty from mwave.com, and they have always respected my business, and i have never lied to them about a product being defective, if i am not satisfied they will take it back.

VAdept i believe that he was just referring to any person who just wants to return it just because it didnt overclock well or they would tell them its defective to just return it. i am sure it wasnt directly pointed at u.

as i said, if i dont like something i will tell them straight up, or if i got a b3 instead of a g0 i would tell them, and actually the customer service guy called me to keep me as their customer and said he would approve the rma just because i do a lot of business with them and he would like to keep me as their customer. i actually thought they wouldnt take it back but u know what they have won my business, yes i might not get a g0 stepping from them, but i always purchase most of my stuff from them, and thier prices are actually better than newegg.com in most cases. they have a really nice warehouse in california. i used to be a newegg customer and i still am, but the fact i can just drive 20mins and pick up my order from mwave.com is very convinient. they have a great customer service, if u do lots of business the are second to none in customer service.

[politenessman]

any resullts from a clubit g0 yet? there are very few results posted from these q6600 g0's so far, from any source. when the c2d's dropped, there were results everywhere. there are some here and there, but not enough to get a clear idea if they are any better than the b3, or any idea of what the average oc is. they have been available for a couple weeks now. mine comes today. i will be definitely posting my results tonight after i get home.

[Ace-a-Rue]

trust me..."G0" in the Q6600 flavor are overclocking very well...it would be a rare bird if it did not!

[politenessman]

trust me..."G0" in the Q6600 flavor are overclocking very well...it would be a rare bird if it did not!

thanx, but "overclocking very well" wasnt exactly the data i was looking for. does anybody have anything a little more specific?