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

[bito]

Of the four retail Q6600 G0's i've had here, all showed those same marks, as picture above.

[DFI pit bull]

Question about the condition of new retail box chips
for all of you that have received any kind of
'Core' Duo or Quad Intel CPUs with an IHS.

Has anyone received Intel CPUs with a metal IHS
that has any kind of scratching on the IHS that
looks as if it might have been scratched by something
like a square heatsink or water-block?

I just noticed there are scratch marks on the IHS
of the CPU I have that looks like a square heatsink,
water block, or some kind of square metal thing has scraped the IHS.

I don't see any residue of grease on the IHS from
the inspection I've made so far through the package's
window, but I'll have to look at it in better light in the
morning.

The scratches are not that severe that I noticed them
at the store, though they're clearly visible in offset light.

The box looks like it's still sealed with the
'Intel Factory Sealed' tape in two places, and otherwise
I'd have no problem in believing it's new, but I am
worried that maybe it's a returned one they've
repackaged or something.

The last Q6600 I got from ClubIT looked totally perfect
on its IHS with no scratch marks that I recall seeing,
and I know Fry's is known for selling things that've been
returned / opened, but I thought they'd be labeled as
such if that was the case, and it wouldn't have the
Intel seal tape on it unless it was either fake or they had
some way of resealing the returns with supplies they
got from Intel to permit that.

Should I believe it's just quite a few scratch marks
from the Intel assembly line and keep it or exchange
it for one that looks 100% untouched like my other
one did?

Your post looks like poetry dude

[noroger]

Where? www.directcanada.com
When? Sunday, August 26, 2007.
Got a G0.

[Darkatom]

Anyone have good results from week L726A ?

[scotch]

Yep

1,51V from motherboard
3751MHz 8M
3901MHz 1M ok

1.54V
3901MHz 8M ok
1.57V
4002MHz 8M ok

1.60V
4002MHz wprime 1024m ok.
4052MHz wprime 32m ok.

P5K Deluxe WiFi AP
Q6600 G0 L726A951 (water + 28C)
PC8000

1.7V @ 4280MHz with SS Rotary 3DMark06 ok

[fallwind]

Just received from www.directcanada.com ---> G0 L726A851. Looking good so far! I don't know how realistic those idle temps are though. I've got good water cooling but room temp is like 25c. OC results to follow shortly.

EDIT: not even worth posting. It cant even match my QX6700 B3 3.5GHz 1.45v BIOS quad Prime stable. Nice low temps though!

[noroger]

Very nice temps indeed.
I feel like DirectCanada had 10 G0 CPUs, because none of the reviews said "i got a b3".

[nicepun]

Just received from www.directcanada.com ---> G0 L726A851. Looking good so far! I don't know how realistic those idle temps are though. I've got good water cooling but room temp is like 25c. OC results to follow shortly.

EDIT: not even worth posting. It cant even match my QX6700 B3 3.5GHz 1.45v BIOS quad Prime stable. Nice low temps though!

Keep tweaking away man because these thing can do 3.6ghz @ under 1.4vcore.



Some CPU Power @ 3.85Ghz

[fallwind]

Core #3 keeps erroring out a few minutes into 8k FFT. Tried up to 1.55 vcore which made it the longest but still got an error on #3. Also I messed around with all the relavent settings in BIOS with no joy. I'll try it out an a different board in a couple days.

[Richard Dower]

Is Newegg stocking "G0" stepping as yet?

[kwalker]

I picked up a G0 SLACR at frys in san diego(they restocked last week)
L727A968
just playing with it now

[wa2000]

I picked up a G0 SLACR at frys in san diego(they restocked last week)
L727A968
just playing with it now

Hope Fry's will have the Q6600 combo on sale again soon..........

[timber715]

I picked up a G0 SLACR at frys in san diego(they restocked last week)
L727A968
just playing with it now

havent the time to play with my 727A, pls keep us posted. also your rig details would be nice

[dave_graham]

hmmm...I've got some L726A854's wonder how they'll do compared to the L726A851s posted above.

cheers,

dave

[fornowagain]

well i have yet to see many people post vaild primes longer then 4+ hours. :P

Small fft's

[vocch]

As using old DS4 fsb restricted...but not bad...a 3.5ghz o/c

[Zebra]

I got mine at PCClub in Oceanside, California.

SLACR L727A918

[xenolith]

I got mine at PCClub in Oceanside, California.

SLACR L727A918

Thank you Zebra for that excellent first post, and welcome to XS.

There are a lot of good deals for a Q6600 showing up everywhere. I.e., you can get a Q6600 for $266.95 shipped @ Buy.com right now.

It would be great if this thread would go back to which it was intended and people would just report where they bought their Q6600, and stepping they got.

[nvteleskier]

Tank Guys, L720B066.

Finally got this Q6600 installed. Initial startup was 3.2Ghz, 8 X 400 at Auto vcore.
Now running at 3.6Ghz, 9 X 400 with 1.45 vcore. Also upped NB v to 1.45.
It runs SuperPi 32M just fine. OCCT passed and I plan on running Prime overnight.

Not a bad start. The thermal paste hasn't even spread out or set up yet.
Temps at idle are a little higher than my E6600, but load temps max out so far
at 60C.

Very satisfied that I waited for Tank Guys to come through!!!!

[flesheatinvirus]

I just grabbed a L726A849 from TankGuys three days ago but have not fired it up yet, still waiting for ram and new case to arrive.

[Coroner Kyle]

I just grabbed a L726A849 from TankGuys three days ago but have not fired it up yet, still waiting for ram and new case to arrive.

Any idea on when you might be able to fire this bad boy up? I would like to see the VID and some results before I make my purchase.

[the highlander]

Compusa... G0 for 299.99 LOCALLY!

[flesheatinvirus]

Any idea on when you might be able to fire this bad boy up? I would like to see the VID and some results before I make my purchase.

Its going to be a little while yet. I still need the case then I will be doing a total new system, this chip is getting a Thermochill PA 120.3 rad and Dtec fusion water block. I would certainly grab a go chip as they all seem to be clocking rather well and at around 300.00 its a great deal and rather future proof.

[mnaz]

Any idea on when you might be able to fire this bad boy up? I would like to see the VID and some results before I make my purchase.

I have the same batch number as flesheatingvirus L726A849 that I got today from tankguys. Right now I am about 1 1/2 hours in running prime small ffts at 3.6 ghz. Voltage is 1.4125 in bios and 1.376 actual under load. Temps are 57c for first two cores and 55c on the other two. I'll post some screens after about 4 hours. Oh yeah and vid was 1.26 something.

[boatasiaus]

Just revceived my q6600 from newegg, Edison Warehouse.

Got the GO L726A854.

Any info on this batch??