Quote Originally Posted by road-runner View Post
Anyone bought one of these lately from Newegg? Just wondering if it was an E0 or not, also what batches are clocking the best...
these been out for a while now, so most likely you'll get the E0 unless you're really unlucky.

Quote Originally Posted by cincyrob View Post
so when i goto pick mine up tuesday i should look for one with a low vid?

as stated the CPU's with the low vid's run hotter than others? what is a normal vid for these chips?
VID for these 45nm quads are tipically 1.25v. generally when it comes to OC'ing, people look for lower VID chips because many times they have more overlocking headroom. however, you'll need some good cooling because they produce more heat when overvolted than the normal 1.25v chips. when you go to pick it up, there's no way you can "pick" the VID because it won't tell you on the box. you'll have run it to find out