0518APAW or 0520GPEW Venice 3200+?

[Mastakilla]

sorry for ANOTHER stepping question

i know its 99% a matter of luck, but i just wanne make sure i get the best chances

and.... finally i can choose!!!

normally i would think that PAW is better then PEW, but isnt week 20 better then week 18?

so im not sure anymore

[Lithan]

I'd trust weeks more than steppings to be honest. As such I'd get the 20. All the 18's I've seen were pretty weak.

[TodB]

I've tried two 3000+ 0520 - not impressed....

[Lithan]

What were your results?

[JasonE4]

I still think week 20s are better than 18s as a whole.

[Mastakilla]

hmz

too late, i went for the 0518APAW

hope its an exception


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i also bought these to replace my ATA drives:


the 120GBs will go RAID1
the 250GBs will go RAID0

[JasonE4]

Here's to hoping you get a good one!

[Mastakilla]

btw

a lil question:

those corners of both cpu's seem a lil worn off... does this mean the heatspreader aint 100% flat? or is this only because they made it flat that i can see the corners worn off?

[JasonE4]

Pretty much all the CPUs that I've seen have looked like that. It doesn't mean that the heatspreaders aren't flat. It just happens in production.