L625A348 E6400 ... 4Mb L2 ???

[TaPaKaH]

I`m confused

The story with my E6400 started when I bought it from kiwi. Then I put it under DI and got a WR on that But the results were doudtful because the CPU was faster than most of conroes @ that freq
Now, though, with new CPU-Z 1.37 it all got clear. Downloaded it today in the morning - tested it on my mom`s PC (since my E6700 rig is undercostruction) - didn`t believe my eyes - CPU has shown 4Mb of cache !!! Tried CrustalCPUID - the same thing - 4096Kbytes
Screenshot
Some CPU-Z validation
Thought it was a bug -> tested it in SuperPi (under TT BigTyphoon + chilled air , Vcore = 1.625V ) where the difference between Conroe and Allendale can plainly be seen ... and ... got this result This is more Conroe-ish (OS - stock & dirty WinXP) (sry, never tested it before - it was just running under BOXed cooler )

So, there you have it... if you want for me to run ANY benchmark (to establish that it`s not a bug) - just ask
If you are in Latvia - you`re welcome @ my house
BTW - is there any other software that can detect CPU cache ???

P.S.

Am I forgetting something ?
Yes
Pic of the chip
The BOX

Does anyone over here have L625A348 E6400 or similar ??

kiwi, we have some talking to do

[Evilsizer]

wow if that is the case then kiwi i want one too! pretty please! yes for superpi times. the extra cache make a difference but in gaming and other benches overall increase from 2mb more cache is 8-10%.

use intels cpu id program, i dont know what it is called. i have only seen it used a few times in the past.

[oijkue]

OMG!! You are so lucky
Any superpi 1M result and "sandra cache and memory test" with default clock 2.13G?

[TaPaKaH]

Any superpi 1M result and "sandra cache and memory test" with default clock 2.13G?

Coming right up

Results will be in ~3hrs because now I have to go

[Crankybugga]

Heh good pickup.
Now we need to figure how you enabled the extra

[skaktuss]

I dont get it! why didnt kiwi notice such a weird and important circumstance?!

[TaPaKaH]

because I noticed it today ... CPU-Z 1.36 and lower report 2Mb cache

[Ceresir]

At one point Intel must have asked themselves, will the E6500 be an 'E6400 with 4MB', or an 'E6600 with 2MB'.

They eventually chose the second option, E6600 with 2MB, but must have still manufactured a bunch of E6500's @ E6400 with 4MB, before their decision.

Usually those get binned down and sent to OEMs like Dell and will be shipped to clueless users who will never know or notice the difference, but an extremely small amount must have managed to escape to other distributors. My guess is theres a hundred or so Dell users who have 6500s sold to them as 6400s, but of course dont know.

Thats my guess.

[TaPaKaH]

(just for fun ) i`ve contacted support.intel.com site to have their comment on that ... waiting for answer to come (I think somebody in Intel gets )

[shimmishim]

wow. neato! what a find.

[DTU_XaVier]

(just for fun ) i`ve contacted support.intel.com site to have their comment on that ... waiting for answer to come (I think somebody in Intel gets )

They'll probably ask you to sent it back to them for some "testing"
(You will, of course, never see that particular CPU again )

Best Regards

[taemun]

hehe tell them that they can have it back for testing if they advance ship you a X6800 for replacement

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[freecableguy]

what does your BIOS report?
lucky indeed.

[TaPaKaH]

what does your BIOS report?

4096Kb

Any superpi 1M result and "sandra cache and memory test" with default clock 2.13G?

1M - http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4209/pistockqy4.png
About Sandra - I`ve downloaded 2005 version 1069 - doesn`t work Can you give the link of "normal one" ?

[Supertim0r]

have you tried with everest ?

[an0nym0us]

that sounds pretty cool, i'm subscribing to this thread for sure.

[TaPaKaH]

have you tried with everest ?

what exactly ? isn`t it for mem.benching ?
Well - if you want cache report - there you go http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5691/everestii0.png

[3oh6]

so what about the E6300 that you got the 12.5XX @ 4GHz? can you drop that in a stock board with v1.37 and confirm what everyone has been saying all along, that it is a 4MB L2 chip as well?

time to start looking for L625A348 i guess

[TaPaKaH]

o what about the E6300 that you got the 12.5XX @ 4GHz? can you drop that in a stock board with v1.37 and confirm what everyone has been saying all along, that it is a 4MB L2 chip as well?

I have already said - it was a "white box" ES with 4Mb L2 for sure ... sry - can`t test - already sold it

[AhGuan]

cool whats the best current batch for E6300? that you have tried?

[3oh6]

I have already said - it was a "white box" ES with 4Mb L2 for sure ... sry - can`t test - already sold it

ahhh...sorry, didn't ever see that info. i knew it was a white box ES but didn't know you confirmed it a 4MB L2 chip. thanx!

[freecableguy]

white box or retail? the box in the first post is a retail from ZZF (it looks). What again are you claiming? White box or not?

[TaPaKaH]

white box or retail? the box in the first post is a retail from ZZF (it looks). What again are you claiming? White box or not?

E6300 (WR chip) was a "white box ES"
E6400 is just simple retail CPU with bonus (extra cache )

[erwinz]

you lucky guy..



oh where could i found another proc like that..

is it up for sale? hehehe.. really nice find..

[kiwi]

Actually there were like 20 cpus of this same batch available to me and I could theoretically track at least 4 of them and see if other cpus have something similar. You should check it on other boards and see cache info in bios (not modded in any way )