WOOT! Just ordered my E6850 at the egg!

[Shimmishim]

B3's were capable of 3.6 on air, especially the earlier Q6600 around week 35 or so

if i were to get a chip now, itd be an ES Q6600 G0 or QX6850. These seem to rock especially under singlestage. Fugger got his to 4.8 on single stage... that's pretty darn impressive considering it takes at least dry ice to do that with the B3's.

 

[Oyeve]

Just got the chip now! Wondering if I should just use the stock HSF. If so, should I use the goop Intel put on or should I remove it and use AS5? Or should I use stock and stock goop, see how it work and then use AS5 if It gets too hot??? Im new to 775 cpus.

 

[Cheex]

For now I would suggest using "stock and stock goop".

Reason: Simply just to see how well it does.

 

[Tboy012]

ill post up my results tonight ,

i think someone should start a thread and have everyone list there batch # and there results so far

mine is L719B

 

[AlucardX]

i ordered my e6850 from Antaresdigital.com for 278.00 + 7.00 shipping. i've never ordered from this place but it had good reviews and its located in Edison, NJ, just like one of newegg's warehouses (i'm in DE). it shipped last night and is out for delivery today

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: Tboy012
ill post up my results tonight ,

i think someone should start a thread and have everyone list there batch # and there results so far

mine is L719B

Mine is L722A470 The SL is SLA9U. G0 baby!

 

[ZK2007]

Mine's the same..

Prod Code: BX80557E6850SLA9U
Batch : L722A470
Pack Date: 7/16/07

I assume this is this famed "g0" that folks hope to get?

 

[bryanW1995]

all the e6x50 cpu's are G0. Q6600's some are G0 and some are B3.

 

[ZK2007]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
all the e6x50 cpu's are G0. Q6600's some are G0 and some are B3.

Oh, ok. Probably a stupid question, but didn't hurt to ask. Atleast now i know..

 

[nyker96]

I'd get a Q6600 for that cost.

 

[mervin338]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: invidia
I went ahead and got the E6750 for $210 with free shipping. It was about ~$205 at mwave, shipping included, which was the cheapest e-retailer atm. I paid the extra 5 bucks just because I like newegg. Plus I never ordered from mwave before, so I don't know anything about their shipping or service.

I hope I made the right choice going with the E6850 over the E6750. 100 buck price dif. I hope I can OC the hell out of it. I wont feel too bad as I paid 300 for my s939 A64 X2 3800 about a year ago.

I think you made a good choice. I have the E6850 and I'm satisfied with it so far. I've OC'd it all the way up to 3.8, but the performance gains I've gotten from it don't justify all the voltage tweaking (and the temperature increases) it takes to get there, so I've opted to run it at 3.54ghz. Getting the cpu to that mark easy easy and I don't have to adjust the cpu voltage much to get there. I've only made a simple increase to the NB.

The disadvantage of overclocking the Q6600 is that you're going to create a lot more heat. Your PWM temps are going to jump up a lot. Not necessarily a serious problem though if you've got good quality airflow.