Hey guys,

I've cobbled together an old 775 build for archiving and I'm left with a choice of processor. Both the same but which is the keeper? I know one of the chips well and could never get an overclock out of it but I'm not worried about that now anyway... the second chip might not have ever been used for all I know! Is there a way to tell from the codes which is newer etc.?



^^ That's compound before anyone says anything.

Both 'G0' chips which is good from what I recall

Thanks.

Try filling in this, it might give you some info http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/warranty-center.html

Only way to find out really it to try them even if one is from a good batch it might not be that great and vice versa. Though less of an issue if you won't be overclocking.

I'll stick with what I know then

The one I've used is tried and tested.

If i remember correctly only the left cpu is G0, as you can see the corners of the IHS are different.

the L7 one should be better 70% chance.

The left one is my used one, rock solid chip but a rubbish over clocked on my current mobo...

slipd said:

The left one is my used one, rock solid chip but a rubbish over clocked on my current mobo...

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what motherboard do you have?

An entry level Gigabyte board. Can't remember the chipst, I'll have a look later.

The one on the left is the newer one, it was manufactured in 2008 week 5 the one on the right is from 2007 week 42.

They are both G0 as they're SLACR so it's anybody's guess how well they overclock. As you know one is not good I'd be inclined to try the other one. Odds are it won't be worse. Most decent Q6600 did ~3.2Ghz on stock volts.

Keep the one that looks like it hasnt been in a house fire

Zhuni said:

Keep the one that looks like it hasnt been in a house fire

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Ha, it's scrubbed up well! On eBay now - thanks people.

Jumper118 said:

what motherboard do you have?

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EP31-DS3L

I suspect it's your motherboard holding you back, exactly what model is it? I would have gone with what Jumper118 said and kept the L7

Edit. Definitely the motherboard!

wam7 said:

I suspect it's your motherboard holding you back, exactly what model is it? I would have gone with what Jumper118 said and kept the L7

Edit. Definitely the motherboard!

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I'm keeping the left-hand one, that's not the L7 though is it?

If I get desperate to overclock in the future then, I know it's my mobo

Thanks guys!