Buying Q6600, which stepping out of the two?

[Hamoodii]

Hi,

Right I'm buying a q6600 and the seller has notified me that he has two for sale and given me the choice of:

l725b020

*or*

L738a740

Can anyone tell me which will be the better clocker.

thanks

 

[Ben M]

those aren't steppings =/

the two steppings are B3 or G0.

G0 is the better stepping of the two.

i think those two are batch numbers.

 

[Greebo]

Not heard of google?

http://www.erodov.com/community/showpost.php?p=24060&postcount=3

And lots of info in this thread:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=152603

Glancing through it would seem more likely that the L725b is the better cpu but no guarantees in life.

 

[Pneumonic]

Hi,

Right I'm buying a q6600 and the seller has notified me that he has two for sale and given me the choice of:

l725b020

*or*

L738a740

Can anyone tell me which will be the better clocker.

thanks

Had a look around could only find clocking results on the first batch number.. was clocked to 3.6 @ 1.45v ish which is not golden CPU but certainly not that bad given a lot of the lastest Q6600 wont get near that

 

[Hamoodii]

those aren't steppings =/

the two steppings are B3 or G0.

G0 is the better stepping of the two.

i think those two are batch numbers.

oops my bad, got confused for a sec there-cheers.

 

[rjk]

get a SLACR energy efficiant quad
that should be G0 stepping - its the one you want
i got one off the MM thats on its way now

 

[AndyOcUK]

This one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN

Reviews:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN&tool=3

 

[Greebo]

get a SLACR energy efficiant quad
that should be G0 stepping - its the one you want
i got one off the MM thats on its way now

Both those batch numbers are G0 AFIK?

ANd the first one is definietly the best. In the links I gave earlier some are hitting 3.8Ghz which would be a pretty sweet result.

 

[Greebo]

This one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN

Reviews:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN&tool=3

Nah, all recent new q6600 are pants IMO. High VID's and poor overclockers.

The posted is much better off buying the first chip he is been offered.

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

why all recent Q's are bad overclcokers? High VID doesnt mean they wont clock nicely

 

[ChrissyT88]

Mines not too bad! Barely pushed it, and will clock to 3Ghz on less than stock volts. Granted im sure it wont match a cherry picked, 4Ghz Q6600 from some of the best batches, but i have not ben disappointed.