Avoid 6600 - Batch 7638A742

Richdog · 20 Mar 2007 at 11:29

Leporello said:
To be perfectly frank, I'd hesitate to buy a chip on the personal recommendation of an individual who has the time and motivation to compare CPUs on the basis of their overclocking (overbussing) potential and then sees fit to post a warning against a particular "vintage" of chip on the basis of "tests", probably carried out in a clutterd bedroom in the wee small hours of the morning.

Where else is he supposed to test? Why the attitude? :confused:

smsmasters · 20 Mar 2007 at 11:37

messiah khan said:
Nope. you have to look at the stamp on the IHS

No you don't, just look at the FPO# on the box.

HeX · 20 Mar 2007 at 11:46

smsmasters said:
No you don't, just look at the FPO# on the box.

Thats assuming you have a box and its not an OEM chip...

w3bbo · 20 Mar 2007 at 12:26

Leporello said:
To be perfectly frank, I'd hesitate to buy a chip on the personal recommendation of an individual who has the time and motivation to compare CPUs on the basis of their overclocking (overbussing) potential and then sees fit to post a warning against a particular "vintage" of chip on the basis of "tests", probably carried out in a clutterd bedroom in the wee small hours of the morning.

I personally would thank Asgard for doing such tests rather than attempt to belittle him as it is not very often someone will post about a bad cpu - just a good one. How would you feel if you bought a cpu in the hope of it doing great in overclocking but then found out it is crap, posted here and someone said...oh yeah I had one of those and it was crap - bit late then aint it :rolleyes:

Thx for the info asgard

easyrider · 20 Mar 2007 at 12:39

Leporello said:
To be perfectly frank, I'd hesitate to buy a chip on the personal recommendation of an individual who has the time and motivation to compare CPUs on the basis of their overclocking (overbussing) potential and then sees fit to post a warning against a particular "vintage" of chip on the basis of "tests", probably carried out in a clutterd bedroom in the wee small hours of the morning.

LOL @ you,

The Asgards testing is as valid as mine and countless others on this forum.

We like to share our knowledge and findings.

Some of us have access to countless ammounts of hardware on a regular basis.

So stop with the trolling right now :rolleyes:

mishima · 20 Mar 2007 at 12:42

smsmasters said:
No you don't, just look at the FPO# on the box.

Mint thanks, week 27 here

dobbs2010 · 20 Mar 2007 at 12:55

I would just like say I'm grateful for the testing that some of you guys do. I'm currently sat waiting for my new parts to arrive, one of those parts being an E6600, I will let you know what batch it is when it arrives. Very worried now I will receive a bad clocker.

Chris Beard · 20 Mar 2007 at 13:23

Leporello said:
To be perfectly frank, I'd hesitate to buy a chip on the personal recommendation of an individual who has the time and motivation to compare CPUs on the basis of their overclocking (overbussing) potential and then sees fit to post a warning against a particular "vintage" of chip on the basis of "tests", probably carried out in a clutterd bedroom in the wee small hours of the morning.

... wow, never thought I'd see something that unfriendly on these forums.

Thanks for the heads up Asgard.

mishima · 20 Mar 2007 at 13:28

You get the occasional ungrateful [Star out your swearies of get a holiday! that wanders in here and posts comments like that, just uncalled for. If you have nothing to contribute constructively or nothing good to say don't say it all...

smsmasters · 20 Mar 2007 at 13:31

It's called a superiority complex.

Messiah Khan · 20 Mar 2007 at 13:42

Hehe, I think he has been flamed enough now guys. Thanks for the warning The Asgard. Lets hope it was just a dodgy batch and not a trend.

dobbs2010 · 20 Mar 2007 at 13:43

CPU has arrived, batch number is L639A605. So we'll see how it fairs.

w3bbo · 20 Mar 2007 at 14:51

I'm guessing it won't be as good as the 28-32 range - seems the later 'weeks' are not as good a performers as the past ones unfortunately. Hope I'm wrong though, GL

Carbine · 20 Mar 2007 at 22:41

I got a 23a but its damn fussy about voltages.. 3.84 stable @ 1.6v

Edited, posted wrong week number

benktlottie · 20 Mar 2007 at 22:45

Leporello said:
To be perfectly frank, I'd hesitate to buy a chip on the personal recommendation of an individual who has the time and motivation to compare CPUs on the basis of their overclocking (overbussing) potential and then sees fit to post a warning against a particular "vintage" of chip on the basis of "tests", probably carried out in a clutterd bedroom in the wee small hours of the morning.

Unbelievable comment, it works both ways though

I personally have spent weeks and weeks and weeks trying different weeks batches of processors based on recommendation, and also recommending. It is no myth, certain batches have always performed better than others. the whole overclocking community try to snap up processor if a known member of the community makes a recommendation. Remember the Opteron 939 144's + 146's (0523, 0537MPAW, FPAW, )? The whole community went wild when people said the early batches hit 3ghz on air on default volts. I got and 146 week 37 in, tested it and it was a goodun. I then recommended it on guru3d, and people then bought them based on the thread I wrote. If this guy knows what he's doing and this is a bad batch, if I bought one I'd flog it on an certain auction site and buy another hpoing the batch was different! LOL

dobbs2010 · 22 Mar 2007 at 11:49

Ok guys, new system up and running.

C2D E6600 batch L639A605
Asus P5N32-E SLI 680
OCZ 2Gb Plat Rev2
Gainward 8800GTS

Just booted up at 3Ghz with all stock voltages, CPU/RAM unlinked to rule out Ram. Currently running an Orthos small FFTs (CPU Stress) only 26 mins in but it seems to be running solid at full load temps of 55c. Temps measured with Everest Ultimate as TAT won't work for me.

Pizzaboy2003 · 22 Mar 2007 at 16:19

How gutted i was when i saw this post, Have just been out doing some meeting and got hold of one of thesse chips YES "7638A745" Some mine is 3 number from yours asgard.
Thought got 25% off price for it (only reson for getting it)

Should i take it back!!! How well that would have looked.!!

But i thought surely it chould just be a Bad chip (End of line that day)
so i put mine in went into bio's sat it at 380x9 with 1.4volt and did not think anythig of it.Went out and came back Vista running :eek:

So This chip is now sat at 3440Mhz with 1.4V. Just runing Orthos to see if ok.

So i am happy with tis chip so far.Will thy for more later

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:37

Leporello said:
To be perfectly frank, I'd hesitate to buy a chip on the personal recommendation of an individual who has the time and motivation to compare CPUs on the basis of their overclocking (overbussing) potential and then sees fit to post a warning against a particular "vintage" of chip on the basis of "tests", probably carried out in a clutterd bedroom in the wee small hours of the morning.

Cruisin' for a bruisin' I'd say. Oddly enough my image of Asgard was a bloke in a crisply pressed shirt checking out stuff in a nice air conditioned office.

I for one will not be buying an L638A stepping CPU based entirely on his good advice. Thanks.

dobbs2010 · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:30

A new problem has cropped up for me. The 2gb OCZ Plat Rev2 ram I bought is not compatible with the Asus P5N32-E SLI, I have looked on the OCZ support forum and just about everyone with this mobo and ram is having problems. New memory on route for delivery tomorrow. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-000-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

According to the Team website these use micron chips which are on the QVL list on the Asus website. Also the P5N32-E SLI is an approved mobo on the Team website. Will let you know tomorrow how it goes.

netby · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:22

I m8

Team Extreem is great