C2Q Q6600 "GO Stepping" now available at OcUK!

[Alex UK]

Although labelled as "Energy Efficient 95W Edition", this is in fact the GO stepping we have all been waiting for. It's a £10 premium over the standard Q6600, although well worth it in my opinion.

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

So...who's ordering one?

 

[Alex UK]

How could you of missed the blue writing that says Pre-order

I'm aware that it is for pre-order, I was therefore notifying people that it was 'available' to pre-order.

 

[Alex UK]

How much can you sell a 6300 for? Would it be worth upgrading from one @ 3.15Ghz (prob room for more) to one of these? Using GeIL PC6400C4 800MHz ULL and Gigabyte DS3

You could probably sell a E6300 for £40 - £50, though I may be wrong. That would leave you with £140 - £150 to pay for the Q6600 GO. Personally, if I already had a C2D, I would wait until the end of the year or so and upgrade to Penryn. A E6300 certainly isn't obsolete yet.

 

[Alex UK]

dunno if my e-penis is any bigger but my new rig just quadrupled my 3dMark06 score


Now where the hell is Crysis???????

I presume the spec in your sig isn't your new system?

 

[Alex UK]

Exactly, until I see some benchmarks/temperatures from a member of this forum, I'll reserve judgment.

 

[Alex UK]

So you think Intel tells system integrators it generates less heat for the fun of it?

Jokester

No, obviously not. My point is that know one really knows how much of a difference this is going to make. The difference between this and the regular Q6600 could be minimal, or it could be huge. Therefore, I will reserve judgement on this 'GO Stepping' until it becomes apparent how much of a difference it has made.

 

[Alex UK]

they should released g0 straight away idiots intel

Well that was a well thought out, considered response...

Those previous results look good. It seems that 3.7GHz is achievable with air cooling, even Orthos stable.