C2Q Q6600 "GO Stepping" now available at OcUK!

Cotti · 19 Jul 2007 at 19:57

Lol nah m8

Ive kept the Cooling tho. Other than that I chucked in a P35ds3P the Q6600 and GTS8800640 oh and a OCZ reaper. Temps look ok at Idle Im getting high 20's across the four cores and the gts is idleing away 40c too. In fact those temps are very close to what the Northwood and 6600gt were doing.

Very happy with it tho still getting windows sorted at the mo then Ill start to have a mess

wuyanxu · 19 Jul 2007 at 20:02

im planning for a September build.

will this "energy efficient" version of q6600 continue to be on sell in September?

Cotti · 19 Jul 2007 at 20:13

Yes m8 its the new GO stepping version

stickroad · 19 Jul 2007 at 20:24

melbourne720 said:
These chips run on less power, produce less heat and therefore can be overclocked more.

The main problem with regular quads is that to be overclocked to 3-3.5GHz they need water, or high end air and a tolerance for noise/temps. G0 resolves this.

Is that a fact?

Screenshots?

Or is it just someone shouting that around?

rikky · 19 Jul 2007 at 21:02

Wow I cannot believe that people are blindly willing to jump on this "G0 Stepping Bandwagon" based mainly on heresay and a few Golden Samples plus less than impressive retail results to date ... on paper they should offer more room for overclocking but I aint convinced.
I think I will sit this GO upgrade out and wait for the REAL upgrade coming shortly: Penrynn, my E4300 running @3.1ghz will do for now.
I really think that Intel are trying to squeeze the most profit out of these chips by subtly changing a few bits n bobs around and waiting for people to rush to take them off the shelve when really the difference on previous versions is minimal.
Happy Shopping!!

fornowagain · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:13

True, take a look at the figures I've posted above. If it delivers, then its a few degrees improvement, or a couple of hundred Mhz. Which is always welcome but hardly the second coming. The samples doing the rounds are cherry picked or ES and usually for the favored few. And the lower TDP with higher Tcasemax lets them speed bin easier, the lower speed chips could be a lot worse clockers. I'll reserve judgement until a few normal users have tried them, I still want one, don't need one, but hey.

[PTG]shogun · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:14

what about those who are running on older CPU's ????

are we jumping on the G0 bandwaggon?

if you have to buy a new CPU why not get a slightly better one and wait for price drops @ the same time?

i defo see lots of bandwaggon jumping there :rolleyes:

Sarduk · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:22

Well, I want to overclock so I need it to run cooler at stock, which G0 does... sensible really.

stickroad · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:25

Jamie Edwards said:
Well, I want to overclock so I need it to run cooler at stock, which G0 does... sensible really.

How do you know G0 runs cooler, because people have said it will?

I need some evidence personally.

Jokester · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:27

stickroad said:
How do you know G0 runs cooler, because people have said it will?

I need some evidence personally.

The quad core versions of G0 have a 95W TDP versus 105W for the current steppings.

Jokester

Sarduk · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:27

stickroad said:
How do you know G0 runs cooler, because people have said it will?

I need some evidence personally.

Well I believe that a lower power consumption per value of time = less heat, but then that's just physics; what does it know

Alex UK · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:28

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

Jokester · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:30

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

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

Jokester

stickroad · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:33

Jamie Edwards said:
Well I believe that a lower power consumption per value of time = less heat, but then that's just physics; what does it know

Yes i know it will run cooler but by how much, thats what i meant.

Alex UK · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:36

Jokester said:
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.

Gerard · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:36

It pulls 15 watts less power, wonder how much in terms of celcius that is. :confused:

Vanilla · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:36

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

Jokester

I've seen the adverts!!!!!

fornowagain · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:50

Gerard said:
It pulls 15 watts less power, wonder how much in terms of celcius that is.

The maths is quite easy if you know the formulas. Look at post number #14 I've done the sums for you.

Gerard · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:53

3c, pfft The way people were talking was like it was gonna be something substantial like 10-15c or so.

fornowagain · 19 Jul 2007 at 22:58

Gerard said:
3c, pfft The way people were talking was like it was gonna be something substantial like 10-15c or so.

Well to fair it could be a bit better if it overclocks well for less volts. Still, there are physical limits for wattage and 15C isn't going to happen without much better cooling.