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C2Q Q6600 "GO Stepping" now available at OcUK!

I bet it's not as hard as you think to get hold of a G0 stepping Q6600 if your prepared to do enough searching, no way would you see me paying a premium for a company to spend an hour max of one persons time to sort a few hundred CPU's out lol - crazy crazy crazy. :rolleyes:
 
I can't believe that people would spend 175 on a CPU, between 30 and 100s of pounds on a cooling solution and then begrudge and extra tenner to get one that will produce less heat? :D

If you're on that tight a budget, get a e2160, they're much better vfm.
 
But my point exactly, the SKU is on the consignment note,
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correct but the SKU for the G0 and B3 are the same BX80562Q6600, the S-Spec will not be on the del note (trust me I have seen enough of them).

They come in big brown boxes on pallets.
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Indeed they come in brown boxes of 5 units with the SKU and S-Spec on the outside.

There are only four or five Intel authorized disties and they will not be able to tell OC which stepping they will be sending them as thier warehouses are mostly in holland or at a seperate location. Also stock will mostly be sold first in fisrt out so unless one distie gets newer stock than another the G0's will come after most of the B3's stock has been depleted so those that are saying they will all be G0 soon are correct. If OC want to charge a premium for a newer stepping thats thier business (after all the customer will basically be getting a CPU manufactured more recently), its upto the customer to decide the value of this for themselves.
 
As to what difference G0 makes:-

Stock volts (it goes further than this actually prime stable at 1.35V just this is the only screenie I've got).

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Jokester
 
smit101 said:
I'm not trying to justify anything,my chip does exactly what I require of it and thats great!

The G0 is nothing more that a B3 cloaked in Intel marketing blurb! But thats o.k cos the B3's are great anyway!

Intel realise that you little suckers need to be brainwashed into a purchase,hence the G0 BS!
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Oh dear :(

Your post reeks of misinformation and desperation.

@ Jokester, I think he has just called you a sucker :p
 
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fornowagain said:
You crack me up, always so literal. Read it again. I was being flippant, you know sarcastic, a deliberate simplification to illustrate a point? Jez, there is no need for the tone.

But my point exactly, the SKU is on the consignment note, there is very little effort to scanning a bar code and allocating stock. Sorting the correct part numbers is no effort, no more than any two product. Lol, I've actually installed and designed dynamic POS/ISC systems. I have the slightest inkling on how they work thank you. I still think if a large firm want to charge a premium for a guaranteed anything then people will pay.
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Ok mine was tongue in cheek.

But the code is on the big brown boxes that hold the retail boxes inside.
 
Jokester said:
As to what difference G0 makes:-

Stock volts (it goes further than this actually prime stable at 1.35V just this is the only screenie I've got).

Jokester
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To be fair though that is a £650 X6850 not a Q6600. If I didnt get 3.6ghz with that CPU i'd be very dissappointed. :)
 
nightmare99 said:
correct but the SKU for the G0 and B3 are the same BX80562Q6600, the S-Spec will not be on the del note (trust me I have seen enough of them).

Indeed they come in brown boxes of 5 units with the SKU and S-Spec on the outside.

There are only four or five Intel authorized disties and they will not be able to tell OC which stepping they will be sending them as thier warehouses are mostly in holland or at a seperate location. Also stock will mostly be sold first in fisrt out so unless one distie gets newer stock than another the G0's will come after most of the B3's stock has been depleted so those that are saying they will all be G0 soon are correct. If OC want to charge a premium for a newer stepping thats thier business (after all the customer will basically be getting a CPU manufactured more recently), its upto the customer to decide the value of this for themselves.
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Thanks for the specifics. If the distributer doesn't distinguish S-spec, just fills the consignment. Then with two steps around, just to be certain Goods-Inwards must be checking cartons into stock by the S-spec code. So a small amount of extra work. It is a service, a premium sounds fair enough. Just £10 is a lot, like you say, its up to the customer to choose or take pot luck.


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Doing well. Fsb back up with the lower multi. P5k looks a good board. I hope that's not just a golden chip, any more like this?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=152722&page=10
 
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easyrider said:
Oh dear :(

Your post reeks of misinformation and desperation.

@ Jokester, I think he has just called you a sucker :p
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what nonsense you write,deliberate antagonism as usual,seen it many times from you before so won't rise to it.

Just for the record though,I've misinformed no-one and I really can't see where your desperation accusation comes from.

I was merely pointing out that for Quad clocking the choice of mobo is more crucial than cpu stepping,P35 chipset boards are an excellent Quad core base.
 
Changing a premium for specific stepping is nothing new (AXIA Y, anyone?)
In fact it's one of the things that OcUK built their business on, along with guarenteed overclocked chips.
 
smit101 said:
I was merely pointing out that for Quad clocking the choice of mobo is more crucial than cpu stepping,P35 chipset boards are an excellent Quad core base.
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With the choice between B3 and G0 I would rather pay that little bit more for a G0 if I was overclocking them, especially on an air cooler.

Jokester
 
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