Core 2 Duo 6600

Vibez · 7 Nov 2006 at 15:10

6600 SL9S8 MALAY
L629B476

Is this a good stepping ?

Kesnel · 7 Nov 2006 at 15:59

Yes.

Vibez · 7 Nov 2006 at 16:01

WOOT, gonna build it in a min. Hoping for 3.6ghz. Although I want a fully stable, safe overclock I want to push it as far as it can while remaining in the sensible zone. With my Gigabyte DS3 mainboard what's the max vcore I should give it, I'm thinking anything over 1.5v is a bit much?

Euro_Hunter · 7 Nov 2006 at 17:01

Lucky person you, I'm gonna have wait another month for mine.

Use matt1's table from the Core 2 Duo Overclocking Database thread as a guide.

Kesnel · 7 Nov 2006 at 17:24

Vibez, can I ask if you bought from OcUK? If so how long ago?

rubin1961 · 7 Nov 2006 at 17:38

will i see much of a difference between this cpu and my 3700 clawhammer.
i know i will have to change my m/board

Vibez · 7 Nov 2006 at 19:06

Not from OcUK, I bought my first gigabyte ds3/e6300 system back in August entirely from OcUK and almost all of my hardware before now, but I found the DS3 motherboard and 6600 slightly cheaper from a different competitor, I won't say names. I still bought my 2x1gb geil 6400 ultra ddr2 from OcUK as it's on This Week Only, cracking ram btw.

I just fired it up, 3.9ghz at 1.45v, stability testing now. Awesome CPU tbh, I think it's good for 4ghz+

Vibez · 7 Nov 2006 at 19:09

Kesnell, why exactly is this a good stepping can I ask, it's just a lot of numbers and letters I'm interested to know how that can be interpreted for useful information.

Euro, I seen that in the other thread but I don't quite understand the stepping data, B2 etc. I can't see that anywhere on my chip. Thanks anyway.

Euro_Hunter · 7 Nov 2006 at 19:39

Vibez said:
Kesnell, why exactly is this a good stepping can I ask, it's just a lot of numbers and letters I'm interested to know how that can be interpreted for useful information.

Euro, I seen that in the other thread but I don't quite understand the stepping data, B2 etc. I can't see that anywhere on my chip. Thanks anyway.

Found this on another forum:

Example: L149A463-0726

1st letter or digit = plant code (Malay)
0 = San Jose, Costa Rica
1 = Cavite, Philippines
3 = .............., Costa Rica
6 = Chandler, Arizona
7 = .........., Philippines
8 = Leixlip, Ireland
9 = Penang, Malaysia
L = ............, Malaysia
Q = ..........., Malaysia
R = Manila, Philippines
Y = Leixlip, Ireland

2nd digit = Year of production (2001)

3rd & 4th digits = week (49th week )

5th - 8th digits= lot number

10th - 13th digits = serialization code

Vibez · 7 Nov 2006 at 19:41

Ah interesting, ta mate.

trojan698 · 7 Nov 2006 at 20:52

Vibez said:
I just fired it up, 3.9ghz at 1.45v, stability testing now. Awesome CPU tbh, I think it's good for 4ghz+

nice, is that on air? What load temps are you getting?

V|per · 7 Nov 2006 at 21:07

Blimey, thats a rather nice initial clock... well played... what cooling you using?

Kesnel · 7 Nov 2006 at 21:49

Vibez said:
Kesnell, why exactly is this a good stepping can I ask, it's just a lot of numbers and letters I'm interested to know how that can be interpreted for useful information.

Euro, I seen that in the other thread but I don't quite understand the stepping data, B2 etc. I can't see that anywhere on my chip. Thanks anyway.

You just get to know from seeing results from various places which weeks are generally the best. Yours is a week 29 which are performing well, it is also a 'B' chip which are generally known as good clockers.

Your current clock supports the theory that week 29 Bs are good ones.

Voodle · 7 Nov 2006 at 22:24

Vibez said:
6600 SL9S8 MALAY
L629B476

Is this a good stepping ?

Mine is L629B475, I guess mine might be as good as yours but I need a nicer cooler for it (AC freezer 7 pro doesnt seem to be up to the task). I'm still testing memory right now...

Jay_t · 8 Nov 2006 at 11:19

Its a blindingly good stepping. Its a week 29 (which is the best one so far) & its also a batch B instead of the far more common batch A. These are the absolute monsters. I'd give you £250 + for that CPU it really is that good! :cool:

ns400r · 8 Nov 2006 at 12:19

Jay_t said:
Its a blindingly good stepping. Its a week 29 (which is the best one so far) & its also a batch B instead of the far more common batch A. These are the absolute monsters. I'd give you £250 + for that CPU it really is that good!

LOL, they don't all do 3.9GHz first try. I have the very same numbers on my CPU and it's only good upto 3.4GHz so far and that's with extra voltage.

toxic · 8 Nov 2006 at 12:30

got two 6600's from OCuk last week and they were both 29B's. I put one in my mates machine when I built it and one in mine... hes left it at stock cos he doesnt know much about overclocking but I overclcoked mine easilty to 3.5Ghz yeterday without much problem.....so 29B's could be good!

L33 · 8 Nov 2006 at 13:06

My E6400 is a 29B clocks to 3.8Ghz with no sweat, only being held back because my ram is pants and wont go any higher

Lithium · 8 Nov 2006 at 20:31

I cant see any P5B deluxe in that picture? I have just ordered that with a e6300 is this a bad choice for getting some mad clocks? I at least want to get 3Ghz, ive got some XMS2-6400 corsair that will go to 1ghz i'm told.

Is this going to be a problem? Should i get a 6400 or something higher or a diff motherboard?

gadget^ · 8 Nov 2006 at 20:34

still undecided what cpu to go for always gone for the 2nd best and nvr overclocked