Intel 5960X ?

[3DBULLY]

Question to the OCUK staff, i hear that Ian parry bins all your cpus, so that the best cpu's go into the 8Pack systems, and then the rest that don't quite cut it end up as retail/oem stock at OCUK?, if this is true does that mean i'm more likely to end up with a better Vid cpu as apposed to buying a cpu (5960X) from a different retailer that hasn't binned there cpu range ?

Cheeky question but i had to ask !

 

[Silent_Scone]

Apparently nothing is binned from retail stock. I bought mine on launch day and it was opened, which I was quite troubled by. Ian jumped on me straight away to tell me this wasn't the case.

Anyway I tested the CPU and it turned out to be one of the better ones at launch.

Does 4.4 at 1.2v.

 

[3DBULLY]

Ok let me put it another way, when ian bin's all the cpu's for the 8Pack systems, and he finds all the best 4.6Ghz clocking 1% cpu's, what happens to the other cpu's that don't make the grade......?

 

[OracIe]

This has been done a death.

I believe 'lesser' chips go into systems that aren't branded as being as powerful, or I think sold on the site as normal OEM chips.

Although someone may need to clarify the later part of what I just said.

 

[On Holiday]

This has been done a death.

I believe 'lesser' chips go into systems that aren't branded as being as powerful, or I think sold on the site as normal OEM chips.

Although someone may need to clarify the later part of what I just said.

I think that's what I read too; that they go into pre-overclocked systems.

 

[3DBULLY]

This has been done a death.

I believe 'lesser' chips go into systems that aren't branded as being as powerful, or I think sold on the site as normal OEM chips.

Although someone may need to clarify the later part of what I just said.

Thank's for the response, this was the point i was trying to get to, as i would be more inclined to buy a 5960x from ocuk if that was the case, as i hate the silicon lottery.

 

[MrMD]

I always figured 8 pack/Ocuk take a whole batch of CPU's and these are set aside for OCuk prebuilts.8 pack then binns them,the best ones go in the extreme/enthusiast/8 pack prebuilds,the rest just go into standard pre build systems

 

[3DBULLY]

I always figured 8 pack/Ocuk take a whole batch of CPU's and these are set aside for OCuk prebuilts.8 pack then binns them,the best ones go in the extreme/enthusiast/8 pack prebuilds,the rest just go into standard pre build systems

So in other words none of the 8Pack binned cpu's that don't quite cut it, make it to OCUK retail oem....?

Shame

 

[MrMD]

So in other words none of the 8Pack binned cpu's that don't quite cut it, make it to OCUK retail oem....?

Shame

No, binned cpus that arnt 'golden' end up in standard pre built systems.

If your just buying a CPU,its not even been binned.

Eg

1000 cpus arrive in stock, OCUK take 300 for themselves and start binning them.All 300 of these will be sold in pre-built systems,the golden chips will be selected and used for the supernova/extreme systems.


The other 700 go to retail/store,they havent been binned and the sillcon lottery is still at play.

Its how i'd assume it works anyways.


A few months ago binned 4770ks were up for sale,supposedly they would all easily do 5Ghz+ on water a reasonable volts.By this point 4770ks werent for sale apart of the pre-builts anymore so those cpu's were sold on their own.

 

[David Bisset]

The ones that don't make the cut are not sold as OEM as others have said. I don't understand why you think this is a shame though - that would make the OEM chips on average worse than rival shops who don't do this.