IS aQ6600 GO that much better then a B3

[john19055]

I keep hearing don't waste your money on a B3 ,because the GO are so much better.Well I got my Evga 680i-SLI A1 board back and got my Q6600 replacement back from newegg and occoarse they sent me a B3 .Packing date wad 7-23-07,Right now I am just seeing how far it will overclock with a stock core and keeping everthing at auto except my memory ,which I put to 2v .I am at 1.26v running the FSB at 1465 and the memory at 733 and running at 3.3gig(3296.25) and useing Coretemp ,my tempertures are
C#0 35c C#1 32c C#2 32c C#3 35c . I have ran ortho's for a hour on it and it has been stable ,does orthos's run all four cores when it does the torture test.The highest i seen CoreTemp get to was 44c.I guess as I always say it is just the luck of the draw ,how good one will overclock and run.But I kept hearing how some people with the Q6600 B3 was idleing at 50c and I got worried when I seen I had a B3 ,but I could'nt be happier now,I guess a GO may have run cooler ,but this one is doing just fine for me ,I will see how far it will overclock latter on .IT has done better then I thought it would
Plus this Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is one helll of a air cooler,I sanded it with 800,1000,1500 and 2000grit sand papper and buff it where I could see myself and used a thin coat of Artic silver 5.

[SH64]

Wondering the same. i have the chance to get a B3 Q6600 right away , but looking at all these G0 recommendations made me hold off the purchase.

i dont wanna come here tomorrow & you guys tell me why the heck i bought the B3 & didnt get a g0!

& a note on same matter : i dont care much about overclocking.

[Rytr]

If you want a quad and are not interested in overclocking there should be little to hold you back at the current pricing of < $300 I would think. Anyway, the Q6600 should be able to easily run 1333MHz with adequate cooling, a capable motherboard, and some good PC6400 ram.

I have thought about it but I would have to give up one of my E6600's. I have yet to see the benefit except for multi-tasking.

[Greasy]

Here's a pretty good comparison article.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=3066

[slaWter]

Originally Posted by SH64

Wondering the same. i have the chance to get a B3 Q6600 right away , but looking at all these G0 recommendations made me hold off the purchase.

Get a Yorkfield 45nm Extreme Edition this November or a Xeon based on the same architecture.

[CaptNKILL]

If you already have a core 2, don't bother with a quad until the 45nm Xeons are out. I really don't think it'll help much yet, and the 45nm chips will be faster and cooler. They are probably going to be overclocking monsters too.

[slaWter]

Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

If you already have a core 2, don't bother with a quad until the 45nm Xeons are out. I really don't think it'll help much yet, and the 45nm chips will be faster and cooler. They are probably going to be overclocking monsters too.

I hope so. The Extreme Edition will be even better because the new flexibility with the half multis (0.5 steps) will be great, can't wait!
Intel plans to launch a 4GHz version, most likely a Dual Core, before Nehalem. So overclocking headroom should be guaranteed

[wollyka]

Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

If you already have a core 2, don't bother with a quad until the 45nm Xeons are out. I really don't think it'll help much yet, and the 45nm chips will be faster and cooler. They are probably going to be overclocking monsters too.

+1

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by SH64

Wondering the same. i have the chance to get a B3 Q6600 right away , but looking at all these G0 recommendations made me hold off the purchase.

i dont wanna come here tomorrow & you guys tell me why the heck i bought the B3 & didnt get a g0!

& a note on same matter : i dont care much about overclocking.

If you can get it at a good price, go ahead and get a B3. I am at 3.0GHz, undervolted (1.3V in BIOS, 1.26V idle, 1.22V load). My CPU cooler is on par with the Zalman 9700, PWM fan controlled by the mobo. My idle temps are mid to upper 40s, load temps are mid to upper 60s. The system is very quiet given the power available with 1200 rpm 120mm fans turning 800rpms and the CPU cooler turning only 1000rpm at idle. After an hour of four Orthos instances, the CPU fan is turning 1700rpm and the case fans 1000rpm, still quiet. The loudest fan in my system is now the 8800GTX whenever it ramps up while gaming.

I may get an Ultima 90 and move this PWM led fan from the Asus cooler to it and try to OC a bit more, but I don't know why I would need anymore horsepower other than for bragging rights. Quake4 and CoD2 barely get the CPU to push out of the 6x multiplier as the temps only go up a few degrees from idle. Bioshock will probably be the Quads first real test.

I had thought about waiting for a G0, but I got this B3 and mobo for $299 the weekend of the price drop from the local Fry's. I sold the mobo for $30. Not bad. The G0 will give you more headroom, though you could still have one that is not a good overclocker. john's example above, he got a relatively cool B3 and is happy. Anand only got a few hundred more out of their G0. Other message boards have shown some pretty amazing OCs, but they are likely not as worried about noise and insane voltages. I would rather have something I could live with.

[SH64]

Thanks for the info Brain ^

Originally Posted by slaWter

Get a Yorkfield 45nm Extreme Edition this November or a Xeon based on the same architecture.

But i want the quad now for LP , Bioshock & other incoming games. (MOH:Ab , CoD4 ..etc)
plus i'm not sure if the Yorkfield will work on my Abit AB9 (965) mobo

[slaWter]

Originally Posted by SH64

plus i'm not sure if the Yorkfield will work on my Abit AB9 (965) mobo

You have to check at Abit for BIOS Updates. There are already BIOS Updates for some 965 ASUS boards out there...

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by SH64

Thanks for the info Brain ^


But i want the quad now for LP , Bioshock & other incoming games. (MOH:Ab , CoD4 ..etc)
plus i'm not sure if the Yorkfield will work on my Abit AB9 (965) mobo

NP!

Price drop Yorkies will probably be my next platform change, X38 ot P35, whatever NVIDIA has and 4-8GB DDR3.