For those of you thinking about buying a Q6x00 series processor!

[Lupiron]

If you read through the forums and junk, you'll be interested to know that everyone who has gotten a Retail version of the q6x00 series lately have also gotten a VID of 1.3000 or higher. The Lucky ones get 1.3000, most are 1.3250 The worse VID for Over clocking.

You don't want one!!

Get OEM!

If you have the option to get OEM, take it. Especially if you can see the IHS, and it doesn't have a metallic dot in one of the corners! Those are the old style chips, and Intel hasn't picked through them.

If you just wanna OC, don't get anything BUT OEM. That way you may at least have a chance at a good Chip!

To test all this, I decided to pick up a new Q6700.

I already have an excellent VID one, 1.2375. Tested 3.95 Ghz at 1.53 volts 9 hours stable before I ended the tests.

Now my new one is even better!!

1.2250!!!!

(The speed says 2.4 because the Multi is x 9, just tossed it in to see! Boy was I happy!!)

Here is my old 1.2375!!

OEM all the way!!

I could be just exceptionally Lucky, but the odds are against it!

--Lupi

 

[dagger]

Good for you. I got an OEM with 1.3125vid. Boogers...

 

[Guest]

how do you tell the VID

 

[dagger]

how do you tell the VID

Run CPUZ.
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

 

[Lupiron]

No, Not CPUz!!! Use Core Temp!

CPUz shows real time voltage to the cores!

The OEM ones can be bad, and you have the same 1 in 10,000 to get a good VID. However, if you buy a retail one, you WILL get a 1.3250.

I didnt mean the odds are good! I just meant that you'll have the random shot at it! Sorry about yer VID! Thats a 3.7 chip! at 1.48ish loaded. You knock a bit off with 3.6, prolly 1.42 or a lil lower loaded?

CPUZ is great for real time voltage to the cores!

--Lupi!

 

[iluvgillgill]

so is there any "good" excuse to return the CPU to the company? you know, those "genuine" reason for returning and not get turn down. because i return it because its got a high VID its certainly not going to accept the RMA.

 

[shadowthor]

Just say the cpu randomly is doa or something.

 

[iluvgillgill]

just frequent crash? i think that will be a good one.

 

[jsc]

I have retail (bought at Fry's late last year) Q6600. VID is 1.2625 volts.

 

[Lupiron]

That's within the acceptable range of when they hadn't gone through them yet. It's been about 4 months since I have seen someone report a retail q6x00 series with anything under 1.3000.

That junk didn't appear to start till Januaryish.

--Lupi

 

[pajarot]

That's within the acceptable range of when they hadn't gone through them yet. It's been about 4 months since I have seen someone report a retail q6x00 series with anything under 1.3000.

That junk didn't appear to start till Januaryish.

--Lupi

Hey Lupi, its being kinda hard for me getting an OEM version. I prrobably want to do around 3.4 in a q6600, max 3.6 i think, how important is it to be oem in this case. The rest of the rig is P5Q Pro, HD 4850, 4Gb pc6400 ram.
Cheers,

Ignacio

 

[Lupiron]

Well, a 1.3250, the worse VID, gets 3.6 at about 1.45 volts while fully loaded. So if you have decent cooling, like a xiggy or a TRUE, or just about any water, it'll get you 3.6, and prolly last more than 2 years.

However, if you just happen to get a good VID chip, 1.2500 or lower, its suitable for 3.8 with great cooling. At 1.5000 volts loaded!

A 1.200 VID chip will get 3.6 Ghz at 1.312 Volts, loaded and non tuned at all. Thats lower than the last two NATURALLY occurring VID chips, 1.3125, and 1.3250.

Imagine how long that would last? Less VCore means less heat, longer life, etc. So if thats important to you, or you just wanna have the best VID possible, so it maximizes what you can do.

So you want OEM if at all possible.

If you really wanna get one, take a flash drive with Core Temp to all yer local stores, find one of those 500$ full comps that has a q6600 in it, check it out, and if its a good one, buy it from the display!

I have to admit that I did that once. Thats EXACTLY how I obtained the 1.2000 VID q6600 that I have now!! Office depot had three types of q6600 display models, I went to all three, two were GREAT VIDs, 1.2250, and the third was 1.2000!! So I got it for 499$, took the chip, and used the parts to build a friend a decent comp and sold it to him for the same price, lol!!

Good Luck!!

--Lupi