e6400 quad core

[strick94u]

I have a chance to get a quad 6400 but have not heard of how they clock and perform. Any opinions out there?

[Cold Storm]

you mean q6400? I havent even seen that on the market yet.. how can you get it?

[twicksisted]

I would assume that youre better off buying a Q6600 G0...
The Q6400 has an 8X multi (Q6600 has 9X..)
The Q6400 has 4mb L2 cache (Q6600 has 8mb..thats double!)

http://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/404/Intel_Core_2_Extreme_Q6400.html

[Psychoholic]

Q6400? Never heard of it.. are they out yet?

[Cold Storm]

I would assume that youre better off buying a Q6600 G0...
The Q6400 has an 8X multi (Q6600 has 9X..)
The Q6400 has 4mb L2 cache (Q6600 has 8mb..thats double!)

http://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/404/Intel_Core_2_Extreme_Q6400.html

+1 on that.

[twicksisted]

Q6400? Never heard of it.

Neither had i, did a google search, found this link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/404/Intel_Core_2_Extreme_Q6400.html

Its a kentsfiled, slower than the Q6600, with a lower multi and half the cache... must be a lot cheaper than the Q6600 or its not worth it in my books, as the Q6600 is so cheap already as it is.

[fitseries3]

i've heard of a xeon quad by the name of x3120 that's a 2.0ghz quad but never a q6400 quad. you sure you got your numbers right? there is gonna be a q9450 maybe thats what your thinking of?

[Cold Storm]

Neither had i, did a google search, found this link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/404/Intel_Core_2_Extreme_Q6400.html

Its a kentsfiled, slower than the Q6600, with a lower multi and half the cache... must be a lot cheaper than the Q6600 or its not worth it in my books, as the Q6600 is so cheap already as it is.

of course... Techpowerup.... :laugh: We are everywhere..

[fitseries3]

where has this chip been hiding? perhaps a $220 quad? must find one now.

[TUngsten]

there's a vendor on Ebay right now selling a slew of q6400 Engineering Samples.

I've asked the seller to provide me some more info (CPU-Z verification etc) but haven't heard yet, but one just popped up that does have a screenie
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q6400-2-13GHz-8MB-1066MHz-Stepping-B3_W0QQitemZ200188684873QQihZ010QQcategoryZ141323Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

looks as though they have 2x4mb lvl2

from what I read yesterday, Intel canceled the q6400 a few months back with the super-discounting of the q6600s

they are basically the same as a Xeon 3210

[twicksisted]

there's a vendor on Ebay right now selling a slew of q6400 Engineering Samples.

I've asked the seller to provide me some more info (CPU-Z verification etc) but haven't heard yet, but one just popped up that does have a screenie
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q6400-2-13GHz-8MB-1066MHz-Stepping-B3_W0QQitemZ200188684873QQihZ010QQcategoryZ141323Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

From that Ebay link:
This item is an engineering sample (ES, stepping B3) with "unlocked" multiplier (changable within 6-8).

Worse that the actual product which will be G0... the "unlocked multi isnt going to really help you overclock as youll need an insane FSB to hit anything decent

[strick94u]

I would assume that youre better off buying a Q6600 G0...
The Q6400 has an 8X multi (Q6600 has 9X..)
The Q6400 has 4mb L2 cache (Q6600 has 8mb..thats double!)

http://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/404/Intel_Core_2_Extreme_Q6400.html

All that is true except the one I can get is an engeneering sample mulitplier is unlocked. But saving 100 bucks is hard to resist.

[TUngsten]

I also read that they don't OC really well, perhaps another reason why they were pulled from production.

[twicksisted]

All that is true except the one I can get is an engeneering sample mulitplier is unlocked. But saving 100 bucks is hard to resist.

its unlocked as in you can set it between 6-8X

[DOM]

From that Ebay link:
This item is an engineering sample (ES, stepping B3) with "unlocked" multiplier (changable within 6-8).

Worse that the actual product which will be G0... the "unlocked multi isnt going to really help you overclock as youll need an insane FSB to hit anything decent

6-8 lol i can do that with mine :p

[Random Murderer]

according to intel, a q6400 doesn't exist. there may be some engineering samples floating around, but you will never see a production model. ever.

[newtekie1]

If the multiplier is only unlockable to 8x it doesn't really help you much. The normal G0 Q6600 give you an unlocked multipler up to 9.

[fitseries3]

according to intel, a q6400 doesn't exist. there may be some engineering samples floating around, but you will never see a production model. ever.

that's what i thought. i still want to sell my e6700 to get another quad.

[Random Murderer]

that's what i thought. i still want to sell my e6700 to get another quad.

how much are the e6700's worth?

[fitseries3]

how much are the e6700's worth?

like $180. but i want $170 for mine.

[cdawall]

its B3 your better off getting a Xeon X3210 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117129)

[strick94u]

nothing clocks very well on my mother board regardless of what I buy I am not going to see better than 50% but I would hate to see under 3.0 ghz still the 6600 has a better chance.

[cdawall]

nothing clocks very well on my mother board regardless of what I buy I am not going to see better than 50% but I would hate to see under 3.0 ghz still the 6600 has a better chance.

haha the Q6700 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115027) that should hit 3ghz just fine?


and why dont you spend the $XX and send the board back to evga for a 780i upgrade?

[fitseries3]

my q6600 on water is running 4.5ghz with 1.55v vcore. the q6700 is the same chip just with a 10x multi and 2x the price.

EDIT: i can get to 3.6ghz on stock voltage with the q6600.

[Cold Storm]

nothing clocks very well on my mother board regardless of what I buy I am not going to see better than 50% but I would hate to see under 3.0 ghz still the 6600 has a better chance.

how come you can't oc it any good? Everything I've found so far says its a good ocing board... but if you can send it back and get the upgrade then you'd be set for life! :cool:

[fitseries3]

i have 3 evga 680i A1's and they are THE BEST 680i's for overclocking dual and quad cores. you must have a DUD.

ALSO... all 3 of my boards are in que to upgrade to 780i

[Paulieg]

my q6600 on water is running 4.5ghz with 1.55v vcore. the q6700 is the same chip just with a 10x multi and 2x the price.

EDIT: i can get to 3.6ghz on stock voltage with the q6600.

Fit, I still want to see some screenies for this 4.5ghz on 1.55v. Just gotta see it.

[fitseries3]

Fit, I still want to see some screenies for this 4.5ghz on 1.55v. Just gotta see it.

yeah, im working on it. im trying to hit 4.6ghz and run stable. i never think about screen shots unless im doing something like for alcapones 3dmark06 comp.

[strick94u]

My AR did the same and it must be some thing I am doing wrong.

[fitseries3]

My AR did the same and it must be some thing I am doing wrong.

is your e6600 a b1?

[strick94u]

B2 let me guess the b1 oc's best :ohwell:
but ya know I started with a e6300 that clocks 3.4 ghz on a p35 motherboard and only did 3.0 on my old AR, never ran it on the A1

[fitseries3]

the b2 is better than the b1. you shouldnt have any problem OCing a dual core on any board. you may need to drop your memory to SYNC mode to get it to OC further.