Re: Chainging Chips around
Nah, the steppings should be cross compatible. I assume you do have your girlfriend's permission to nick her superior CPU. :P
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Powderhound
Nah, the steppings should be cross compatible. I assume you do have your girlfriend's permission to nick her superior CPU. :P
Thought they would be just decided i'd better check before she comes home and says her pc wont work :mrgreen:
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Yup you can just swap it straight out :D
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just need to find a day when the GF isn't home now. Otherwise she'll acuse me of breaking her pc.
If i do it wothout here knowing she won't even notice the difference :)
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Unless you break it....:)
Hawker
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The B3 has a higher operating temperature and needs more power to run too. I would make sure that the PSU is powerful enough on your girlfriend's PC and whether the cooler is sufficient.
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I would add that before doing the swap get some good quality thermal paste if you haven't already.
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Just been on the aria.co.uk website where I buy most of my memory for system builds. Have a look here - http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=25701
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CAT-THE-FIFTH
The B3 has a higher operating temperature and needs more power to run too. I would make sure that the PSU is powerful enough on your girlfriend's PC and whether the cooler is sufficient.
I'm plaaning to check the temp once it gets in but when i stress tested the current Q6600 in her pc it didn't get above 50C.
As for the PSU it only takes an extra 10W at max so i'm not to worried.
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Also be aware that a lot of the g0 that didn't overclock so well for whatever reason got shipped out to OEM builds so even though it's fine at stock it may not overclock so well.
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Pob255
Also be aware that a lot of the g0 that didn't overclock so well for whatever reason got shipped out to OEM builds so even though it's fine at stock it may not overclock so well.
didn't know that. Thanks for telling me.
What do you reckon the chances are it will overclock to 3.2Ghz (My aim)
Plus surely at worst it will be the same as a B3 yet it will produce less heat.
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Pob255
Also be aware that a lot of the g0 that didn't overclock so well for whatever reason got shipped out to OEM builds so even though it's fine at stock it may not overclock so well.
Agreed! My Q6600 G0 needs more voltage to overclock than the older ones.
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Just been looking at the Q6600 more closely and i've noticed that the VID keeps changing in coretemp.
I thought that, that was hard programmed into the chip and didn't change whatever?
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Use Core Temp to read the VID.
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handscombmp
Just been looking at the Q6600 more closely and i've noticed that the VID keeps changing in coretemp.
:stupid:
I have been using coretemp. :angst: