Are there e-tailers showing or giving the exact week and stepping for conroe E6600..

[apsr90]

From reading various forums it seems certain batches are better overclockers. I was just wondering if you have bought from an online shop knowing the exact week of the chip. It doesn't have to be on the page it could be through calling them etc. Thanks for the help.

[Clunk]

its doubtful, they would be left with all the duffers if they did that.

[apsr90]

its doubtful, they would be left with all the duffers if they did that.

But I doubt a lot of people do this. I mean I would imagine 20% at most.

[charleski]

It would require formidable inventory management to be able to guarantee the week they have when you phone would be the week you'd receive. Any efficient retailer will have these coming in and out all the time, and each batch would be different.

[Clunk]

that was the week that was

[kalniel]

It would add a lot of overheads to the inventory and picking system to do that, not to mention having a high chance of destroying the large volume flow that enables etailers to give such good prices.

This is due to having more than 1 active supplier at any given time. As such when 2 deliveries arrive, they tend to get mixed on the shelf - therefore if we check them and report back 1 stepping, there is a good chance that picking could pick another.

As such we cannot 100% guarantee the steppings, week codes or any other code used to decyhper the "overclockability" of a processor.