Need some advice with a QX6850 ES

TheKarmakazi · 02-29-08, 11:59 PM

Got an engineering sample QX6850 on Ebay for pennies! :up: (unopened box too, so I know it hasn't been abused yet)

Was wondering, someone who has had alot of experience pushing these chips on DICE/LN2. Which motherboard is the best to get high FSB on a quad? Anything to watch out for? This will be my first quadcore, just needed some newbie advice.

Is the board in my sig good for this chip? I know commando's and foxconn mars are solid boards, but I was hoping not to have to buy another mobo if this gigabyte is OK.

muddocktor · 03-01-08, 12:10 AM

All I can say is give it a try and see how it does. The X38-DQ6 has plenty of tweaking options in bios to mess with.

Evilsizer · 03-01-08, 12:17 AM

the board in your sig is more then enough...

Tagan7 · 03-01-08, 12:17 AM

Es's dont come boxed up... they come on trays.

Evilsizer · 03-01-08, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tagan7

Es's dont come boxed up... they come on trays.

QX's are extreme edition cpus, they come boxed and trayed. true ES's come in unmarked white boxes to the lucky few.

Tagan7 · 03-01-08, 12:22 AM

i know how they come ive had about 10 ES chips

I know what a QX is? I had a QX6700ES shipped in way before people had them.

Evilsizer · 03-01-08, 12:27 AM

then you know that QX's in cpuz show up with ES in the name...

thideras · 03-01-08, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Evilsizer

then you know that QX's in cpuz show up with ES in the name...

Mine doesn't....

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...8/27191231.jpg

Evilsizer · 03-01-08, 12:34 AM

interesting, the older ones do.. unless intel told him to remove it from the name that shows up...

Tagan7 · 03-01-08, 12:35 AM

Yup all mine have

TheKarmakazi · 03-01-08, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Evilsizer

QX's are extreme edition cpus, they come boxed and trayed. true ES's come in unmarked white boxes to the lucky few.

unmarked white box is what i got for $650 US (i sniped with 5 seconds left) heres the link

02-29-08, 11:59 PM	Thread Starter #1
TheKarmakazi Registered Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New York	Need some advice with a QX6850 ES Got an engineering sample QX6850 on Ebay for pennies! :up: (unopened box too, so I know it hasn't been abused yet) Was wondering, someone who has had alot of experience pushing these chips on DICE/LN2. Which motherboard is the best to get high FSB on a quad? Anything to watch out for? This will be my first quadcore, just needed some newbie advice. Is the board in my sig good for this chip? I know commando's and foxconn mars are solid boards, but I was hoping not to have to buy another mobo if this gigabyte is OK.
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03-01-08, 12:10 AM	#2
muddocktor Retired Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New Iberia, LA	All I can say is give it a try and see how it does. The X38-DQ6 has plenty of tweaking options in bios to mess with.
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03-01-08, 12:17 AM	#3
Evilsizer Senior Fourm Spammer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin,Texas	the board in your sig is more then enough... __________________ i7 920@3.6ghz \| Asus R2G \| GK F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH \| Galaxy GTX660 GC \| C650TX \| OCZ VERTEX EX 120GB, VERTEX 250GB i3 330m \| Jetway NF98 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1066 \| pico 120WI i5 2450 \| Jetway JNF9G-QM77 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1333 \| WIP "I Love To Camp!" "Commensing Shock Therapy!" I'm jonnyGURU of jonnyGURU.com and we don't overload PSU's - JonnyGURU HeatWare
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Tagan7 Member Join Date: Feb 2008	Es's dont come boxed up... they come on trays.
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03-01-08, 12:22 AM	#6
Tagan7 Member Join Date: Feb 2008	i know how they come ive had about 10 ES chips I know what a QX is? I had a QX6700ES shipped in way before people had them.
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03-01-08, 12:27 AM	#7
Evilsizer Senior Fourm Spammer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin,Texas	then you know that QX's in cpuz show up with ES in the name... __________________ i7 920@3.6ghz \| Asus R2G \| GK F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH \| Galaxy GTX660 GC \| C650TX \| OCZ VERTEX EX 120GB, VERTEX 250GB i3 330m \| Jetway NF98 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1066 \| pico 120WI i5 2450 \| Jetway JNF9G-QM77 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1333 \| WIP "I Love To Camp!" "Commensing Shock Therapy!" I'm jonnyGURU of jonnyGURU.com and we don't overload PSU's - JonnyGURU HeatWare
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03-01-08, 12:34 AM	#9
Evilsizer Senior Fourm Spammer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin,Texas	interesting, the older ones do.. unless intel told him to remove it from the name that shows up... __________________ i7 920@3.6ghz \| Asus R2G \| GK F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH \| Galaxy GTX660 GC \| C650TX \| OCZ VERTEX EX 120GB, VERTEX 250GB i3 330m \| Jetway NF98 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1066 \| pico 120WI i5 2450 \| Jetway JNF9G-QM77 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1333 \| WIP "I Love To Camp!" "Commensing Shock Therapy!" I'm jonnyGURU of jonnyGURU.com and we don't overload PSU's - JonnyGURU HeatWare
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03-01-08, 12:35 AM	#10
Tagan7 Member Join Date: Feb 2008	Yup all mine have
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