CPU/Mobo E6600 + P5N32-E Sli Shopping Guide

[SiriusB]

I am going to buy a P5N32-E sli board from delta and I want to knoe what I should be looking out for.
-Revision of the board: What is the most recent revision?
-Any other thing?

Regarding the processor, I've heard ppl talk of "golden steppings" and stuff. Now I know that getting a good stepping does not but only increase the chance of good chip - but, hey, it's worth a try.
I've put together a list of weeks in order of most promising to the least, from the conroe OC databases. Tell me if what you think:

L630
L628
L632
L626
L623
L629

How do I check the week? I hope that it can be seen on the sticker outside the box and that the shopkeeper will let me check all the e6600s before I buy

 

[RiO]

The stepping/batch# will be on the label of all retail boxes, see above. To find the week, look at the example above which reads: L623A464. That's a week 23, A stepping.

Your best best would be to get a B stepping, but availability is an issue. If no B stepping is available get a week 30 or week 28.

 

[Chaos]

^^So u got ur X6800 eh :rofl:.

 

[KiD0M4N]

The stepping/batch# will be on the label of all retail boxes, see above. To find the week, look at the example above which reads: L623A464. That's a week 23, A stepping.

Your best best would be to get a B stepping, but availability is an issue. If no B stepping is available get a week 30 or week 28.

na doesnt look like his X68.... stepping is different. Or is it?

Yea best bet would be a low batch L628A or a L630A753 or so.

 

[RiO]

^^So u got ur X6800 eh :rofl:.

Bastid, that's not mine

 

[SiriusB]

Thanks Rio and KiD0M4N.

As for the motherboard, can anyone tell me the most recent "revision"? Any site that lists them?

And what's this about a plus version of p5n32-e board released recently?

bit-tech.net | Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus

Should I wait for this to hit delta?

 

[Sandy]

Bastid, that's not mine

omg x6800 coming? :bleh:

 

[Aditya]

Lol.. I got inside Info that RiO is going on a QX6700.

X6800 is too lowly for him .

 

[RiO]

All these birdies spreading wrong info are going to be shot one day lol :gun2:

 

[raj_pol]

Come on Rio..u should let us know.

Is it

1. The 6800

or

2. the qx6700

or maybe both:tongue:

 

[hunt3r]

Coming back to the original question of the thread, wait for the p5n32-e sli plus. Its a hybrid motherboard designed by asus which uses the nforce 650i northbridge and nforce 590(or 570 maybe) southbridge. It has the same overcocking ability and also offers the same 16X SLI support. It even uses the same pcb as the p5n32-e/striker extreme. Supposedly its a much better combination and all the compatibility problems which plagued the 680i boards are solved

 

[TechHead]

^There's a review of the board up at the [H]. Looks like a good one.