Why there is two Q6600

[UAExDEVIL]

Hi......

I was just surfing the internet and i so on processorfinder.intel.com that there is two Q6600 and i was wondering why and is one better than the other

PLZ help

 

[Hatman]

The second one has the GO stepping its a newer model basicly, theres a ton of threads posted on the forum about it all already.

 

[UAExDEVIL]

Can i have a link to one of them i looked but i couldn't find one

 

[jeb1517]

Go to the CPU section under General Discussion. There are at least 3 topics about stepping just on the first page. Here is a link to one:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/243904-28-what-stepping

 

[Spikke]

To sum it up, the new G0 stepping runs cooler, theoretically allowing a higher oc.