Unknown (rare?) Core 2 Duo

[customisbetter]

i bought a c2d (e4400) off ebay the other day and while researching i found that there is 2 stepping types, fla98 (good overclocker), and fla3f (crappy overclocker). well the thing is my cpu say fla5f. What the crap?!?!? there is nothing on intels site or the internet so maybe you guys can help me on this.
thanks!

 

[Grimmy]

Not exactly sure.. the stepping are generally a letter and number, like : G0 or B2.

What your listing is I think the sSpec number:

Intel® Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor

I think you may be misspelling something, the closest I see is:

SLA98 2 GHz E4400 06 800 MHz 65 nm M0 2 MB LGA775
SLA3F 2 GHz E4400 06 800 MHz 65 nm L2 2 MB LGA775

Which are E4400. Not really seeing anything close to "fla5f"

 

[customisbetter]

i know, thats whats so confusing. just to be sure, its the number on the processor right after 4400. it definatly say 5. maybe i can get a picture.

 

[customisbetter]

here is a picture, it most certainly says 5f...
http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk51/customisbetter/?action=view&current=P4130002.jpg

 

[EXT64]

I've seen chips released that aren't even on the manufacturer's website. I just bought a 5400+ Brisbane which isn't even on AMD's website. Boot it up and run a program like CPU-Z. it may be able to recognize the real stepping.

 

[customisbetter]

so whats the likelihood that its better than the others?
im starting to get kind of excited.

 

[EXT64]

Well, when I googled it I got a bunch of pages about malware. I don't know if that is a good sign. Maybe it has some preinstalled on it :lol:

 

[customisbetter]

this place shows it as a Pentium 4...
http://www.hamiltone.co.uk/CPUs.htm
search sla5f on the page

 

[Hellboy]

this place shows it as a Pentium 4...
http://www.hamiltone.co.uk/CPUs.htm
search sla5f on the page

http://www.ezsystems.com/newcart/search.php?g=SLA5F&SA10X


Yep the SLA5F is a 2Ghz Pentium 4 with 2MB Cache 800 Mhz, Socket 775

Never heard of a 2Ghz P4 on socket 775 - maybe its a pre C2D - who knows

Youve been had...

Even if it is a E4400 its a drop out from Intels labs

you never now it might even be a rare one...

Run CPUZ - google it and let us know the results....

 

[imrul]

interesting

 

[customisbetter]

i don't have a motherboard to test it on right now. it should be here within a week though. thanks for the interest!

 

[Mondoman]

I certainly wouldn't trust those 2 sites as being correct. I bet it's just an e4400, but perhaps an unreleased stepping. Unfortunately, that could mean it's defective -- why else wouldn't it be released?

 

[customisbetter]

i sent a question out to the guy i bought it from but he hasn't gotten back to me yet, probably will monday. he also sells these weird pentium extremes that come overclocked to 6 ghz instead of 3.7 or something.
search selldemon915 on ebay, hes only got 10 left.

 

[rodney_ws]

why else wouldn't it be released?

Poor yields perhaps?

 

[Shadow703793]

i sent a question out to the guy i bought it from but he hasn't gotten back to me yet, probably will monday. he also sells these weird pentium extremes that come overclocked to 6 ghz instead of 3.7 or something.
search selldemon915 on ebay, hes only got 10 left.

Those chips are Engineering Samples. Don't know how he got them. Btw, aren't ES chips distributed only to few people?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-Extreme-EE-ES-965-3-73GHz-LGA775_W0QQitemZ200214652727QQihZ010QQcategoryZ80144QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Shadow703793]

Poor yields perhaps?

Good point.

 

[HTDuro]

why dont you jsut email Intel, you wil lbe fix asap, if its a rare ''unrealeased'' cpu, they will be happy to find who sell it maybe a intel tech who need money lol

 

[williamleja]

Those chips that selldemon915 is selling on ebay look rather fishy. As a matter of fact the item descriptions for the chips he has sold and gotten feedback on are all very similar. He claims the chips run at 6 Ghz NOT OVERCLOCKED! Come on. The guy is full of it! I would return your chip, get the money in your hands, and buy from someone reputable.

Your first mistake was buying a CPU on ebay. I would never buy a processor on ebay and most of the people on tomshardware probably wouldn't either.

Just my 2 cents.

William

 

[customisbetter]

well i want to test it first to see if it works. i can't get a c2d on newegg for 75 bucks can i? maybe it will be ok.
i am going to try to contact intel too.
thanks guys.

 

[HTDuro]

i bought a E6400 on ebay and im happy with it, low price, i put more money on mobo and gfx card

 

[DaveElls]

I'd definately contact intel about this, if it's an ES they might be quite interested in it. I heard of one guy getting a free extreme processor for turning in an ES that was sold to him. Then again I think ES's are often unlocked as well aren't they?

 

[customisbetter]

what is an ES?
and a free processor would be fricken sweet. my new board wouldn't handle an extreme, but an e8400 would be nice.

 

[soloman02]

You can't get a C2D per se for $75. You can get the E2160 for $75 which is a C2D with 1MB of L2 cache instead of 2 or more. The E2180 overclocks well. My E2200 is running at 2.9Ghz with the stock cooler and Arctic Silver 5.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116036

E2180 for $70 USD

 

[customisbetter]

good point. well im bankin' on intel saying, "oh! you found our lost c2d! heres a bag of 100 dollar bills and a 9800gx2! thank you oh so much!"
but thats unlikely.....
why would they give me a graphics card? oh, its midnight im losing my mind.

 

[rochin]

A few months ago I got a Q6600 on ebay with the stock HS for 225. Works great I have it overclocked to 3.38 currrently.(Not using stock HS)