The hunt is over... (for the time being)
 

I am happy to report that I finally had some luck replacing my lost beloved B batch 980x. After cycling though literally six A and F batches, I was fortunate enough to purchase this chip new on ebay. It is the same batch that Rick has and one off of my previous great chip. This one is a 3003B288 and has almost identical characteristics of my previous B. CB is -124c (I think its my older RE3) and the CBB is -114. It booted right up at 5.8GHz at 1.6vc @-100c and wprimed at 5750MHz at that same voltage. Take a look, here is the best boot up and best wprime. I went really easy on it first time out. More to come when I get a good gpu to put after it.:cool3:
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Very nice. I too one day will be in the sub 3 second wprime area :)

(Of course you guys will be crushing the 1 second mark by then LOL)

Glad to hear you got some good news!

Great chip rom! :thumbsup: I'm getting a B batch this weekend myself! :D

nice, i would like to see what mine would do on ln2.....

@ Nuero, thanks I am really looking forward to benching now.

@H&R, Let us know what batch you end up with. Go real easy on her at first and learn her ways.

@Dom, what batch do you have?

Its a 3003B as far as I know! ;)

idk what i got. im just going to get out of work in 30mins and im tired

so you like to make love to your cpus :P

i guess i rapped mine most v-core i used is 1.68v on ss

Thats some pig!

Cowboy up!

:D;)

okay before i go to sleep 3003B331

Better handle that.

well if you cant have her back next best thing is her twin sister :)

I've always said "sushi is the next best thing", but what do I know :D

wprime32m .......why not vantage cputest?

wow, monster of a chip, so how much volts do you plan to push thru it Rom? And what clocks you expecting???

@Hc I was in a fresh xp install for 4 liters
@ Banik I am thinkin 5.9 vantage cpu test, maybe 6.2 3dm05...?
Wanna keep vc below 1.8v to stave off degradation till everything 3d result wise is done.
Then decision time whether a good pifast is worth $920usd and complete benchin depression.

How many to find this one ?
I'm on the fifth haha

1 first 3003B from the egg, garbage, sold it:argh:
2 second 3003B from tigerdirect, excellent,:laugh: eventually passed away:shitfan:
3 third rma from B batch, recieved 3020A, garbage, sold for loss:argh:
4 bought new F batch from microcenter, garbage, sold for massive loss:argh:
5 won chip at Asus Quakecon event, garbage, rma to Intel:argh:
6 Intel rma is another 3020A, sold unopened for loss:argh:
7 Lucky 7 purchased from ebay:splits::inout::jiggy::cheers:

That's alot of money bro. May this chip treat you right and let you bask in your own glory.

That is one sweet chip bro. Gooood god man. 1 B batch, 1 A batch, 1 F batch, and now a 2nd F batch here on thursday.
Thats 4 for me. Lets not talk about video cards ok. Dude we should just invest in some stock together. Losses are unremarkable.:thumbdown:

I saw a 5677 on XS but i totally talked me out of it.

This is some crazy cash spending there Rom! :Dizzy:

IS that sno's? It is listed on OCF too. Down to $700 shipped now. If it drops another $400 I might have to sell a kidney :ohcrap: (that is an ES though)

have tou had one of those rom ? or anyone else ?

Reading about your clock speeds almost makes me ill. I look at my radiators .......and I need a stiff drink. One day I'm gonna get tired of being slapped around by all the LN2 rigs.

I believe my first B was a 331 Dommer...

Don't get too ill foamer buddy, I remember back in teh day, when I was on evga modrigs with my dell, you and your rigs were the shit. It was guys like you that inspired me.:thumbsup:

3020A's seem to suck balls, make sure you avoid that batch like the devil.

Yea. I checked his bot and its a dud. I had one that would do just as well and sent it back. But i paid 1600.00 for it not 700.00. Still alot of money for a non performer. I'm hoping my new F will be good. Chispy dosn't have any 980x scores to be proud of, but that may be because of other things going on in his life. I hope. If not then hell i'll just borrow Roms.:pile::pile:

rofl I see what ya did there ;)

Grats on finding a keeper Rom.

I am almost scared to buy a GT, cuz I dont have the funds to bin at the moment and couldnt afford to take losses selling the dogs...