kermitforney
02-29-2008, 08:47 PM
So, I think I might have told you guys this before in a previous thread, but if not here is a brief recap.
*RECAP* I used to work for Intel Corp. when I was in college and for a short while after graduation. I have a firend that still works for them in a processor development department. She calls me every once in awhile before chips debut and gives me a couple here and there. Usually theyre just run of the mill average processor's, but I use them none the less. This is how I stumbled across the Intel Core 2 Duo's (E6400, E6700) in my signature. *RECAP*
Sooooo my friend calls me up a few days ago to let me know they are recieving some processors for the employees again, but they have a few that most of the employees may not be able to use. I asked her what the serial number was on the processor that she set aside for me and she tells me, "something . . something . . . 3.0ghz . . Quad Core . .XE1333". I told her off of the top of my head I have no idea which processor it is, but that it has an FSB off 1333mhz which is spanking new. I didn't realize until minutes after our conversation that the XE stood for Extreme Edition. :cursing: In the same conversation she goes onto say that she didn't get me the other one, because she didnt think I could use it because it had a serial number of XEE1600 (3.2ghz, quad core), and the engineers there told her that not many people would be able to use the power let alone build a system around this CPU. I told her I would have prefered the XEE1600 (QX9775), but that the XE1300 (QX9650) would make me more than happy. After that she said the so few employees are going to be using these processors she would just get me BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8o I shat my pants moments after digesting what she had just said . . . . twice! :thumbsup:
So I just got off of the phone with her today and researched the serial numbers and some other background stuff to single out which processors they were. Turns out that the QX9775 was the processors used in the Intel SkullTrail demo, or as many know it the Dual Quad Core MONSTER machine. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/661/1/
Anyways, I just thought I would share my excitement with some of my fellow nerds and know that the Dual-Boxing.com hardware bar has just been raised. :D
Also, I don't know how many of you live in the Bay Area (California) aka Silicon Valley, but I have two fairly new Core2Duo's (E6400, E6700) with motherboards/memory that need new homes. Let me know if your interested. If not I will just sell them on craigslist, but I would feel a lot better if this hardware were in the hands of a fellow boxers. :thumbup:
*RECAP* I used to work for Intel Corp. when I was in college and for a short while after graduation. I have a firend that still works for them in a processor development department. She calls me every once in awhile before chips debut and gives me a couple here and there. Usually theyre just run of the mill average processor's, but I use them none the less. This is how I stumbled across the Intel Core 2 Duo's (E6400, E6700) in my signature. *RECAP*
Sooooo my friend calls me up a few days ago to let me know they are recieving some processors for the employees again, but they have a few that most of the employees may not be able to use. I asked her what the serial number was on the processor that she set aside for me and she tells me, "something . . something . . . 3.0ghz . . Quad Core . .XE1333". I told her off of the top of my head I have no idea which processor it is, but that it has an FSB off 1333mhz which is spanking new. I didn't realize until minutes after our conversation that the XE stood for Extreme Edition. :cursing: In the same conversation she goes onto say that she didn't get me the other one, because she didnt think I could use it because it had a serial number of XEE1600 (3.2ghz, quad core), and the engineers there told her that not many people would be able to use the power let alone build a system around this CPU. I told her I would have prefered the XEE1600 (QX9775), but that the XE1300 (QX9650) would make me more than happy. After that she said the so few employees are going to be using these processors she would just get me BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8o I shat my pants moments after digesting what she had just said . . . . twice! :thumbsup:
So I just got off of the phone with her today and researched the serial numbers and some other background stuff to single out which processors they were. Turns out that the QX9775 was the processors used in the Intel SkullTrail demo, or as many know it the Dual Quad Core MONSTER machine. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/661/1/
Anyways, I just thought I would share my excitement with some of my fellow nerds and know that the Dual-Boxing.com hardware bar has just been raised. :D
Also, I don't know how many of you live in the Bay Area (California) aka Silicon Valley, but I have two fairly new Core2Duo's (E6400, E6700) with motherboards/memory that need new homes. Let me know if your interested. If not I will just sell them on craigslist, but I would feel a lot better if this hardware were in the hands of a fellow boxers. :thumbup: