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Gamming mostly....What will you be using the computer for? Without that info we can't tell you "which one and why?"
Q9450, because its a 45nm quad core. I plan to get one as soon as I get my credit card paid off.
I already have a QX6700 rig @ 3.3GHz and an E6850 rig @ 3.6Ghz rig
I'm thinking I want something that will run cooler and maybe clock higher, but won't break the bank.
6850 @ 3.6?? I have a 6750 @ 3.8 :-P
the e8400 are really overpriced right now so i discourage you from buying them.
Doesn't the Q9450 have a multiplier of 8?
Doesn't that make it, umm, useless?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
What I've seen in reviews is that though the 45nm cpu's run cooler and use less power,they aren't as good for overclocking than,say,the Q6600.Combine that with the kind of prices I've been seeing for the 9450,and I'm beginning to think the 6600 is still the better value.
4ghz+ and 6 mb cache for $300 is overpriced? Show me a better deal. With a 9 multiplier and 45nm process it's quite easy to reach 4ghz on air cooling. I do realize these processors are difficult to find in stock though.
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Thats one way to look at it, but IMHO no game out today is remotly limited by the CPU for even a mid range CPU as opposed to the graphics card which has a huge impact on results. CPU will make a difference but it's not the make or brake piece of hardware. For that reason I would go quad, either Q9450 or Q6600 as they will still work great in the games you play now and in the future should scale better if you dont plan to upgrade the CPU anytime soon. I think in the long run you gain more from the 4 cores than the two faster ones even if it won't be an immediate payoff. Hell, I'd put my house on it that your games will run at whatever your graphics card can take and that any of the Quads will blitz in performance even if it's not a native quad game.This is a now brainer: for games, you want more GHz so get the e8400...if you can (hard to get the stock but worth the wait).
I'd love to get the q9450 just because it's the latest and greatest..but if 90% of the time the other 2 cores aren't used, and if 4 cores isn't benefiting the games i'm playing *today*, and if I don't do video processing 90% of the time...i'd choose 4Ghz bragging rights over quad core
given e8400 is hard to find, i'd actually consider the q6600. those babies can give you 3.6Ghz on decent air cooling, so you'll have the 4 cores so you can cover that 10%.
Yes the q6600 is a great deal, especially being a quad core. But I don't think reaching 3.6 ghz on the q6600 is as common or easy as reaching 4 ghz on the e8400. I was just saying that for raw speed the e8400 is still a good deal at $300. And people seem to forget that, clock for clock, the new Intel CPU's are faster than the last gen. The new CPU's running at 3.6 are faster than their older counterparts clocked at the same speed.Q6600 for $200 at Microcenter and OC to 3.6. I would consider the E8400 a good deal when it's selling for MSRP, but with the mark-ups we're seeing, it's getting less and less attractive.
Not completely useless, just somewhat harder to overclock. The board memory controllers and RAM will probably run into a wall before the chips run out of overclocking headroom =/Doesn't the Q9450 have a multiplier of 8?
Doesn't that make it, umm, useless?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Doesn't the Q9450 have a multiplier of 8?
Doesn't that make it, umm, useless?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Wrong and you will see in the coming months.
The Q9450 is a true quad core and I would bet the farm an OC q6600 vs OC q9450 in a video editing battle.lol The Q9450 will win.
the e8400 are really overpriced right now so i discourage you from buying them.
Not completely useless, just somewhat harder to overclock. The board memory controllers and RAM will probably run into a wall before the chips run out of overclocking headroom =/
$300 for a E8400!?. Didn't anyone else get them for $189 at Microcenter when it was first released? How much can a used E8400, never over-clocked and I have the original box, wrappng and HSF, go for?
http://www.hardware.info/en-US/prod...bmJLK,bGNkbZiUmJLK,bGRkaJiXmJTK,bGRkZZiWmJbK/Wrong and you will see in the coming months.
The Q9450 is a true quad core and I would bet the farm an OC q6600 vs OC q9450 in a video editing battle.lol The Q9450 will win.
Glad I caught the early train. But, if you think the q9450s are going to be cheap, you're out of your mind. $400+ easy. 100 bucks more per core heh.