Q9650

[JCNiest5]

Anyone knows if the price on this CPU is also coming down or not? If not, I guess I may just jump on the Q9550 if I can't wait for Nehalem. Can a G945 chipset mobo work with the Q series CPUs?

 

[bigdogchris]

I wouldn't bother with Quad-Core unless you have specific applications that need 4 cores. Wait for beyond Nehalem for Quad-Core.

I see your one system is pretty well balanced but you have way overkill cpu wise (q6600) and way under kill GPU wise (8800GTS 320).

 

[JCNiest5]

Actually, the Spec you saw on my Profile was old. Now it's up to date. I sold the two fast CPUs along with the Premium and replaced them with low performance CPUs and cheap board to wait for Nehalem. I may just wait it out and get a Centrino 2 laptop to play with until Nehalem shows up.

 

[GoHack]

Anyone knows if the price on this CPU is also coming down or not? If not, I guess I may just jump on the Q9550 if I can't wait for Nehalem. Can a G945 chipset mobo work with the Q series CPUs?

The Q9650 (3.0 GHz) is now officially out, w/a price of $559.99 at Newgg.com.

The Q9550 (2.83 GHz) is now $339.99, again at Newegg.com.


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[JCNiest5]

For $220 more, I don't think it's worth the 117Mhz increase.