Any reviews for the Q9450? How good is the overclocking?

khearts · 20 Mar 2008 at 19:08

So decided to go for these instead of thr q6600.
Whats its overclocking like? Gonna be using a watercooler.
Any reviews out there?

Jokester · 20 Mar 2008 at 19:12

You can probably expect to hit 3.6-3.7GHz pretty much regardless of what you use to cool it, on a decent P35/X38/X48 motherboard.

LeJimster · 20 Mar 2008 at 19:57

Thats what I'm going for as well.. I'd be happy enough with 3.6Ghz if the temps are nice and cool.

drak3 · 20 Mar 2008 at 20:07

were are the chips tho?

No reviews?

naudiz · 20 Mar 2008 at 22:13

Most places don't have them in stock yet, should get some reviews around and about in a month or so once people have had a chance to play with them

Naud

khearts · 21 Mar 2008 at 02:19

Thanks guys.
When are they meant to come in stock now realistically? I cant stay without a pc for much longer, cause Im pcless

Yeggstry · 21 Mar 2008 at 06:32

Well intel said Q2 2008 for release so hopefully will be next week. I'm waiting for one now, its the only part i need :-(

tetsuo · 21 Mar 2008 at 09:39

Yea i've been without my desktop for over a month now.

drak3 · 21 Mar 2008 at 14:37

I run VMware and need a quad ASAP ... I was very tempted to buy a Q6600 with the pre-order fiasco!

KDU · 21 Mar 2008 at 15:42

Shop I had mine on pre-order said they aint expecting them until Mid April maybe later. I cancelled my order and got a nice Q6600 for £140...will use that for the next few months then get a 9450 when demand and prices have dropped a wee bit.

mr griffin · 21 Mar 2008 at 16:38

why can't Intel and the shops that are receiving them just be honest with release dates? its only a CPU not the crown jewls

Cob · 21 Mar 2008 at 21:22

See if you can find a Xeon X3350 review. They're in the shops in the States already.

tetsuo · 21 Mar 2008 at 22:03

Cob said:
See if you can find a Xeon X3350 review. They're in the shops in the States already.

I was tempted to import one but i doubt i will.

mogwai · 22 Mar 2008 at 15:56

Some info on the q9450 http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1904644

Deluxe1 · 22 Mar 2008 at 16:18

Seems if you tape over these two contacts it`ll make your board pick it up as a 3.2GHz 1600FSB processor just like the QX9770.

Cob · 22 Mar 2008 at 16:27

Only really useful if your board can't be overclocked and it supports 1600mhz chips out of the box.

easyrider · 22 Mar 2008 at 18:22

Deluxe1 said:
Seems if you tape over these two contacts it`ll make your board pick it up as a 3.2GHz 1600FSB processor just like the QX9770.

This will allow bigger clocks?

HighlandeR · 22 Mar 2008 at 18:44

Is the above even true ?

If so Ocuk should definatly be providing new bundles and Kits cos that would be the biggest seller on Ocuk EVER !

I wonder if u have to increase any volts or overclock ?

Jokester · 22 Mar 2008 at 18:46

All it does is tell the motherboard to boot at 400MHz instead of 333MHz. You can of course manually set the motherboard to 400MHz regardless.

easyrider · 22 Mar 2008 at 18:46

Jokester said:
All it does is tell the motherboard to boot at 400MHz instead of 333MHz. You can of course manually set the motherboard to 400MHz regardless.

No use then!