Is the Q9450 really in stock on the 10th?

gary996 · 27 Mar 2008 at 17:14

Bin Boy said:
My Q9300 arrived today POD Time: 12:42

Should hopefully have it running sometime later today!

Noctua NF-P12 120mm
Thermalright SI-128 CPU Cooler
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI

Lets see some benchies and clocking results

tetsuo · 27 Mar 2008 at 17:41

Bin Boy said:
My Q9300 arrived today POD Time: 12:42

Should hopefully have it running sometime later today!

Noctua NF-P12 120mm
Thermalright SI-128 CPU Cooler
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI

Bin, what made you go for that over the Q9300. I'm thinking of going the Q9300 also.

Cosmos · 27 Mar 2008 at 17:48

Should have my X3350 coming on Monday.

mogwai · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:51

Just sent a webnote asking that now people have started recieving the 9450 whereabouts on the list of pre-orders I am and did they know when they where getting more of them.

The answer I got was
"We have no list of pre order people sir, we have no time frame of when you will recive this".

So how do they know who to send them to first?

Smorgasbord · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:52

mogwai said:
Just sent a webnote asking that now people have started recieving the 9450 whereabouts on the list of pre-orders I am and did they know when they where getting more of them.

The answer I got was
"We have no list of pre order people sir, we have no time frame of when you will recive this".

So how do they know who to send them to first?

Lol, sounds good! Might pull people's names out of a hat!

mogwai · 27 Mar 2008 at 21:01

Just considering alternatives. Why does the QX9650 cost so much more? As far as I can see it is the same chip as the Q9450 with a higher standard clock.

~D~ · 27 Mar 2008 at 21:12

And an unlocked multiplier for much easier overclocking.

TheMagic1an · 27 Mar 2008 at 22:18

mogwai said:
Just considering alternatives. Why does the QX9650 cost so much more? As far as I can see it is the same chip as the Q9450 with a higher standard clock.

your paying more because it says the word "extreme"

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And like ~D~ said because of the unlocked multiplier.

hernaldo · 27 Mar 2008 at 22:22

Cob said:
Patience people.

Have pity upon those of us that sold our Q6600's back in January in anticipation of the Q9450's appearing in early February.

lol not really, its been clear there was going to be a delay for ages and the people who were "exchanging" were generally otherwise knowledgeable peeps trying to get a free, sorry cheap lunch....

Aberfala · 28 Mar 2008 at 07:48

mogwai said:
Just sent a webnote asking that now people have started recieving the 9450 whereabouts on the list of pre-orders I am and did they know when they where getting more of them.

The answer I got was
"We have no list of pre order people sir, we have no time frame of when you will recive this".

So how do they know who to send them to first?

I sent them a webnote asking why people who had placed orders weeks after me had got theirs already as I assumed pre-orders would be dealt with in the order received.

They replied that preordering does not work on a first come first served basis so I've asked what's the point of preordering then..i'm still waiting a reply to that one.

Seems kind of unfair to me especially as they have had my money now for 7 weeks, which isn't a big deal to me if I knew I'd be one of the first to get one but as there doesn't seem to be any system to how orders are dealt with it seems a bit off really.

Cyber-Mav · 28 Mar 2008 at 10:56

whats the ecpected date of this cpu now? 1st week of april?

Stelly · 28 Mar 2008 at 11:05

Cyber-Mav said:
whats the ecpected date of this cpu now? 1st week of april?

I think it will be the 2nd or 3rd week mate... its SO annoying

Stelly

mogwai · 28 Mar 2008 at 12:27

I just rang to change my delivery address back to my work address. The latest random answer as to when they are arriving is 3 weeks.

bradeh · 28 Mar 2008 at 12:32

I dont know much about intel making stock of these and shipping them, but its kind of pathetic how you cant get your hands on one yet.

martian_aphid · 28 Mar 2008 at 13:10

It has been seen on some US retail sites but stock must be so low that they sell out within hours if not minutes. If you check out the intel shipping chart, they are expecting to have about equal production of 45nm & 65nm quads by Q2 but atm they will be milking the QXs and the Q6600 for all they are worth and hold off on releasing the more anticipated 9450/550 for as long as they can I imagine.

Bin Boy · 28 Mar 2008 at 15:27

gary996 said:
Lets see some benchies and clocking results

Yeah got it working not sure on temps Real core reporting average 34c 39c 39c 40c

Does this seem like a normal temp for quad?

Bin Boy · 28 Mar 2008 at 15:30

tetsuo said:
Bin, what made you go for that over the Q9300. I'm thinking of going the Q9300 also.

I was going for the E8400 then seen the quad q9300 was in stock and changed my mind.

Spyhop · 28 Mar 2008 at 17:04

Mikey C said:
I sent them a webnote .. They replied that preordering does not work on a first come first served basis

what

Yeggstry · 28 Mar 2008 at 17:16

wush said:
what

That's what I thought. First and last time that I'll be pre-ordering from OcUK if that's the attitude they have.

mogwai · 28 Mar 2008 at 17:29

Mikey C said:
I sent them a webnote asking why people who had placed orders weeks after me had got theirs already as I assumed pre-orders would be dealt with in the order received.

They replied that preordering does not work on a first come first served basis so I've asked what's the point of preordering then..i'm still waiting a reply to that one.

Seems kind of unfair to me especially as they have had my money now for 7 weeks, which isn't a big deal to me if I knew I'd be one of the first to get one but as there doesn't seem to be any system to how orders are dealt with it seems a bit off really.

Perhaps you should submit a Webnote via the complaints one to ask them about there seemingly questionable pre-order policy