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Q9450 v E8500

judmann

judmann

judmann

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im thinking of upgrading my cpu but not sure what to buy its a choise of

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor

or

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB)

i do more gaming than anything else and im not an overclocker so is the extra GHZ better than the 2 extra cores or dosnt it really matter.

what benifits has one over the other and are the benifits worth it.
 
What board do you have ? i had a q9450 and sent it back because i could not overclock it and it wasnt even stable at stock in some games, got the e8500 now which is the better cpu for gaming and so easy to overclock if you felt the urge!
 
Same board as me, get the e8500 and overclock it to 3.8ghz, its so easy, you will have nothing but hassle with the q9450 on that board! its something to do with the early problems with p5k and the c0 stepping q9450's, its never been fixed properly even with the newer steppings is the general consensus on the asus forums.

Use the extra money to get yourself some more ram and a better cpu cooler
 
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My settings atm with a e8500, havent pushed it any futher yet but its pretty quick anyway at that!

ups just noticed speedstep has kicked in on that picture lol, the multiplier is obviously 9.5 most of the time, so 9.5x400
 
MaX_PoWah said:
Same board as me, get the e8500 and overclock it to 3.8ghz, its so easy, you will have nothing but hassle with the q9450 on that board! its something to do with the early problems with p5k and the c0 stepping q9450's, its never been fixed properly even with the newer steppings is the general consensus on the asus forums.

Use the extra money to get yourself some more ram and a better cpu cooler
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I have the same board and have had no such problems you describe. I run my 9450 at stock volts at 3.65 and could easily push it more (and have) but love this chip running stable at stock volts. I have not heard of any problems with board/chip combo to be honest.
 
I would ignore people chasing Mhz and try finding some objective advice.
find benchmarks at toms hardware and other such websites and make your own decisions from there.
 
my e8500 is a solid cpu, not come across anythin that it cant deal with, u dont need a quad core, and considerin most people on here are q6600 fanboys, u are in the wrong place for dual vs quad debate
 
gurusan said:
yes, but most e8xxx processors do well over 4ghz...the same cannot be said for any quads yet.
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You would be pretty unlucky to get a 9650 that doesn't do 4Ghz. Besides, apparently the new C1 stepping for the 9450 is supposed to be allot better. Ignore the C0 bench above.
 
beh* said:
You would be pretty unlucky to get a 9650 that doesn't do 4Ghz. Besides, apparently the new C1 stepping for the 9450 is supposed to be allot better. Ignore the C0 bench above.
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9650? I didn't know we were using 400 quid cpus to compare........
 
Its normally the motherboard that holds back a Quad not the CPU its self... latest generation of P45/X48 boards are slowly seeing the FSB when running Quad's Increasing
 
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