Q9450 available 5th Feb 2008? In stock anywhere yet?

[Hydrasworld]

According to this page that's when they're available:

w ww.morecomputers.com/extra.asp?pn=BX80569Q9450A

Anyone seen them in stock anywhere yet?

[NightshadowUK]

Due in on the 17th March at Scan.

No-where's gonna have them in yet.

[shaithis]

Must resist....the....urge.....

[barker967]

Thats the chip i`m gonna eventually be getting, but i think i`ll give it a month or so until the prices have come down a bit.

[NightshadowUK]

Snap, that chip's given me reason to upgrade from S939... that and the stupidly low DDR2 prices.

[Andydigital]

Due in on the 17th February at Scan.

No-where's gonna have them in yet.

That should read 17th of March not February. Due 17.03.08

[Hydrasworld]

Must resist....the....urge.....

yeah, I know what you mean.

I was thinking about why I actually want to upgrade again yesterday, after completing Crysis on my S939 Opteron 175 + 8800GT + 7800GTX three monitor box and struggled to find a reason other than "cos I want it"...

Wait, I know, I know!

If I do it sooner rather than later my S939 boards and chips might still have a second hand value ;D

Yes, that /must/ be the reason.

[2Cold Scorpio]

yeah, I know what you mean.

I was thinking about why I actually want to upgrade again yesterday, after completing Crysis on my S939 Opteron 175 + 8800GT + 7800GTX three monitor box and struggled to find a reason other than "cos I want it"...

Wait, I know, I know!

If I do it sooner rather than later my S939 boards and chips might still have a second hand value ;D

Yes, that /must/ be the reason.

Yup, thats as good a reason as any. I must resist the urge to do the same with some of my components...even if they've only been in use for a month...lol

[EarlGrey]

ooh, new shiny things , want one...

[hermeticist]

I`d like to see Intel coming out with some definite dates on these Yorkfield Processors & put an end to the confusion. Is their business plan so flexible or does their market research indicate: Confusion = profit?

[Mick84]

This site says they will have it in 2 days.. is that just BS?

[Andydigital]

It's not like them to BS, its probably more likely a mistake.

[rob4001]

How well will they overclock? I read somewhere I can't remember where that they will not be that good at overclocking.

[Mick84]

According to Hardocp they should overclock quite well [H] Enthusiast - Intel's New 45nm Yorkfield QX9650

[hermeticist]

The problem is the low multiplier though, QX9650 has an unlocked multiplier I think(?)

Q9450 @ 8X450 = 3600mhz how much higher can you realistically clock a quad?

Although the Q9450 is more efficient than a Q6600 at the same speed in both work done and power consumed. On the other hand it`s more expensive to buy & memory speed demands may be higher (more expensive) as well, if it will allow overclocking above say 450mhz (obviously a lot of pc6400 will overclock up to these speeds).

[hermeticist]

Sorry, just read the Dabs review above. The person reviewing says that with H2O they managed 4.9 Ghz, which I reckon is a FSB of 610Mhz+. I have my hat in my hand, but I
will await the partaking of the delicacy for the time being, what is the highest FSB anyone has managed on a Quad? Could he be telling fibs? Or was it a QX9650?