Q9450 Availability

[r2d2d3d4d5]

With this info why are you getting a Q9450 over a Q6600? Q6600 is £70 cheaper will clock to about the same has a 9x multi as opposed to 8x for the Q9450. Clock for clock I think the difference is about 5-10%. The only major advantage of Q9450 over the Q6600 is lower power consumption that I can think of.

I play a lot of videos and my gf is always having to transcode a lot stuff for her different portable mp4 players - so SSE4.1 is a big selling point for me.

The extra cache will also help.

Also, I've not had a lot of success oc'ing in the past (at least nowhere near the advertised figures you see on the net) so anything I get I see as a bonus.

[IJM]

Is there any way of finding out where you are in the queue? or do you just have to estimate on when you preordered?

They can tell you if you ring up and ask. But I don't think they'll be too impressed if a ton of people suddenly ring up asking.

As a guide, I am 60th in the queue having ordered on the 20th March.

[r2d2d3d4d5]

Under normal conditions 150 doesn't seem like such a big deal. It just depends how far Intel are from normal conditions.

[IJM]

Scan are now also listing an OEM version of the Q9450, albeit with no stock and no ETA. But it's listed with a MORE expensive price than the retail version being. OEM is £229.11 inc VAT and retail is £218.56 inc VAT.

[r2d2d3d4d5]

Pre-order discount?

The OEMs seem slightly easier (easier being a relative term) to get hold of so maybe they plan to sell some of those soon and factored in an availability premium.

[IJM]

Well, I am buying a Thermalright 120-Ultra Extreme heatsink. So, I'm not going to be using the stock HSF. Don't know how I'd go about getting the OEM instead short of ordering one and seeing which comes in first. Don't think it'd be fair on other people.

[grimpy]

If the oem`s do show in stock whilst im waiting i`ll just call and order one and cancel my retail and pay the extra.

[Meethoss]

I hope you find your cat! Tbh they do usually turn up again though. Apparently if you have two they're less likely to go walkies for days (only a couple of hours). Good luck!

Apparently OCUK haven't got a first-come-first-serve system in place so there are a few unhappy people who missed the first batch despite ordering last month!

Thanks man. I really hope he is there when I get home!

Interesting to hear about the queue! Would be more interesting to hear something from ChrisP himself

[r2d2d3d4d5]

Well, I am buying a Thermalright 120-Ultra Extreme heatsink. So, I'm not going to be using the stock HSF. Don't know how I'd go about getting the OEM instead short of ordering one and seeing which comes in first. Don't think it'd be fair on other people.

The retail procs also have a 3 year warranty whilst with the OEM you only get 1.

[Muse_Cubed]

They can tell you if you ring up and ask. But I don't think they'll be too impressed if a ton of people suddenly ring up asking.

As a guide, I am 60th in the queue having ordered on the 20th March.

Hmm, I ordered on the 17th March. Quite hard to gauge really but I imagine I'm between 50 and 60 in that case. Also there will be cancellations no doubt. I saw some retailers in the states had shipments of ~150 or so. So hopefully the first batch proper will clear out most of the backorders. It's frustrating because everywhere else seems to have gotten a proper batch apart from the UK. I know there was a load in Austria, Singapore, the US etc. I thought it was only Nintendo who treated the UK poorly (I still love them mind )

[Bauer]

Regarding the changing due dates on Scan (specifically the stock that was due today), does anyone know if this is due to shipping delays or if Scan have received stock that only covered pre-orders?

Any idea of how much stock is expected on 31/03/2008 and/or if the quantity of stock expected exceeds the number of pre-orders?

[DDY]

The price of the Q9450 retail went up to £234.94!

[r2d2d3d4d5]

The price of the Q9450 retail went up to £234.94!

So what does that mean if you bought it at the lower retail price and you've already been charge?

[grimpy]

So what does that mean if you bought it at the lower retail price and you've already been charge?

Our price wont change.

[r2d2d3d4d5]

Our price wont change.

[The Fury]

Our price wont change.

Is that 100% fact?