When will the Q9450 be released and when can we actually buy it?

[tonymarcus]

$350-400.

Clock for clock there won't be a huge difference. L2 Cache goes from 8 MB to 12 MB. Q9450 will have SSE4 support which the Q6600 does not.

Based on reviews of the new Extreme Penryn I'd say the Q9450 will beat the Q6600 to hell when it comes to overclocking. Get a good board and you're set.

Q9300 will replace the Q6600. SSE4 support, 6 MB Cache, 2.5 GHz clock, 7.5x Multi. $266/1000.

How much difference will a 6MB cache on the Q9300 compared to a 12MB cache on the Q9450. Will there be a noticable difference to the average user and power users ?

Tony

 

[sailer]

How much difference will a 6MB cache on the Q9300 compared to a 12MB cache on the Q9450. Will there be a noticable difference to the average user and power users ?

Tony

There probably won't be much difference to average users. Power users, be they enthusiasts or business, would probably notice the difference.

I'm looking forward to the release of these chips. I think a Q9450 would make for a good performer. I'm unsure of the X48 mobo. It looks technically good, but from what I've read it only uses DDR3 ram, which is fairly expensive at the moment. Will have to wait until its actually released to know for sure. Maybe a good X38 that's upgradeable and uses DDR2 ram will work out better. Again, don't know and won't know until they're out.

 

[gamebro]

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Q9450 release date? Feb-March? Maybe later now that AMD isn't doing anything exciting?

Personally I no longer care about the penryn quads, since the Q9300 and Q9450 are badly limited by low multipliers. Good luck getting that 4ghz with even the Q9450 everyone! You are gona need a b!tching mobo to pull a high stable FSB of over 470 =\ Of course they will be better then any Q6600, but stay realistic here people.

Motherboard should matter much aside from high OC potential... Don't spend more for a X48 unless it does something you need this year. Remember we will all need a new MOBO for Nahalem anyways, so forget about long term upgradability. DDR 2 should be fine, many X38's use DDR2, perhaps those would also be a good option?

 

[sailer]

If I could get a nice, stable 3.8 ghz out of a Q9450, I'd be happy. The Q9550 uses a half multiplier which can be troublesome and the higher chips get expensive fast. Unless I was to drop a grand into a top end chip, which I don't feel like doing at the moment, a Q9450 will do for me.

Nehalam is a fair distance off, and Intel may decide to delay its introduction. Besides, going the "wait for" route just means that a person can end up waiting forever for the next greatest thing. I don't know about anyone else, but I'll be needing a new computer soon. I actually gave my last gamer to my son and am using an office computer at the moment, which means I'm typing while other programs are busy doing important stuff in the background.

 

[hewlettpucktard]

You mentioned that the half multiplier of 9.5 on the Q9550 can be troublesome. I have never overclocked a system, but was contemplating that possibility on my next system. Would you mind elaborating to assist an OC Neophyte?

 

[OlSkoolChopper]

The Q9550 multeplier is 8.5 and its not suported by some boards that really should for the price, like the Asus Maximus Formula.

 

[russianhaxor]

When will vendors have the Q9450 in stock? If possible, the exact date in January 08 would be nice

thanks

March 15th 😀

 

[Seraphic]

This website says they will have 300 OEM Q9450 arriving on March 24th. I however, have an order with them for the retail Q9450, but it shows no arrive date yet. Hoping it is the 15th like the above poster said.

http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.cgi?action=thispage&thispage=0110030005018_BQ32442P.shtml&order_id=!ORDERID!

 

[mlaporta]

Will a Abit IP35 Pro work with the Q9450 or is there a much better board to use???

 

[mlaporta]

I was going to go with a E8400 but because they are sold out everywhere (newegg, buy.com, ClubIT), and also newegg raised the price to $250, I'm just considering waiting on the Q9450 but I already have the Abit IP35 Pro board.

What suggestions does everyone have???

 

[EXT64]

Do those half multipliers ever work? I remember I tried them on my FX-60 and some really funky stuff happened. I think my ram ran at some weird speed and the thing wasn't very stable. Could have just been the MB though. I don't trust it anymore.

 

[pausert20]

Multipliers do not effect memory on Intel based systems. It might affect the new Nehalem based processors do to them having a IMC.

 

[mikepaul]

I still have my fingers crossed that a Q9450 will work on my ASUS P5W DH Deluxe...

 

[russianhaxor]

Yes, i have been talking to someone with connections inside Intel and the Release date is without a doubt March 15th.

 

[agentofdoom]

woooooooot

i hope you aren't lying

 

[CoolBeansG]

Read
http://tickedtech.blogspot.com/

 

[russianhaxor]

Release is the 15th and shipment is the 17th with another batch a week later to fulfill backorders.

 

[Waspy]

Uhhh that is today...I think this one goes down as a false prophet!! Hehe.

 

[zenmaster]

Not necessarily.
If Intel Ships the Processors on the 17th, then the distributors will not get them until AFTER the 17th. Then the Distributors need to send them to the Retailors.

The Result is that it will likely be close to a week after the 17th until they start showing up.

However, Supplies will be very very tight even through summer.
It's not until Q3 that Intel expects to be producing more 45nm than 65nm as they shift production.

 

[satanpro]

It's xeon version just became available today, so I wouldnt be surprised to see the regular version today as well.

In stock at:
http://www.lagoom.com/INTEL_CPU_XEON_QUAD_CORE_X3350/BX80569X3350/partinfo-id-580363.html

 

[russianhaxor]

Uhhh that is today...I think this one goes down as a false prophet!! Hehe.

Not true, they have been delayed thanks to intel committing the first batch almost entirely to OEM product for system builders which means that we wont be seeing boxed product until the second batch of the 24th. 🙁

 

[mikepaul]

If it doesn't show up soon, some catastrophe will come along and suck up my upgrade money.

I'm not willing to upgrade this year if the cash evaporates on me...

 

[sailer]

I've been getting more than a bit cynical over schedualed releases. All too often they have become anouncements of chips, rather than actual releases. I don't expect the Q9450 or 9550 to be available to the pulbic until April or May. Then we might see "planned" shortages for a couple months after that, keeping the price high both on them and on older chips.

The only thing that I which might change this is if AMD manages to get the B3 Phenom out at higher clock speeds than its first release. If Intel feels some threat of competition, then you can safely bet the farm that we will be flooded with the new Yorkies.

 

[imrul]

damn, ive been waiting since november...

 

[mpavao81]

Uhhh that is today...I think this one goes down as a false prophet!! Hehe.

actually it has shipped, first batch get sent to companies like dell. And if you check dell's web site they now have systems avaible with the Q9450.