namuk
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Did the price drop only last a few days? One week after your post and the prices are as high as they were a long time ago.
The Q9550's are £225 which is about £20 more than I paid for a Q9450 last May/June so not much of a reduction.
But still not very attractive when the i7 920's cost less and perform better.
Certainly wouldn't convince me to splash the cash on replacing a Q9450, even if the revisions have improved overclockability.
if i had a Q9450 i would not get the Q9650
But you would get a Q9650 with the Q6600 you have?
If your sig is current and you have the Q6600 running at 3.2GHz, the overclock on yours is pretty much the same as my Q9450 C1 revision. I can get my Q9450 to 3.5GHz at a reasonable voltage, keeping inside the Intel recommended voltages. I don't think it would go much further.
Many of our system components are the same or similar. GA-X48-DS5, OCZ 2x2GB Reaper PC8500 and WD 500GB RE2 among other things.
The Phenom II 920 is one hell of a bargain on there at the moment as well, £157. That's a good £40 less than the Q9300/Q9400 that i've seen it benchmarking against (not to mention the £20 or so less that AMD motherboards retail for).
I'm just praying the price holds until pay day!
The Q6600 can beat the pants off Phenom II 920 and it can overclock better.
The Q6600 can (overclocked) beat Q9300/Q9400 as well.
The Phenom II 920 is one hell of a bargain on there at the moment as well, £157. That's a good £40 less than the Q9300/Q9400 that i've seen it benchmarking against (not to mention the £20 or so less that AMD motherboards retail for).
I'm just praying the price holds until pay day!