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solidsteve · 01-30-2008, 08:15 PM

right i am in a bit of a dilemma (nothing new)

i have decided towards a quad core cpu after weeks (call it 3 months) of deciding dual or quad now in the time its took me to decide and in the time it will take me to get the money these 2 Q9450 and Q9300 will be out

now after looking at both the only 3 things splitting them is the Q9450 has 12mb cache, and is 0.11 ghz faster then the Q9300 and is £20 more then it to

now thats the thing which one, is it worth £20 for slightly increased clock and cache

the other parts to my system is:

MOBO - gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R iP35 express
HDD - 2x 500GB western digital 7500rpm
DDR - 4gb of 4x 1gb patriot 800mhz memory

whats your thought's and options on these 2

01-30-2008, 08:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
solidsteve Super Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 416	Q9300 or Q9450 right i am in a bit of a dilemma (nothing new) i have decided towards a quad core cpu after weeks (call it 3 months) of deciding dual or quad now in the time its took me to decide and in the time it will take me to get the money these 2 Q9450 and Q9300 will be out now after looking at both the only 3 things splitting them is the Q9450 has 12mb cache, and is 0.11 ghz faster then the Q9300 and is £20 more then it to now thats the thing which one, is it worth £20 for slightly increased clock and cache the other parts to my system is: MOBO - gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R iP35 express HDD - 2x 500GB western digital 7500rpm DDR - 4gb of 4x 1gb patriot 800mhz memory whats your thought's and options on these 2 __________________ My new pc spec's ~ Case ~ nexus caterpilla (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=28763) Mobo ~ Gigabyte GA~P35~DS3R CPU ~ either a Q6600 at 3.2 or a Q9450 at stock or even a Q6700 oced HDD ~ 2 x 500gb western digital drives Ram ~ 4GB worth (4 strips) of OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0 PSU ~ Corsair 750TX GPU ~ either a 9800GTX, 9800 GX2 or a 9900GTX if it comes out by the time i get the money (1-2 months)