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I Bit The Bullet (QX9650) !!

zOaib

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i ordered a q9450 brand new oem from an intel retailer, and then as i was selling my old q6600 plus 4gb of my ballistix crucial ram , i got a final bid of 215 dollars + 10 bucks shipping , which is pretty decent for something i used for over 6-8 months ................ anyways so i thought if i sell my q9450 now i shud get atleast 370 for it back on ebay , so thats up there now ( i bought it for 355 shipping included ) i still have the original reciet which gives full 90 day warranty form the retailer himself. anyways so i calculated that wud make me up by 215 + 370 = 585 approx

so then i went and bought a qx9650 for 680 + free shipping on ebay from a power seller , soo overall i am only setback 100 bucks which is not bad at all considering the power of the qx9650

so now i cant wait for it to be in my hands .............. also one quick question , i did upgrade my bios for the new cpus but it didnt say which ones on asus website , so making sure that the york will run on my mobo or not , just wanna confirm so i am at peace of mind. :D
 

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Nice deal I hope you love it. I wish I would of bought the QX9770 now, but that would of put me way over budget as it was with a 790i board.

I bet it works with your board, it does have PCI-E 2.0 which is a big sign that says it will.
 
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Core 2 Quad Q9450 (2.66GHz,1333FSB,L2:12MB,rev.C0,4 cores) ALL 0502

Core 2 Quad Q9450 (2.66GHz,1333FSB,L2:12MB,rev.C1,4 cores) ALL 0604

thats off asus website.
 

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Core 2 Quad Q9450 (2.66GHz,1333FSB,L2:12MB,rev.C1,4 cores) ALL 0604

thats off asus website.

Thx!

i got the o609 verison installed so i guess its gonna run =P
 

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Nice deal I hope you love it. I wish I would of bought the QX9770 now, but that would of put me way over budget as it was with a 790i board.

I bet it works with your board, it does have PCI-E 2.0 which is a big sign that says it will.

isnt the QX9770 only 200mhz more than the QX9650 , same specs , why wud u want the 9770 then ?
 

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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185151'

They also hit 5.0 on xs with just chilled water


I think the chip just overclocks better.
 

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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185151'

They also hit 5.0 on xs with just chilled water


I think the chip just overclocks better.

ok so u r OC maniac , understadible =P
 
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