qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
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System Name | Quantumville™ |
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Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
Keyboard | Yes |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
Yup, after 2 years I've upgraded my E8500 dual core to a Q9550 quaddie!
Overclockers have dumped a load of stuff in their clearance section today and this little gem was among them, in OEM form - and they only had one.
It cost me £160 all in. These are long discontinued, so where you can still find them, you can get them in retail boxes for about £230, so this is a good saving.
I hope to run it at close to the same 4.11GHz overclock as my E8500, so I'll have the same performance per core, but two more of them. This will give my system a nice mid life boost.
Ideally, I'd like to get the i5-2500K, but together with a new mobo, RAM & cooler to go with it I'm looking at around £350, which ain't gonna happen.
At the time of writing, the Q9550S is still there at £200 + shipping, if anyone wants it. However, I read a couple of reviews on the S version and it doesn't sound worthy of the price premium. Crucially, it didn't overclock any better and power usage wasn't any less when overclocked. The review at Hot Hardware was the decider for me.
To all those that don't like Overclockers: I don't much either and I tend to just buy one-offs like this when they come along.
Finally, I'll likely be getting a GTX 560 in a month or two, when ATI have had their price drops, which will lower the prices of these cards. I'll be getting a reference model, for the extreme quietness of its cooler.
Overclockers have dumped a load of stuff in their clearance section today and this little gem was among them, in OEM form - and they only had one.
It cost me £160 all in. These are long discontinued, so where you can still find them, you can get them in retail boxes for about £230, so this is a good saving.
I hope to run it at close to the same 4.11GHz overclock as my E8500, so I'll have the same performance per core, but two more of them. This will give my system a nice mid life boost.
Ideally, I'd like to get the i5-2500K, but together with a new mobo, RAM & cooler to go with it I'm looking at around £350, which ain't gonna happen.
At the time of writing, the Q9550S is still there at £200 + shipping, if anyone wants it. However, I read a couple of reviews on the S version and it doesn't sound worthy of the price premium. Crucially, it didn't overclock any better and power usage wasn't any less when overclocked. The review at Hot Hardware was the decider for me.
To all those that don't like Overclockers: I don't much either and I tend to just buy one-offs like this when they come along.
Finally, I'll likely be getting a GTX 560 in a month or two, when ATI have had their price drops, which will lower the prices of these cards. I'll be getting a reference model, for the extreme quietness of its cooler.