Myself along with many others have been waiting months for this sweet 45nm Quad at a great price, but at an 8x multiplier, will the Q9450 deliver?
At best this chip will OC to 3.2GHZ on a Mobo that can handle 1600FSB, but the only ones I can find are 1333FSB which means it will have to stay at stock speeds. (4x333=1333 2.66ghz , 4x400=1600 3.2ghz).
An E8400 or E8500 wolfdale on the other hand have 9 and 9.5x multipliers, respectively, which will allow for an incredibly easy overclock to 3.8ghz or higher on air.
Would it be worth it to just get a wolfdale C2D and hope that intel gives us a better multipler on the Q9450 in the future?
Please correct me if I'm wrong on the Q9450, but I have read several articles regarding it's overclocking limitations, and it seems very disappointing. Hopefully these new X48 boards support 1800FSB so we can overclock some more.
Cheers.
At best this chip will OC to 3.2GHZ on a Mobo that can handle 1600FSB, but the only ones I can find are 1333FSB which means it will have to stay at stock speeds. (4x333=1333 2.66ghz , 4x400=1600 3.2ghz).
An E8400 or E8500 wolfdale on the other hand have 9 and 9.5x multipliers, respectively, which will allow for an incredibly easy overclock to 3.8ghz or higher on air.
Would it be worth it to just get a wolfdale C2D and hope that intel gives us a better multipler on the Q9450 in the future?
Please correct me if I'm wrong on the Q9450, but I have read several articles regarding it's overclocking limitations, and it seems very disappointing. Hopefully these new X48 boards support 1800FSB so we can overclock some more.
Cheers.