Where can you find the Q9450?

Seems like eBay is the only place

It's going for like 400 bux there too lol.


Does anyone know when the huge bulk stock of new chips is supposed to hit?

I mean jeez they built a whole new factory for these chips (1000 employees!!)

(Fab 32 is the warehouse name)


I'm almost considering just getting the Q9300... it seems like its almost 100 bucks cheaper at this point (or more) and prolly has no problems getting to 3.0 either, hell even 3.2

(gonna be using a Xigmatek HDT-S1286 cpu cooler) I think thats the model number, but you all know what i'm talking about


*edit* called my local MicroCenter (Tustin, CA)
Stock: 0

tankguys.com has them for $380, which is more expenisve than the microcenter, but it's the retail version, not OEM.

Just won one off of ebay OEM

$335 shipped, =)

Pretty sure... had all specs posted

Seller had over 600 feedback... lol.


But I'll hunt him down if he gave me like a P4 1.8ghz

Case: Antec 900. $111.70 shipped. (from Provantage. Newegg doesnt carry anymore )

Processor: Q9450 2.66 ghz 45nm (45nm version of Q6700) $353 shipped

OS: Vista 64 OEM copy from newegg (with SP1) $109.00 (newegg)

GFX Card: 9800 GTX $318.00 shipped. (Cheaper now, didnt buy from Newegg)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130339 link to Neweggs $299

Memory: 4gb G.Skill 1000 mhz DDR2 (PC2-8000) $89.99 (newegg)

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R $139.99 (newegg)

Hard Drive(s): Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA II 250gb $64.99 (newegg)
74 gig Raptor from eBay $91.95 shipped.

PSU (80% Energy Efficient): PC Power & Cooling 610 watt $109.99 (probably more power than I need) (newegg)

Sound Card: Bluegears 7.1 best rated for vista 64 (creative sucks balls for it) $104.99 (newegg)

CPU Heatsink/fan: Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Hidden gem. Better than the Zalmans (quieter too) says people on Tom's Hardware. $36.99 (newegg)

Optical Drive: The only one worth getting: Pioneer DVDR/Combo $26.99 (newegg)

Arctic Silver 5 Compound $5.99 (newegg)

Total cost:
Newegg: $759.70 (I live in 1 of 3 states that gets tax from newegg CA, TN, and NJ) tax was $50
eBay: $410.94
Provantage: $111.70
CPU: $353

Grand Total= $1635.34

Now you can easily cut costs here by just buying the Q6600 (can find for $199 at microcenter.com or somewhere else). You also dont need that high of RAM and can find some cheaper if you go down to 800 mhz. Also you don't really need a sound card since most mobos come with onboard 5.1 sound (but RealTEK sucks ass). You can also get Vista 64 home instead of premium (and its about 10 bux cheaper if you get it without SP1). Also dont necessarily need a raptor, but I wanted one

Keep in mind that AoC retail *WILL* offer Multi-core support so a quadcore is a good thing!

*edit* lol if you cant tell this was my post on my guild's forums
Thought i'd share my new joy with you all