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TrueLook   08-14-2008 at 11:00:12 PM

i read some reviews that said the Q9400 is better and i read some that said the Q9450 is :heink:
so can someone give me a the final answer?
leave the price different,like how much % different there is to wich 1

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   08-15-2008 at 12:01:33 AM
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The 9450 is definitely better - it has 12MB of cache instead of the 6MB of the 9400.

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chookman   08-15-2008 at 12:12:54 AM
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The Q9450 has twice the L2 Cache at 12mb (q9400 has 6mb) so naturally it will be better.

With current pricing, personall i would go with the Q6600, yes its slower and cache is at 8mb (between the 2 others) and yes its still on 65nm compared to 45nm. But it will Overclock to equivilent speeds of the other 2 at ~$100 less cost.

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grieve   08-15-2008 at 12:17:02 AM
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this is a no brainer... Q9550 FTW :)
$324.00 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz @newegg

$329.00 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB @newegg

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dragonsprayer   08-16-2008 at 03:32:41 AM
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q9400 is new stepping? it might make it better overclocker and cooler running is not the E0?

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lee-gamer   09-10-2008 at 08:34:14 PM
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So the Q9400 is better than the Q9450.
I think that the Q9400 is actually replacing the Q9450 even if it has onlty 6MB cache.
It's not easy to get the Q9450.
I searched on Ebay there are few offering it.
the Q9400 is much more available.

So maybe the Q9400 has a little advantage on the Q9450 in term of performance.

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cd14   09-10-2008 at 09:30:33 PM
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If you're near a Fry's Electronics, they may have the Q9540 for $269 (retail box). I picked up one last week. Today they have the Q9400 w/cheapo ECS mobo for $249.

I bought the Q9450 and it's a decent overclocker. Can't get over 450 FSB though (tried 2 procs and P45 and P35). Supposedly someone got the Q9400 to 4.0.

Under $300, I'd think they're all right for the price. I bought my Q6600 when it was that much. If this will be your first quad then consider the Q6600, they're around $175 now.

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   09-11-2008 at 06:52:32 AM
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lee-gamer wrote :

So the Q9400 is better than the Q9450.
I think that the Q9400 is actually replacing the Q9450 even if it has onlty 6MB cache.
It's not easy to get the Q9450.
I searched on Ebay there are few offering it.
the Q9400 is much more available.

So maybe the Q9400 has a little advantage on the Q9450 in term of performance.


Nope - the 9450 is definitely better than the 9400. The only difference between the two is cache, and the 9450 has twice as much of it.

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