Q9650 $330...Not at Newegg

[eklipz330]

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA25415

comes with free farcry... doubt anyone would want that game though..it's weird because i've been tracking a price drop for this chip for so long, but it was never announced... intel's attempt at trying to squeeze some extra pennies?

 

[roofus]

that is nothing short of an incredible deal considering the price...yesterday.
no, they are trying to clean up overloaded inventory. its a bad time for CPU sales. i have had to be really tactful the past few month on requisitions and right now we are froze unless a mission critical machine goes tits up and even then it will be scrutinized.

 

[B-Unit]

E0 too if their claim is to be belived.

Who's gonna sack up and find out if its too good to be true?

 

[spathotan]

Ive ordered from mwave several times before. Trusted.

 

[cjl]

Newegg should be dropping soon as well - the 9550 will be down to the mid $200s, and the 9650 to where the 9550 was.

 

[B-Unit]

Hmm, well now the age old question resurfaces, is the 9650 worth an extra $100?

I may well have a quad by the end of the week...

 

[Jake_Barnes]

The title of this topic has been edited by Jake_Barnes

 

[johnyeah]

I just picked up the q9650 from mwave. Was deciding between a Q9550 and a Q9650, but then thought what the hell, why not.

I've ordered from them a couple times before. Their processing is fast and I have yet to get something DOA from them either.

 

[blackpanther26]

it looks to me that the Q9650's Price will fall in between $300-$380. I saw other's that have a less price tag. zimpzoomfly is one of them and it's $349.99 but currently out of stock. I wish the egg will update their damn prices.

 

[spathotan]

zipzoomfly is usually a little more expensive than newegg and has a smaller inventory, but ive found ZZF's shiping process to be faster and alot cheaper. Newegg's shipping prices are out of control and beyond absurd. Little over a year ago I bought a Thermaltake Toughpower 700W from them which was $15 cheaper than Newegg, and it had free overnight shipping. I bought it friday at lunch here in Virginia, it shipped from California and Fedex knocked on my door at 8:30 in the morning the next day, Saturday. Ive ordered stuff off Newegg with 2 day shipping on Thursday and I didnt get it till Tuesday.

 

[Jake_Barnes]

Agreed - I won't buy from Newegg unless I get free shipping ... period.

 

[B-Unit]

Yea, Newegg use to be so fast, now I know to only order on Monday if I want it that week.

 

[spathotan]

The only advantage Newegg has now is having a westcoast and east coast plant. Being here in Virginia, their NJ plant is only a few hours away. But even with the standard "3 day" shipping I wont get it till thursday if I order on fri/sat/sun/mon. I could drive there and pick it up myself faster, literally. Its a 7 hour drive.

 

[blackpanther26]

you know the funny part as well is that Zipzoomfly also has the Q9550 for $289.99

 

[eklipz330]

well i've ordered from zipsoomfly, mwave, and newegg, as well as several other sites, and newegg has served me best, and brought the prices down FIRST... this jsut caught me as a surprise

and yeah, newegg's shipping has been nothing but sub par since the past few months, hopefully it's only because of the struggling economy, and their attempt at cutting some funds... if that's the case, than im all for it, but as long as they promise to bring that ridiculous shipping back

 

[spathotan]

Q9400 is only $230 on ZZF with free shipping. Its $223 on mwave with $10 standard shipping.

 

[Jake_Barnes]

Q9400 - that's an 8 multi, right?

 

[spathotan]

8.5 I believe.

NVm youre right, 8. So 3.6ghz at 450FSB. Not bad. My P45 has already ran 450FSB on my Q6600 so it can hit it.

 

[Jake_Barnes]

3.6 sounds sweet (at that price point) - do you think this AC Freezer 7 Pro would be enough for that OC? I've got one nib setting here.

Edit: With this board: GB GA-EP45-UD3R

 

[spathotan]

More than likely yes. Ive ran my Q6600 @ 3.2ghz with a AC7, it peaked at around 66c. The Q9400, being 45nm and requiring less voltage should stay under 71c @ 3.6ghz with that but I cant guarantee it.

And I wish I had that gigabyte P45 (except I want the 2 pcie16 slot one), this ASUS P5Q Pro sucks. Horrible NB/mosfet cooling. Ive had to modify it so much, my Enzotech Extreme-X didnt even fit until I took out about 5mm of copper/aluminum from the top mosfet piece I added with a dremel.

 

[Stupido]

is it worth to upgrade my current Q6600 (3.6 GHz @ 450 FSB) to Q9650? used mainly for gaming...
is this chip good overclocker?

 

[gamerk316]

The chips are decent OC'ers, but not nearly as good as the Q6600. Theres no reason to upgrade from Quad to Quad if you have one running over 2.8 (9550 stock speeds).

 

[Stupido]

Thanks for the reply. However in the mean time, I started new tread... Maybe you can give advice there?

 

[jimmysmitty]

zipzoomfly is usually a little more expensive than newegg and has a smaller inventory, but ive found ZZF's shiping process to be faster and alot cheaper. Newegg's shipping prices are out of control and beyond absurd. Little over a year ago I bought a Thermaltake Toughpower 700W from them which was $15 cheaper than Newegg, and it had free overnight shipping. I bought it friday at lunch here in Virginia, it shipped from California and Fedex knocked on my door at 8:30 in the morning the next day, Saturday. Ive ordered stuff off Newegg with 2 day shipping on Thursday and I didnt get it till Tuesday.

Weird. I always order from Newegg and everything takes 2 days to get to me. Order it Monday, I get if Wednesday. Thats why I love Newegg. Then again I am in AZ and not across the country.

 

[jj463rd]

Well the Q9650 is priced at $333.99 at newegg right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130