Q9550 HELP!!! ANY CPU WIZ THERE?

jisheria

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JUST A NEWBIE & WOULD LIKE TO BUILD MY 1ST PC AND Q9550 CAUGHT MY INTEREST..

BUT ONE OF THE FAMOUS PC SHOP IS SELLING A Q9550 W/6MB CACHE ONLY!!!
I GLANCED AT THE REVIEWS AND ITS LIKE THERES NO SUCH CPU EXISTED!!
SHOULD IT HAVE A 12MB CACHE??? :( :( :(
IS IT ANOTHER VERSION OF THE Q9550 WITH A LOWER CACHE??

DAMN IT! GIVES ME A LOT OF HEADACHE! NOW I DNT KNOW IF IL BE BUYIN IT OR JUST SETTLE WITH A NICE Q6600 INSTEAD? BUT I WANT Q9550'S POWER & SPEED T_T

NEED SOME SERIOUS ADVICE/HELP HERE GUYS :sweat:

HOPIN FOR UR REPLIES GURU'S...
 
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I believe that the Q9550 has two channels of 6MB cache making 12mb thats why they listed it



as each core is doubled up each half gets access to 6mb each side now as the q9550 is not a true...

jisheria

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oic.. thanks guyz.. love yah!
cuz their pricelist says Q9550 6mb cache^^ and they got the lowest price in town so i got a bit of doubt back there.. anywayz.. im about to buy it 2days from now(hopefully)^^

thankz agen!!!
 

+1, It happened with the Q6600 as well, I remember seeing a webvert listing it as being 9.6ghz ie 4 cores @2.4 each making 9.6 overall, obvious really.
 

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I believe that the Q9550 has two channels of 6MB cache making 12mb thats why they listed it



as each core is doubled up each half gets access to 6mb each side now as the q9550 is not a true quad core but a bunk bed variety - a true 4 core would have 3mb per cpu to make the 12 if that makes sense.

I guess in a few years time we will have 48mb cache processors with 12mb per core...


anyway what they are saying is true but they forgot the x2 6mb cache on the description

the right one is as follows

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU, 2.83 GHz, FSB 1333MHz, 2x6MB L2 Cache, Socket LGA775
 
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jisheria

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haha!! thanks for the info guyzz^^ im starting to enjoy this forum already^^
il be buyin my 1st cpu tomorrow!!^^

but whats the best asus motherboard for q9550?

budget is around $120^^
 

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full atx or micro atx & what video card you going to get
 

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I personally prefer Gigabyte over Asus, I have never, ever had one fail from new unlike ones from Asus which I have had some problematic ones.

Got dual bios too and japanese capacitors, built good, got loads of flashy stickers etc etc


Also the GTX260 is a rebadged 9800gtx with 1gb of ram and slight improvements here and there.
 

jisheria

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well.. sorry but i think p5q wins it, i guess i wont need crossfire cuz i dont even know what that isT_T sorry again.. anyway, i have less than 4hours to decide on this..

final build will be:

q9550
p5q
gtx260
sata 320g(enuf for what i need "for now")
pc 800 2GB ddr2 x2 (4gig ram)
600w psu (acbel)
and everything follows...

any comments guys?
suggestions?
violent reactions^^,

feel free to give opinions.. pls^^