Looking for a silent air cooler for an intel Q9550. Hello, I am looking for a silent air cooler for an intel Q9550. I don't plan to overclock, but I also have a 4850 x2 inside my computer and I do game (Age of Empires III, Civilization IV,...). So it...

Intel core 2 quad q9550 review. is the the Intel Q9550 any good for extensive video editing?. is the the Intel Q9550 any good for...

overclocking. Every spec I can find says Q9550 has hardware support for virtualization. Is this a defective CPU? Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Stepping A Revision E0.. I replaced a Core 2 Duo E6300 with a Core 2 Quad Q9550 E0 in a Windows 7 machine. XP Mode has stopped...

Intel Q9550. I am looking at purchasing this processor. What should I expect for overclocking on air and on water? I have a XFX 780i motherboard and 8GB of Crucial Ballistix memory. . I am looking at purchasing this processor. What should I expect for overclocking...

System Specs: CPU (computer)/processor : Intel Q9550 Core 2 QUAD, 12MB L2 Cache 2.83 GHZ - ADDED BONUS: REPLACED THE CRAPPY INTEL STOCK FAN FOR A ZALMAN CNPS9500 (40$ VALUE) "Lowered the temperature down 10C immediately! - Cleaned CAREFULLY & SPOTLESS with...

I would be able to build an Intel Q9550& AMD Phenom II 955 BE for roughly the same price (under $500 Cdn). Which system would you go with and why? Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz (~3.4 OC'd) OCZ Vendetta 2 Gigabyte EP45-UD3R LGA775 G.SKILL F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK...

GA-P35-DS3L (rev 2.0) and Intel Q9550 Problems. Hi, I apologize ahead of time if this question has been asked before, I've searched the forums but found nothing related (and it's a weird one). I'm having a strange issue with a recent processor upgrade. My...

future proof is confusing me though. I was under the impression that the Q9550+ chips outperformed the Phenom IIs. Can you or someone please clarify this for me? The Q9550 will outperform the Phenom II chips, you're correct. He's simply saying that Intel...

Intel Q9550 compatability with ddr3 1333mhz ram. hi i'm currently using the intel q6600 processor which runs at 1066 fbs which bottlenecks my 1333mhz ddr3 ram to just 1066mhz so in order to avoid this bottlenecking i'm planning to buy an intel Q9550. My question...

honest, if you're not overclocking, the stock Intel Q9550 HSF is fine (unless your room temperature is high). If you didn't need to buy an aftermarket fan for your E8500, you shoudln't have to for the Intel Q9550. It's fine with the stock if you have fairly...