Q9300 or Q9450

[solidsteve]

right i am in a bit of a dilemma (nothing new)

i have decided towards a quad core cpu after weeks (call it 3 months) of deciding dual or quad now in the time its took me to decide and in the time it will take me to get the money these 2 Q9450 and Q9300 will be out

now after looking at both the only 3 things splitting them is the Q9450 has 12mb cache, and is 0.11 ghz faster then the Q9300 and is £20 more then it to

now thats the thing which one, is it worth £20 for slightly increased clock and cache

the other parts to my system is:

MOBO - gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R iP35 express
HDD - 2x 500GB western digital 7500rpm
DDR - 4gb of 4x 1gb patriot 800mhz memory


whats your thought's and options on these 2

 

[veedubfreak]

The 9450 will overclock farther because it has a higher multiplier and wont force you to run into the high 450+ FSB area like the 9300 will. If i recall correctly the 9300 is a 7.5x, the 9450 is 8x and the 9550 is 9x. Personally if i decide to upgrade from my q6600 to a 45nm i'm going to pay the extra for the 9550 just so i dont have to run a huge FSB to hit 4ghz.

 

[solidsteve]

thanks veed

the only thing putting me off the Q9550 is the price tag where the 9300 & 9450 are around £200 (give or take) the Q9550 is £360 a good £140 difference minimum

 

[Black Falcon 921]

I don't know I am going with the 9450 mainly cause the fsb and L2. For the price difference it was a no brainer to me

 

[veedubfreak]

9300/9450/9550 are all 1333 FSB. The only difference between them is the amount of cache and the multiplier.

 

[ThirdLeft152]

i think the q9450 will be the best bet. double the cache and higher multi, definitely worth it for price difference imo.

 

[Invisible]

ya i would go with the q9450
what mobo do you have you have 2 listed?

 

[solidsteve]

ya i would go with the q9450
what mobo do you have you have 2 listed?

thats 1 mobo its the gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R

its just the place i'm getting it from has it up as the gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R iP35 express

and thanks, the Q9450 it is, now i need to know if it would run crysis

 

[maroon1]

and thanks, the Q9450 it is, now i need to know if it would run crysis

The performance of Crysis depends much more on the video card than CPU

 

[solidsteve]

The performance of Crysis depends much more on the video card than CPU

ok thanks now i'v got either a single gt for £170 or 2x ati 3850 in cf for £210 or sli 2 gt's at a cost of £340 in my head, i wish i didn't have a brain at times it bogles so much