It's a bit pricey,it would be interesting to see it's performance,and wether or not the $530 is worth it.ntel Core 2 Quad-Core Processor Lineup
Processor Model / Processor Characteristics Clock Speed L2 Cache Front Side Bus (MHz) Max TDP (W) Estimated Price (US$)
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.00GHz 6MB x 2 1333 130 $999
Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 6MB x 2 1333 95 $530
Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 6MB x 2 1333 95 $316
Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz 3MB x 2 1333 95 $266
Predecessor Quad-Core Models
Core 2 Extreme QX6850 3.00GHz 4MB x 2 1333 130 $999
Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.67GHz 4MB x 2 1066 95 $530
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz 4MB x 2 1066 95 $266
Q6600 is still a much better deal, and will actually overclock further. With any of these chips, your motherboard is going to limit the FSB before the CPU does.Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 6MB x 2 1333 95 $316
this seems like a very good deal
and im sure with a little tweaking ull be past 3 ghz np
Q6700 has a x10 multi? Wow, I didn't know that. I'll definitely consider that next time I'm upgrading...450FSB isn't usually a problem for a decent Intel chipset, the Nvidia boards might not handle a quad at that FSB, but I do agree, the Q9450 needs to come down in price for people to start buying it over the Q6600 or Q6700 (x10).