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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Review



"Am I disappointed in the overclocking headroom available from this processor. Not in the least! With the insane speeds being offered up by the dual core variants, I was still searching for a bit more than the 3.7GHz I was able to pull from this quad core processor. But even though I was expecting more, a greater than 1 GHz overclock is nothing to laugh at. The clockspeed increase was also done with a relatively low 1.36 volts to the processor. Much less than I have needed with both my Q6600 and QX9770s to gain the maximum core speed. Temperatures were, for the most part, kept in check throughout the testing. 64 degrees Celsius under load was the highest temperature I saw on air cooling during my stability testing with Prime 95. With better cooling, could the max overclock be increased? Probably, but the vast majority of users will be on air, so that's where I spent my time testing."

@ Overclockers Club


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Yes! A Q9450 review.

Thanks for posting amy.

Dan

"nvidia gets aggressive.." link doesnt work, error404

skierkid450 wrote:"nvidia gets aggressive.." link doesnt work, error404

I think that is the Hothardwares whole news story system rather than Amy's link, all the other news storys don't work either.

Dan

looks like thats gonna be my next chip. i really want to see if i can get 4ghz out of that thing with waater cooled north bridge and procesor. i wonder if 680s overclock 45nm quads better than 65nm? i hope so

martini161 wrote:looks like thats gonna be my next chip. i really want to see if i can get 4ghz out of that thing with waater cooled north bridge and procesor. i wonder if 680s overclock 45nm quads better than 65nm? i hope so

I wasn't aware that 680i works with 45nm quads at all! Also, it never overclocked 65nm quads very well either.

skierkid450 wrote:"nvidia gets aggressive.." link doesnt work, error404

It's working today. They must have fixed it.