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12-05-2008, 10:05 PM
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 Where to draw the line? Well, for my new build for gaming and other stuff, I am getting a quad core proccesor, however I am unsure as to where to draw the line. I was going to go for a Q9450 (2.66Ghz) for around £240, but it is a fair bit more than it's smaller brother the Q9300 (2.5Ghz) at around £180. So what I want to know, is the extra £60 worth it for the extra 0.16Ghz increase in clock speed? or is there something else about the proccesors I am missing? Thanks
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12-05-2008, 10:15 PM
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| Where to draw the line? Doubt it! Would you notice?
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12-05-2008, 10:17 PM
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| Where to draw the line? i don't know, but also after looking into ti more, it looks like the 9450 has 12MB cache, but the 3000 only has 6MB, does this make a big difference in performance?
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12-05-2008, 10:59 PM
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| Where to draw the line? Yes, the cache would make a difference, don't know how much. Ah just picked up PCPro and it has test results! lol Performance indicators are 1.53 and 1.63, is it worth £60? Hang on, prices quoted at £161 for Q9300 and £186 for Q9450! (Exc VAT)
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12-05-2008, 11:14 PM
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| Where to draw the line? hmm, well the prices I quoted were including VAT, where were those prices quoted from? or was it just intel's rrp?
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12-05-2008, 11:19 PM
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| Where to draw the line? Well I have searched online and can't find any prices near those, and PCPro don't say where they got their "typical" prices from! http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/A0401745 http://www.microdirect.co.uk/product...?s=13&se=q9450 http://uk.insight.com/apps/productpr...t_id=ITOA05Q00 http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/A0401745
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13-05-2008, 12:00 AM
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| Where to draw the line? well I got the prices from www.dabs.com they are sometimes more expensive though, but I find the site easy to use and easy to find what you want so I usualy use that to find the products.
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13-05-2008, 12:06 PM
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| Where to draw the line? Cheapest I could find here
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13-05-2008, 12:56 PM
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| Where to draw the line? Full review here ..... might help you to make up your mind
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13-05-2008, 01:10 PM
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