Q9450 available anywhere?

[oboeguy]

Heh, my Boss is willing to subsidize a better chip for my new build when the Wife is not. The expectation is that I'd be doing more work from home (wo0t!). I had one in my cart at mwave last night and now it's gone. <sigh> Early bird gets the worm and all that I guess. Now I can't find it anywhere. Any hot leads??

OT, I'm a bit confused, what level of memory is needed for the 1333FSB chips? TIA.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I just got an X3350 (xeon equivilant to Q9450) form theNerds.com, ordered Sunday and shipped yesterday, I think they still have them in stock.

The Quad pumped FSB on Intels is twice the minimum ramspeed

1600FSB = ddr2-800 minimum
1333FSB = ddr2-667 minimum
1066FSB = ddr2-533 minimum

Of course if you want to overclock you should at least get the next step up from the minimum

 

[oboeguy]

Ah, so DDR2 800 is fine for this chip? Thanks! And thanks for the lead. I saw a thread about the differences between the Xeon / non-Xeon version and left still confused. What *are* the differences other than marketing hoopla?

 

[Dorsalphin]

If you don't need the retail box of this chip then http://www.microcenter.com has the OEM version right now for $299.99 (after $50 instant coupon)

 

[bryanW1995]

Yeah, I have that microcenter 9450 sitting on my desk at home. I highly recommend just getting the oem version if you're going to oc, the retail hsf is VERY SMALL and will be just about useless for overclocking.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

None that I know of, I beleive they are the same chip.

Some people claim the Xeon goes through more stringent testing and possibly has some optimizations for server apps, but I have never seen any proof to that claim. The benchmark and overclocking results I've seen show the two chips performing identically

 

[oboeguy]

Yeah, I'm looking at OEM -- I believe that the Shuttle SFF box I'm getting for it has the cooler built-in.

You guys are awesome, thanks for all the info!

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Yeah, wish I had a Micro Center near me The nearest one is 60+ miles away, and they aren't offering the OEM Q9450 online in this area. I would have saved $50 on there price, but not worth the time,effort,gasoline to make a 120mi round trip.

 

[oboeguy]

Haha it couldn't have been more obvious on the Mircocenter site: a *giant* banner on the front page offering that deal. Gonna put in the order later today (tempting fate?) once I check off a couple more boxes on my build.

 

[runawayprisoner]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Yeah, wish I had a Micro Center near me The nearest one is 60+ miles away, and they aren't offering the OEM Q9450 online in this area. I would have saved $50 on there price, but not worth the time,effort,gasoline to make a 120mi round trip.

You could do overnight shipping, you know. It's only $11. Or if you want to save some extra dimes, ground shipping is at $6, I believe.

 

[tylerw13]

i got mine from tank guys as well!! let me just say they are one of the best places to buy stuff...they have always done good and treated me well!!

 

[runawayprisoner]

Oh yeah... and I didn't want to do this the least bit... but here's the bomb: I got my next 4GHz Q9450 chip from Microcenter.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Well dammit:brokenheart: When I tried to add it to my Microcenter cart on Sunday I got the message "This item not available for online purchase", now they are available again.

Oh well, sometimes you win sometimes you lose. Maybe I will get lucky on the stepping and get one of those golden ones

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: tylerw13
i got mine from tank guys as well!! let me just say they are one of the best places to buy stuff...they have always done good and treated me well!!

Does Tankguys ship to the USA ? And where are they located ? Cannot seem to find this info on their site.

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: JPB

Originally posted by: tylerw13
i got mine from tank guys as well!! let me just say they are one of the best places to buy stuff...they have always done good and treated me well!!

Does Tankguys ship to the USA ? And where are they located ? Cannot seem to find this info on their site.

We ship to the US and ship many items to Canada as well. We're located in Michigan. That's the only state that will get hit for tax on the 9450's. As a bonus, we are currently (to my knowledge) the only store with the retail units in stock - and have been for a few weeks

 

[tylerw13]

ya i know mr tankguys works for them but i have been more than impressed with there customer service and speed of shipping!! service is better than newegg and they are almost as fast with the shipping...i know they have really impressed me...lol and that is pretty hard to do

 

[bryanW1995]

actually, I think that Ben is the owner. he and byronm from moogr.com are the only head honchos from etailers who show their faces around here. Yellowbeard is a rep for corsair and he's pretty helpful, but, overally, I'm pretty disappointed that other etailers don't have more of a presence here. It does make it kind of hard to not look at those that are here first, of course. I've had several experiences with all 3 of them that justify my shopping at them every time, often even before the egg when prices are competitive.

 

[bryanW1995]

...stupid server...grrr...

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: runawayprisoner
Oh yeah... and I didn't want to do this the least bit... but here's the bomb: I got my next 4GHz Q9450 chip from Microcenter.

Got my order in today, wo0t! I almost wish I was going to overclock.

 

[runawayprisoner]

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: runawayprisoner
Oh yeah... and I didn't want to do this the least bit... but here's the bomb: I got my next 4GHz Q9450 chip from Microcenter.

Got my order in today, wo0t! I almost wish I was going to overclock.

Do so if you are not afraid of ruining your board.

 

[TankGuys]

FYI: We just got a big shipment of these (q9450 retail) on Friday, still ~80 or so left.

 

[imported_boe]

Originally posted by: TankGuys
FYI: We just got a big shipment of these (q9450 retail) on Friday, still ~80 or so left.

By any chance did you get any q9550s or e8500s?

 

[figgly]

Judging TankGuys by their prices for the Q6600 ($290) and E8400 ($250), one can surmise that the price of their Q9450 ($380) includes a substantial nerd tax.

 

[bryanW1995]

yes, well, when you have 80 cpus that everybody wants but nobody (including newegg) has in stock, a small nerd tax is in order imho.

 

[runawayprisoner]

Fry's has box Q9450 for $339.99 and OEM ones for $329.99 FYI!