Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450

Intel Core 2 Duo Quad Q9450 - 2.66ghz
1333mhz fsb
12mb l2 cache
lowest price in uk at time of writing: £201.32

Although it has still not been put on the shelves by heavyweight's Microdirect or Aria the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 is widely available on the internet.

Benchmarks are available on HardWare.info

The question everybody is going to want to know from this cpu is how does it compare to its 65nm 8mb cached sibling the q6600, and will it be as good at overclocking as the notorious G0 stepping chips.



There is a small but noticeable improvement, probably enough for CPU enthusiasts to want to upgrade. Though lets be honest if anyone already has a Q6600 there isn't much need to...

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Intel 2.8GHz Mobile Core 2 Extreme X9000 Processor 45nm

Intel launches 15 new 45nm processors this coming week. We have managed to get a laptop ahead of the official launch date packed with the Penryn Core 2 Duo X9000 2.8GHz Extreme Edition.

The official stats show a huge improvement in the power of the CPUs.

We will be benchmarking the laptop as soons as it arrives tomorrow morning.

The processor should rank considerably higher than any Mobile processor that has come before it if the benchmarks are to be believed - filling the void for cpu/laptop enthusiasts/overclockers.


Intel has also released a batch of new quad core and dual core processors, some with a huge 12mb of top level memory.


Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB 1333MHz
Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB 1333MHz
Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz 6MB 1333MHz
Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 6MB 1333MHz
Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz 6MB 1333MHz
Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz 6MB 1333MHz
Core 2 Duo E8190 2.66GHz 6MB 1333MHz