Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770

Your "Value" score is two points too high.

Yeah it expensive alright but there is one thing that really puzzles me-and thats the fact even with all the cpu advancements we have been given only a handful of software out there fully exploits that power. For example the Quad core arena began last year and its taking forever for patches for games to fully use all those cores. Personally i think NED is accurate is saying its a waste of money. Considering i preordered my Q9450 for 213 pounds. its 45nm, 2.66GHz, FSB 1333, 12mb cache memory and multiplier 8. All you do (as stated in the article) is over clock it to 3.1GHZ roughly and you get the 1600FSB,, considering your motherboard can handle it( ordered those new asus boards too with 1600FSB....). The Q9450 debuts 10th of march this year...I hope they don't reschedule again. I'm jumping from my e4300 core duo 2 over clocked @2.4ghz, 2mb cache, Cant wait for the transition. I've been feeling left out since best performance is with 4mb cache, 1333fsb in games like Crysis.

As far as Intel is concerned we will be purchasing these things in hopes to get major performance gains but still the games we have currently only use 2 cpu cores other than Crysis.

Price drops for that one will take forever to come down considering Intel's new CPU based on a new architecture debuts towards the end of this year.
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(This isn't for people with money to burn, its for those who have money to incinerate.)