i've decided not to wait for Q9450.. just bought E8400 for RM660 (not bundled) in LYP this morning..

congrats on ur great purchase! mind me asking from which shop?

yes i would like to know which shop u get it from too...

thanx..!! bought it from Viewnet..

not bad irix gratz on getting a core 2 duo.

If only my mobo can support nm45 processor, I will buy that processor. E8400 for RM660 is cheap

lol... my mobo only intel 945 cannot support wolfdale at all, but still considerating want to get that q6600... sorry off topic...

With the price of P35 nowadays are pretty cheap, RM300-400 and u'll get a good one, so its sometimes worth it to give up the older mobo for 45nm support. (assuming ur not talking about high end ones like DQ6).

Issue with changing mobo tho is when ur OS is OEM (Original)... u may have to get another one for the new board..

This post has been edited by 00007kel: May 1 2008, 07:22 PM

Below the RM700 mark would be great for the E8400. At least, that is around the RSP released by Intel last time. How much is the E8200 now? Wondering any chance its going down below the RM600 mark soon

Hi Guys,
I am new here.
I just got my Q9300. But the temp is the one worry me.

Clock Speed: 3225MHz
Vcore: 1.2V (After Vdrop and Vdroop )

Mind to teach me what software can detect the processor VID?
RMClock cannot be opened in Vista 64bits.

Please help. Thanks

-pWs-

This post has been edited by -pWs-: May 1 2008, 05:27 PM

coretemp can see the proc's VID...

AFAIK coretemp doesnt show the correct VID for penryn.... but ur VID shud be 0.1v higher than the one shown in coretemp : p

Coretemp show 1.05v

Is it?
Thanks

-pWs-

not really sure...but u can try to compare to that vcore shown in cpu-z or bios

Noticed there is E8600 at PCZone's pricelist. Wonder how much would they cost and when will they be here

Yea...compared. It seems that RealTemp give me the close VID.
Thanks for the help

-pWs-

eh..realtemp oso got show VID one meh? where ar? or isit newer version? mine is version2.24

Got...try RealTemp 2.5

-pWs-

thanks again bro...really outdated lately

for my case,
realtemp 2.5 VID shows exactly the same as core voltage shown by cpu-z which is 1.2v but coretemp's VID shows a lower value @ 1.0815...so i'm guessing coretemp is corrent while realtemp is not...