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Q9450, Q6700, or E8500 fastest when OC'ed?

I had a chance to buy the Q9450 online from Microcenter at $299 (after $50 instant coupon), but I didn't pull the trigger quick enough. Now, they are nowhere to be found and prices are going up as a result.
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- Post #5
- May 1, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Q9450, Q6700, or E8500 fastest when OC'ed?

It seems to me that the highest performing CPUs that are less than $350 (Newegg prices except Q9450) are the following three candidates: Q9450 ($340), Q6700 ($280), E8500 ($280). I already know that the Q6600 ($220) and E8400 ($190) are considered best bang for the buck. I plan on buying...
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- Apr 30, 2008
- Replies: 7
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

I noticed redlinez33 expressed some potential buyer's remorse over on hardforum.com about spending $200 more for the PLANAR PX2611W over the DoubleSight DS-263N: Originally Posted by redlinez33 Same panel as the Planar 26"? Crap just ordered the planar, watch this be better and $200...
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- Post #3,524
- Mar 9, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

xtknight, I've read your recommendations on the first page, and I've gone to the digitalversus.com page to compare monitors head to head. Also, I've gone to the buyer's guide on prad.de (they seem to like the HP w2408h). Your LCD thread is by far the most informative thing I've found in...
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- Post #3,517
- Mar 8, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

Thank you for the info. I'm glad to see I'm not losing my mind :) I just sent an e-mail to AMD's tech support. If their reply has anything substantial to say, I'll post it here.
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- Post #17
- Apr 22, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

Well, NewEgg supposedly sent me another retail boxed CPU, but it looks identical to the one they sent me before. It is still missing the backplate and retention frame. I think they took what I RMAed back to them and packaged into a different box. I paid almost $12 to RMA it back, and they still...
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- Post #15
- Apr 22, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Best route to go in converting a Radeon 9500 Pro to a 9700 Pro?

Nevermind, I guess the hardware hack I was recalling was to enable the other 4 pipelines on a regular Radeon 9500 (i.e. nonpro). So essentially what I need to do is flash the BIOS to allow overclocking, then use an overclocking program like PowerStrip or Riva3D Tuner to overclock the core and...
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- Post #7
- Apr 13, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best route to go in converting a Radeon 9500 Pro to a 9700 Pro?

Okay, okay I mispoke about the 4 pipelines to 8 pipelines thing. I guess what I meant to ask about is converting the pipelines from 128 bit to 256 bit. When the Radeon 9500 Pro came out, there was a hardware hack (soldering a resistor on or something) to convert from 128 bit to 256 bit. Is this...
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- Post #6
- Apr 13, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best route to go in converting a Radeon 9500 Pro to a 9700 Pro?

I know you can make more permanent changes by flashing the BIOS on the video card to unlock the other 4 pipelines (i.e. Warp11 BIOS) then use another program like Powerstrip to overclock the card OR you can install the Omega drivers and change the core and memory clock rates in the display...
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- Apr 12, 2004
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

Well, I contacted NewEgg this morning and they said to mail it back (they gave me an RMA number) and they'll send me another retail box processor 1-2 business days after they receive the returned CPU. They offered to do the cross shipping thing, but I'm tapped out money wise. I paid $11.97 for...
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- Post #13
- Apr 12, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

Thanks for the advice. I'll do that and let you know what happens.
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- Post #11
- Apr 11, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

That's why I suspect NewEgg sent me an open box item instead of a brand new retail box. What are the odds that AMD would forget to include the retention frame and backplate when they packaged it in the factory? I also went by the Fry's in Irving today to see if I could buy a fan/heatsink that...
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- Post #9
- Apr 11, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

I bought my Abit KV8-MAX3 motherboard retail box, and it doesn't have a backplate or retention frame. There are two large holes in the motherboard on either side of the CPU socket. According to the step-by-step instructions on the brochure that came with the AMD 64 CPU, the backplate has a...
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- Post #5
- Apr 10, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Backplate and Retention Frame

I just bought an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (retail box) from NewEgg, and on the side of the box it says "This box contains: AMD Athlon 64 processor, Heatsink/fan, retention frame, backplate, bezel sticker, installation guide, Certificate of Authenticity and three-year limited warranty information"...
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- Apr 10, 2004
- Replies: 19
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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