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BrandIntel
Item Height
7.9 centimetres
Item Width13.2 centimetres
Processor
Processor TypeIntel Core 2 Quad
Processor Count1
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Leaders of the pack seeking monster performance, look no further. With four execution cores, the Intel Core 2 Quad processor blows through processor-intensive tasks in demanding multitasking environments and makes the most of highly threaded applications. Whether you're creating multimedia, annihilating your gaming enemies, or running compute-intensive applications at one time, new quad-core processing will change the way you do everything. Pioneer the new world of quad-core and unleash the power of multithreading.
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Intel Core 2 Quad (Q9650) Processor - 3.00GHz 12288KB L2 Cache 1333MHz FSB (Boxed)Intel Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance and smarter battery performance in your laptop. Intel Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth. Intel Advanced Smart Cache, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for multi-core and dual-core processors. Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of applications, including video, speech and image, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications. Make highly threaded applications happy. Get in on the increasing number of highly threaded programs with quad-core technology from Intel. With four processing cores, an Intel Core 2 Quad processor-based PC will fuel more intensive entertainment and more media multitasking than ever. Leaders of the pack seeking monster performance, look no further. With four execution cores, the Intel Core 2 Quad processor blows through processor-intensive tasks in demanding multitasking environments and makes the most of highly threaded applications. Whether you're creating multimedia, annihilating your gaming enemies, or running compute-intensive applications at one time, new quad-core processing will change the way you do everything. Pioneer the new world of quad-core and unleash the power of multi threading. The high end just got higher. Whether it's encoding, rendering, editing, or streaming, make the most of your professional-grade multimedia applications with a PC powered by the Intel Core 2 Quad processor. Intel Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance and smarter battery performance in your laptop. Intel Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth. Intel Advanced Smart Cache, providing a hi
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Bought this to boost my PC, i can over-clock it happily using the standard fan to 3.6GHz then with a uprated heat sink, up to a whopping 4.GHz which out does the new i7 Processors so i think its a good investment at least until the next generation after the i7's are released.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding 775 Chip!
21 Oct 2009
Amazon Verified Purchase
I decided to upgrade my E6600 before jumping to Windows 7 this week. The results are amazing. Temps run around 90 degrees F with a Thermaltake MozartTX case (w extra fans) and a Thermaltake hi rise CPU cooler at full load and less than room temperature at idle!
The main advantage for me was in the encoding speed. I regularly use my PC to encode movies for my Archos 7. With the E6600 I was able to encode full resolution h.264 movies at 1250kbps at 25fps using Handbrake. The Q9650 encodes at 98fps. Simply amazing. A good quick drop-in upgrade for those looking to hold off on a i7 upgrade.
The main advantage for me was in the encoding speed. I regularly use my PC to encode movies for my Archos 7. With the E6600 I was able to encode full resolution h.264 movies at 1250kbps at 25fps using Handbrake. The Q9650 encodes at 98fps. Simply amazing. A good quick drop-in upgrade for those looking to hold off on a i7 upgrade.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Very Fast
15 Sep 2009
Amazon Verified Purchase
Slapped this chip in a 790i with a Swiftech GTZ water block. It's a lot faster, and cooler then my Q6600, got it stable up to 4.3ghz
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9650 @ 3.00GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 EM64T
CPUID : 6.7.A / Extended : 6.17
CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 32 / 4 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 6144 KB
Core : Yorkfield (45 nm) / Stepping : E0
Freq : 4320.3 MHz (480.03 * 9)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 4 Cores - 4 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9650 @ 3.00GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 EM64T
CPUID : 6.7.A / Extended : 6.17
CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 32 / 4 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 6144 KB
Core : Yorkfield (45 nm) / Stepping : E0
Freq : 4320.3 MHz (480.03 * 9)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Great upgrade
18 Nov 2010
Amazon Verified Purchase
Great if you have a 775 pin mother board and you want a fast quad core without upgrading your whole system to an I5 or I7 set up.However thats the only scenario where this c.p.u. makes sense, as for the price you can get a much better c.p.u. for the new mother boards types.
In my case I had an ageing dual core that wasn't performing to well on the latest games but I didn't want to buy a new mother board + ram + c.p.u. and go through the hassle of reinstalling two versions of windows plus all my programs.So I just popped this in and was away running in 5 mins.All games run great now and was easy to overclock from standard 3 Ghz to 3.6 Ghz on standard cooler.
So highly reconmended for an upgrade but not at all for a new system.
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In my case I had an ageing dual core that wasn't performing to well on the latest games but I didn't want to buy a new mother board + ram + c.p.u. and go through the hassle of reinstalling two versions of windows plus all my programs.So I just popped this in and was away running in 5 mins.All games run great now and was easy to overclock from standard 3 Ghz to 3.6 Ghz on standard cooler.
So highly reconmended for an upgrade but not at all for a new system.
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