thinking about liquid cooling

i got my qx9650 to 3.8 on air my friend, not water. didn't really try to take it any further, but i know i can. i really bought this cpu more because it was a quad core 3.0ghz with a 12meg cache, and 45nm die size. is there a non-extreme model with those specs that i'm unaware of? i could care less about what's unlocked or not, that wasn't my reason for getting it. i also got it for about $700 nib so i couldn't pass it up.
 
pdc76 said:
i got my qx9650 to 3.8 on air my friend, not water. didn't really try to take it any further, but i know i can. i really bought this cpu more because it was a quad core 3.0ghz with a 12meg cache, and 45nm die size. is there a non-extreme model with those specs that i'm unaware of? i could care less about what's unlocked or not, that wasn't my reason for getting it. i also got it for about $700 nib so i couldn't pass it up.
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Yeah the Q9550 runs at 2.83GHz and has 12MB of cache, 45nm, etc. and goes for $330.
 
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^So does the Q9450, except at 2.66 Ghz, and overclocks almost as well(3.9Ghz air, 66c Is Max temps at small fft's prime95).
 
i got my cpu before those were released. look, i don't want to get into a debate about why i should have saved money by getting a slower chip. i wanted to get the fastest 1333mhz chip there was and i did. there's nothing wrong with that. it beats the 9450 and the 9550, and i bought it so i could say that. ;)
 
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