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With the Yorkfield core, Intel takes the Core 2 specification to the Extreme. This 45nm based processor is designed for lightning fast performance . It's fully 64-bit capable with the Intel 64 architecture so you can take advantage of the additional power and efficiency you'd expect.
L2 cache has been bumped to 12MB and the Front Side Bus to 1333MHz. You can use both DDR2 and the hot new DDR3 memory for extreme performance. They also boosted memory access and execution speed with the Wide Dynamic Execution and Smart Memory Access. These combine to let the processor compute more instructions with more data per clock cycle. You'd better watch out those in game enemies will be shooting back faster now.
The Advanced Digital Media Boost feature has been enhanced with the addition of the SSE4 instruction set and Intel HD Boost. This will give your entertainment experience a boost with better audio and video processing. It will also help with speech recognition, engineering and scientific applications. Perhaps most important of all will be the boost to security with increased encryption power and speed.
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Something to think about (Been building computers for 19 years)
- Pros: No doubt this is a fast CPU, but don't buy this now from Intel. They are just fleecing the gaming community with the way they release processors for the general public now. There are 15-20 different Xeons under this price for the corporate community so they have the manufacturing down fine. They just wait to release the good, cheaper cores to the general public after they service their corporate clients and fleece the early adopters who buy this overpriced CPU. All the while people who need a new CPU and can’t wait are either buying this for the high price or buying up their old stock. Intel has more than enough money. Don’t give them your hard earned money. If you really can’t wait and it is the same socket just buy a 2.4 OC it to 3.2 which you can do very easily and wait until they drop the 45nm quads to what they should cost.
More and faster memory, and a 64 bit OS will speed your computer up much more than a few more mhz. Build the platform and wait for the CPU to come out in
- Cons: volume and even though you will be buying 2 CPUs it will still be cheaper than buying this thing. Here is what I did for building a cheap server farm of 17 servers. Buy any over-clockable motherboard of your choosing that has good reviews from a manufacturer that you like. I got the Asus P5E. Often money spent here on a more well known Manufacturer and MB with OC options will get you much better performance and less headaches. Buy the best price for performance memory. At the time 2 of the DDR2 1066 2X2gig sets was the best price per performance to get 8 gig. I bought the smaller of the zalman cnps series heat sinks I think it is the 9500? Just because the noise is slightly less and I have had both in my workstation and they are just about the same cooling wise. Bought the 2.4 quad core and put it together. What you get is everything in spec and rock solid performance. The front side bus is 1600, the memory runs at 1066 and the best part is that you can leave everything in the bios on
- Other Thoughts: with no overvolting or turning off any of the options. You just have to set the FSB speed, memory divider and the cpu divider to 8. What you get is the cpu running at 2.4 at idle and 3.2 under load. Saves a ton of power and heat and performs perfectly. These run 24X7 running VMWare server with a 150 gig raptor boot drive and 3 1 TB drives with plenty of IO and load on them. I clean them once a month or every other month, otherwise they never get rebooted and have not had any problems with any of them. The 17th was a spare but I use it as my workstation. The point of this rant is that the stuff just gets old and cheaper and better stuff is always going to come out so upgrade smarter and more often and you will be happier in the end. So you can’t brag that you have the fastest processor on the planet. But that is only going to last until the next stepping or cpu is released. Save the money and spend it later or on something else. Wasted money is wasted money no matter how much you have.
Great chip, but beware Nvidia chipset owners
- Pros: This is a great performing chip, though not the monumental turnover that some believe it to be over the QX6850. In fact, for most things, the two are going to perform almost identically, though in certain tasks, the QX9650 will gain advantages thanks to it's newer design and it's extra cache.
- Cons: Intel made last second changes in this chip, and as a result, motherboards which worked effectively with engineering samples can now no longer support it. Oddly, this eliminated basically all 680i motherboards.. this isn't an issue of a BIOS fix, eVGA, BFG, and others have already announced they will not support this chip on their 680i motherboards.. So, if you have a 680i motherboard, you need to pass. Only 7xx series motherboards need apply.
- Other Thoughts: I've tried this on numerous boards with great success on P35 & X38 platform motherboards. But no joy on Nvidia boards. eVGA A1s and T series boards basically fail to boot most of the time, many times just stick on BIOS. The Asus Strikers -sometimes- work, but it's still an unidentified CPU. So if you crave SLI, this CPU is not going to work for you until the 790 chipset hits in a few weeks.
| Model | BX80569QX9650 |
| Series | Core 2 Extreme |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
| Core | Yorkfield |
| Multi-Core | Quad-Core |
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- Pros: Very fast, with asus silent knight it runs much cooler than I thought it would; about 60 right now.
- Cons: none that I can see
- Pros: It has performed well and I have had no issues. The blue neon fan looks great inside Silverstone Nvidia edition case.
- Cons: This is my 1st build and I had some issues with the plastic connections of fan to motherboard. It seemed like a cheap way to connect fan for a cpu that was over a $1000. This was my 1st so maybe they are all made that way now.
was / is expensive, but awesome
- Pros: Just FYI that these babies are capable compared to lesser 775 skt cpu's :
ASxS P5-ke, mushkn 1150 2x1 Gig @ 1100, cas4. CPU@4 Ghz @ 1.29v w/ Thermalrt Extrm, lapped Htsink w / 2 med spd and sound 120 mm fans ( one in, one out ).
30 deg amb temp, ~ 45-47deg, 4 cores loaded.
Load testing by simultan. running 50% vid recode and running " systester ", multithreaded pi tester w / no errors.
- Cons: paid too much of course a yr ago.
- Other Thoughts: only ran at 3.8Ghz for most of that yr, and said to heck w / it ( carefully ), and low and behold does 4.0 just fine.
ovrclk'd i7 may be still faster, but sck775 quad at 4 Ghz, who needs it...
| Model |
| Brand |
Intel |
| Processors Type |
Desktop |
| Series |
Core 2 Extreme |
| Model |
BX80569QX9650 |
| CPU Socket Type |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 775 |
| Tech Spec |
| Core |
Yorkfield |
| Multi-Core |
Quad-Core |
| Name |
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 |
| Operating Frequency |
3.0GHz |
| FSB |
1333MHz |
| L2 Cache |
12MB |
| Manufacturing Tech |
45 nm |
| 64 bit Support |
Yes |
| Hyper-Threading Support |
No |
| Virtualization Technology Support |
Yes |
| Multimedia Instruction |
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T |
| Voltage |
0.85V – 1.3625V |
| Thermal Design Power |
130W |
| Cooling Device |
Heatsink and Fan included |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
Introduction
With the Yorkfield core, Intel takes the Core 2 specification to the Extreme. This 45nm based processor is designed for lightning fast performance . It's fully 64-bit capable with the Intel 64 architecture so you can take advantage of the additional power and efficiency you'd expect.
L2 cache has been bumped to 12MB and the Front Side Bus to 1333MHz. You can use both DDR2 and the hot new DDR3 memory for extreme performance. They also boosted memory access and execution speed with the Wide Dynamic Execution and Smart Memory Access. These combine to let the processor compute more instructions with more data per clock cycle. You'd better watch out those in game enemies will be shooting back faster now.
The Advanced Digital Media Boost feature has been enhanced with the addition of the SSE4 instruction set and Intel HD Boost. This will give your entertainment experience a boost with better audio and video processing. It will also help with speech recognition, engineering and scientific applications. Perhaps most important of all will be the boost to security with increased encryption power and speed.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-core Processor
With four processing cores, the multitasking monster Quad-Core Intel Core 2 Extreme processor delivers twice the performance on highly-threaded applications, taking your desktop PC experience into a completely new realm of mega power. The powerful processor delivers serious performance on the ultra-demanding games of today and tomorrow. The innovative 45nm quad-core technology optimizes thermal performance for reduced power consumption and noise.
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Intel Advanced Smart Cache
Intel Advanced Smart Cache Technology dynamically allocates the shared L2 cache to each processor core based on workload. This efficient, multi-core-optimized implementation increases the probability that each core can access data from fast L2 cache, resulting in significantly reduced latency for frequently used data and improved performance.
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Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T)
Intel EM64T provides an enhancement to Intel 32-bit architecture by enabling the desktop processor platform to access larger amounts of memory. With appropriate 64-bit supporting hardware and software, platforms based on an Intel processor supporting Intel EM64T can enable use of extended virtual and physical memory.
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Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
EIST allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency to decrease average power consumption and average heat production. Combined with existing power saving features, EIST may provide an excellent balance between providing power when you need it and conserving power when you don’t.
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel's Execute Disable Bit function can prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory where application code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage or worm propagation.
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Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)
With Intel VT, one hardware platform functions as multiple "virtual" platforms. For business, Intel VT offers improved manageability, limiting downtime and maintaining worker productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions. In the home, Intel VT allows creating unique user environments for multiple family members using the same platform simultaneously.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | Intel |
| Name | Core 2 Extreme QX9650 |
| Multi-Core | Quad-Core |
| Core | Yorkfield |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
| Operating Frequency | 3.0GHz |
| FSB | 1333MHz |
| L2 Cache | 12MB |
| Manufacturing Tech | 45 nm |
| Thermal Design Power | 130W |
| Multimedia Instruction | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T |
| Virtualization Technology Support | Yes |
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1x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Processors - Desktops
Reviewed By: TWEP on 3/18/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
