Reviewers Liked
- Four cores
- Highly overclockable
- Reasonable price
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Half the cache of the rest of Intels quad core line
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz Socket 775
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By DigitalVersus
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Intels Core 2 Quad Q9300 is the start of its Q9xxx line of four core processors, and runs at 2.5 GHz.That puts it around 7% behind the 2.66 GHz of the next model up, the Q9400, but when we measured it, we found the performance difference to be closer...
By Trusted Reviews
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Intel’s Core 2 Q9300 processor is fabricated using the 45nm Penryn process that we first saw in Bennys review of the , which is a lovely CPU if you dont mind forking out £480. Thankfullly, the Penryn process is also used in more down-to-earth...
By Custom PC
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The Core 2 Quad Q9300 costs £56 more than Intels cheapest quad-core CPU, the Core 2 Quad Q6600. Its clearly the runt of new litter too, with its 6MB cache (half the amount of the other 45m CPUs) and low clock speeds. Its only marginally faster at...
By PC Mag
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The Q9300 offers robust overclockability and good performance in a wide range of products. For the budget minded, its one of the best price/performance CPUs you can...
By Overclockers Club
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As a comparison to the existing quad core Intel CPUs, there really is not much of a comparison. The Q9300 just barely performs better than the Q6600 in the comparison field of processors. In many ways, it is handicapped by the lower amount of L2...
By BeHardware
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May 26, 2008 Since the launch of the first model at the end of October, Intel 45nm Core 2 processors have created quite a stir. First of all, there has been the positive aspect of first rate performances while on the negative side availability has...
By MadShrimps
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Win MSI VGA, Motherboard, Laptop in this Overclocking Contest! Intel C2Q Q9300:The Q9300 was released a few months ago and has been updated a few times since. The series started out with the C0 stepping, moved on to C1 and recently, the M1 stepping...
By HotHardware
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As our benchmark results and power consumption tests have shown, Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 represents a solid upgrade over the Core 2 Quad Q6600, which we’ve come to know and love. Even though the Q9300 has a decreased cache size and only...
By Legit Reviews
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The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor might be the entry-level 45nm quad-core processor, but the performance numbers sure doesn't suggest that!...
By The Tech Report
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In our recent review of the Phenom X4 9850, I said AMD had a small window of opportunity with the Phenom thanks to the slow rollout of Intels 45nm desktop processors. With arrival of the Core 2 Quad Q9300 at multiple online vendors, that window is...
By CDRinfo
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Core 2 is a ninth-generation x86 architecture microprocessor produced by Intel and it was officially released on July 27, 2006. Recently, Intel moved to the 45 nm manufacturing process and a new series of processors hit the market under the codenames...
By X-bit Labs
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The new quad-core Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor priced at $266 should be at least as demanded as its predecessor, Core 2 Quad Q6600. Being Intel’s cheapest quad-core processor built using the latest production process, this newcomer has a number of...
By Les Numériques
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Comme tous les processeurs à quatre cœurs, le Q9400 se destine essentiellement aux personnes utilisant fréquemment des logiciels d'édition vidéo, photo ou 3D. Pour les autres, l'intérêt est plus...
By PC-Welt.de
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Der Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 geht mit vier Rechenkernen und 2,5 GHz Taktfrequenz an den Start. Der Test prüft, ob die Quad-Core-CPU den Preis von 150 Euro wert ist. Der Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 ist mit 150 Euro die günstigste Quad-Core-CPU von...
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