Good Place To Buy X9100?

I am looking to buy an x9100 for my m17 and the general consensus seems to be to purchase them on ebay. I am not an ebay user, nor am I really familar with what the x9100 should look like. Can anyone lend advice if these vendors and products are legit? They both have great feedback ratings, which gives some comfort.

The first one ships from China:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-2-Extreme-Mobile-Processor-X9100-OEM-NEW_W0QQitemZ180362717445QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item29fe74a905&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

There is also this one which is located in North America for a bit more:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-2-Extreme-X9100-3-06Ghz-CPU-Processor-SLB48_W0QQitemZ190311303067QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item2c4f70079b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Can anyone lend advice?

 

No, X9100 is outdated. Never buy that one...

Instead go with the T9900 whose OEM version is already available. The prices of both are very similar, the performances of both are exactly the same (3.06GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB). However T9900 consumes ~10Watts less. (T9900: 35Watts, X9100: 44Watts)

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-3-06GHz-6MB...4|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50



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hey man i have heard some reviews saying that the chinese guy is legit and he is a power seller too

idk about the other one but he has more than 1k of positive feedback so he is trustable too

if i were u i would get the chinese one since is cheaper and it has free shipping

but wait for more ppl to see their opinion

good luck man

 

**got confused**

 

X9100 is also a 1066 FSB cpu...

+ his laptop is not a dell m1730 but an Alienware m17.

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I want the x9100 due to the unlocked multiplier and traditionally higher ceiling for overclocking. I don't plan on overclocking huge, but I do like to tinker, which is why I chose the x9100 over the T9900. Does that seem like a bad choice?

 

Oops, I was thinking x9000. Plz forgive my stupidity. I have the dell m1730 on my mind.

I would choose the x9100 because it would definitely be a better overclocker and it costs less then the t9900. BTW, i would choose the lowest price x9100, as long as it is "new" and not a ES.

 

I am not sure if yout laptop is suitable for overclocking. You are already planning to buy a power hog (44Watts) and overclocking that may require costly modifications to the cooling system.

I would purchase t9900 for sure. X9100 is a waste of money (for me).

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Realize two things:
1)The x9100 is going for roughly the same cost at the t9900. So I wouldnt be saving myself any money.
2)Lots of whitebook owners have overclocking either via bios or SetFSB to great results.

Really appreciate the feedback though, and if in the end I don't end up overclocking at all it still ends up being the same price. There is the 44watt vs 35watt issue sure, but how damaging is that really?

 

If you're going to OC (which I would since your laptop is made for OC), i would go with the x9100 since it supports bios overclocking, which the t9900 does not. If your not going to OC, then get the t9900 for lower wattage.

 

I went from an X9100 to a T9900 at some point and it ran about 10c cooler. Also there is a nice feature where when only one core is used by an application, the CPU runs at 3.2GHz. But yeah I guess if you can overclock via mulipliers, go with the X9100.

 

Could you tell us the average temperatures?

Thanks,


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t9900 at 3.2? Did you OC? My T9900 operates at 3.06ghz.

 

Could that be Intel Dynamic Acceleration technology (IDA)? I am not sure if Core 2 Duo T9XXX series have that...


http://www.cpu-world.com/Glossary/D/Dynamic_Acceleration_technology.html


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ida mode. overclocks one of the cores by 1 multiplier when running an intensive single threaded program.

 

i say get the x9100, the whitebook can handle the heat, and you can get a few hundred more mhz out of it. i assume you don't care about battery life?

 

No it's not a big concern. I have a different notebook for that purpose. The only concern I would have is heat but research have shown it to be a non issue.

 

Nah,

His laptop is perfectly suited to overclocking a X9100.

I have the same rig and the X9100 is very happy at 3.57ghz without any heat issues at all.

 

I have never used an Alienware and I have no familiarity with its models. If it is suitable for OC than no problem with X9100...


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well actually they locked the bios to avoid people to overclock. but we can always flash the bios to the ocz whitebook one.
it overclocks very well. I'm very impressed. x9100 ftw