Proc upgrade question for Sager 9262/Q6600

I have a new 9262 (see sig), and am now trying to plan out my upgrade path. From looking around, it seems as though the safest bet for me is to plan on going up to a Q9650 when the price drops on them. The power draw and voltage tolerances look favorable in comparison to the Q6600, and of course, it's the same socket as the Q6600. Also, since the Q9650 is a die shrink in comparison to the Q6600, I'm hoping heart and power consumption should be roughly equal, if not lower. Given this, I have 2 questions:

1. Are my assumptions about heat/power correct?

2. Would other 775 chips be safe as an upgrade, or should I really stick with the Q9650 because of the aformentioned considerations?

Also, if anyone has suggestions of good sites for comparison checking for things like this (especially heat), it'd be appreciated.

 

For a comparison of the Q6600 and Q6700 to the Q9450 and Q9550, amongst others, try this article from hardwarezone.com.

I assume (but then, we all know what happens when we do that, don't we?) that you've gone through the Sager and Clevo forum already?

 

The Q6600 TDP is either 95w (SLACR (G0)) or 105w (SL9UM (B3)) I suspect you have the lower TDP version. The Q9650 TDP 130w. That is the measure for the amount of heat the cooling system must be able to handle. While not a true measure of power draw I think for comparative purposes it works. So how a 35w TDP increase affects is well a concern? I think if you want to stick with the same TDP (usually a good idea) the Q9550 has 95w TDP. Now that does not mean you can't put a Q9650 in but you should check. If you bought from XoticPC give them a call and ask their opinion.

Here is a link to Wikki list w/TDP's.

 

Oh yeah, I see that now. The site I was looking at (Wikipedia) has conflicting data for the same chipset. One page lists the 9650 as 95W and the other as 130W. *slaps self on wrist* remember kids, always double check Wikipedia. Heh. If you look at the "future releases" of the chips on WP, you'll see the other number for the 9650 TDP.

Thanks for the article, Shyster, I'll take a read of that too. From an initial look, I could hope for about 20% perf boost, that is not bad.

 

Also! You might want to wait until the BIOS upgrade has been finalized. Sager is working on it with Clevo....... Head over to XoticPC and check out when it is going to be resolved....... The reviews I have looked at have rated the chip at 95 watts. You should expect a 20 percent performance boost right out of the box for the new Quads. Although you might want to wait until the price comes down to only 20 percent above the processor you have now. Heat of operation will probably be a higher as the die is smaller and heat can't migrate out of the chip as fast. However! The thermal limit of the chips has been raised as they can take the heat better than the previous revisions.
The reviews are out there...