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    Q9100 in a NP8662

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Totemobakadesu123, Dec 30, 2009.

  1. Totemobakadesu123

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    Hi,

    I was planning to put a QX9300 in my notebook but someone offered me a Q9100 for $300. Is it worth it? or should I get the QX9300 for 500?. These are OEMs.

    Thanks
     
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    For that price, you could also get an ES Q9200 2.4GHz.
     
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    I don't like engineering Samples. They usually don't come with temperature sensors and not sure how stable they are in the long run.
     
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    The QAVR/QAVS Q9200's have temp sensors, and are fairly stable from what I've seen. Otherwise, $300 is a pretty good price for an OEM Q9100.
     
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    I know of some people who have been running ES for over a year and they are stress tested when you buy from a reputable seller. Consider that Intel will never release an inferior chip regardless.

    My QX9300 ES has temp sensors and I have never heard of any that don't. Some of the Q9200 do not have temp sensors but you can find the ones that do have them by observing the chips details, I think you need to make sure the chip has Core stepping E0 or something.

    Personally I wouldn't bother with the Q9100, I only recommend the QX9300.
     
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    Is a 9% increase worth $200? No.

    Take the Q9100.
     
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    You could say the same for almost any chip. They could prob get an OEM Q9000 at 2.0 Ghz for less than that as well. In fact I have seen them for $272 on Ebay and it clearly says ''Not an ES''.
     
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    Yeah, I was tempted to get the Q9000 for about $220 on ebay. but the doubled cache size of the q9100 was the selling point. I decided to get the q9100. Eagerly awaiting for it.

    I searched the forum and couldn't find specifics on the battery life of a q9100. anyone knows how long it will last under normal usage? -email, web-browsing etc?

    Also, the temperature- does this cpu run any hotter than the q9000? It seems the q9000 averages 45c idle and 70c under load. Will that be the same case for the q9100?

    thanks
     
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    My QX9300 runs cooler than my Q9000 used to (prob due to better thermal grease) and idles at 33-40C, 76-78C under load after a few hours of GTAIV gaming.

    My Q9000 used to idle at 40-45C and I got about 1 hour 20 mins but that was from watching movies and animation. I could be wrong though. Undervolting should give you more time
     
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    great, I am hoping it will last me 2 hrs on battery with some undervolting. By the way, I was researching undervolting and some ppl say that it will actually be detrimental to the CPU's lide since it will have to do the same thing with less energy, thus; stressing the CPU. Is that true?

    By the way, I also checked the service manual for CPU upgrade. It tells me to take out the stickers on the heat sink. I assume these are thermal pads....would I need to get new ones or can I just take them off and apply thermal paste only?

    Thanks.
     
    Totemobakadesu123, Dec 31, 2009
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