Intel BX80580Q830 Core 2 Quad Q8300 Desktop Processor Reviews

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Pros: Being an Intel product... it is supported by almost everything, and will be supported by almost everything. from Newegg.com Pros: This thing is awesome. I didn't think there would be a big difference between the duo and the quad, but wow. Also, some people say there's runs hot, but I haven't run into any heating issues. from Newegg.com Pros: Easily overclock to 3.0GHz. Could have went higher. from Newegg.com Pros: Was easily overclocked to 3.15GHz - I don't feel the need to go higher. Cons: I've heard that this does AND does not support VT from intel sources. Seems like they'll be adding it within a few months? from Newegg.com Pros: Builds easy, Runs cool,... Cons: Somehow, I expected better compared to say an E7400 processor, but maybe it's just me. from Newegg.com Pros: Fast, affordable, the only Q8xxx series that inlcudes VT, overclocks well. Cons: None. from Newegg.com Pros: Under $200.00 and out performs qx9770 when overclocked to 3.49. I have thrown everything at it and no hickups and is as smooth as glass. from Newegg.com Runs cool. Cons: Lacks VT support. Major disappointment as I was building this machine for VMWare.http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/core2quad.htm Other Thoughts: Should have done more research on this processor before purchasing as I assumed that all Core 2 processors supported VT. from Newegg.com Pros: low price for quad, good OC with low temps, after OC Sandra+Everest rate it's performance 96% of $1000 top i7 Cons: smallish cache Other Thoughts: EVGA GTX260 oc/650/1400/1200Q8300 oc/3.5G 467*7.5Rosewill RCX-Z775-EX CoolerGIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R MotherboardG. SKILL 2x2GB DDR2 1066 oc/1120Rosewill R218-P-BK CaseRosewill RG530-2 530W PSLITE-ON Burner iHAS122-04Logitech 967973-0403 Kb/MWD WD2500YS HDx2 Raid0Hauppauge HVR-1250 TVTunerWin XP64 from Newegg.com Pros: Very fast. The Q8300 blows the pants of my Phenom 940BE. I have been AMD since I started building computers back in 2000, I have used nothing but AMD, my friend at work kept telling me how his Intel could work my phenom, we both had 4 gigs of ddr3 1333 and dual boot Ubuntu and Vista Ult 64bit, his Q8300 ROCKED my phenom, my phenom has now been sold to my brother in law and I just purchased a new setup, this thing is amazing. from Newegg.com

Released	10 months ago
Processor Type	Core 2 Quad
Socket Type	Socket LGA775
Front Side Bus Speed	1333 MHz
L2 Cache Size	4 MB
MPN	BX80580Q830
Manufacturer	Intel
UPC	675900985568

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