Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz Processor

Bought this little processor for my sister's PC. She wanted an inexpensive upgrade. I recommended this. It works excellently. The PC is more responsive and she can do more photo editing.Highly recommended.

Processes stuff like crazy, almost as if it was made for it! Installs easy, has worked perfectly (knock on rack) in a server for 2.5 years.

Cheap & effective. I got 2 plugged into old optiplex 380's.

Could not get this to work. Must have gotten a bad one. Problem is, by the time I put it in, I couldn't return it. Wasted my money.

Upgrading processors on LGA775 socket, from a Intel Core2 Duo E6550 running @2.33GHz to a Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 running @2.5GHz, has been satisfying but not really what expected. Response is quicker but overall performance isn't that noticeable to say it's excellent. There's an improvement, but I thought it was going to be a bigger one. The most important thing is that the new processor is running really fine!

Dual cores are pretty much finished. Breath some life into your computer with an affordable upgrade. 2 extra cores go a LONG way even if the freq. is lower. I used this for an old 775 setup turned frag-box. With the Cooler Master 212 cooler I can't even break 60 deg Celsius. I use its older brother, q9550, in my main computer and both the chips are solid, stable and fast. Get this while it's going out of style and cheap!

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Had old computer for kids using an intel core 2 duo 6570 in socket 775. The q9300 was expensive (top of the line) when it was first released, but has siginicantly dropped in price. Swapped processor out, systems back up and running again. At first kids did not notice a difference, then i pointed out that lag from games (SWTOR) was gone. Still some lag on network side, but now processor not the issue. Best upgrade would to be a brand new computer. But for the price, upgrading the procesor was a dramatic upgrade