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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
To be honest if you already have a Q9550 you're not going to see a huge difference with any CPU within your budget. There are no i7's below £200 for the CPU alone, so you're talking maybe 50-70% at most. ---------- Post added at 13:26 ---------- Previous post was at 13:26 ---------- I have never bothered with QVLs. If it fits in the slot, it's supposed to work, if it does not work, it's faulty and gets returned.
Although I've heard of very rare cases where memory that is supposed to work doesn't, I have never come across any such situation myself.
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Thanks for taking the time to help with suggestions. I think I'm gonna go with the i5 4690k which as you know is the better/best i5 and will also go with the asrock H81M-GL which comes in at half a pint over 200 quid. That I can live with