Quote Originally Posted by Clint View Post
Nah, thanks but no thanks!

I can't justify that price for a lapped chip, simply not worth it.

I actually had the Q9450 in the basket @ moogr.com earlier today for $367 shipped with USPS Global Priority when 10% code was applied....but I canceled out...doh!
Well, what hecktic just quoted. Seems like these things are going fast. And you can also try to get an OEM chip over at Tankguys, but really, if you are going to do 3.80GHz 24/7 like me, you'd need to lap the chip even on water. To me, if I intend to overclock some chip, I'm not going to hold back on anything to make it stable... including that extra lap work. It actually dropped my temps 5C lower.