I'm slooooooooowly (as time allows) moving from Q9650/x48 Blackops to one of those newish gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos. This is not something I wanted to do but that's life. Reaching Q9650/450-460 fsb on x48, with preferred settings/stability/AIR-COOLING, took a fair amount of effort.

I REALLY hope there are no Q9650 issues with these gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos .

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