Hi thanks so much for your share. I'm doing the last steps to finish my build about ix48 GT3. Just waiting by 4x2 GB crucial ballistix tactical tracer.
At the moment:
ABIT ix48 GT3
Q9650
Zalman cnps 9500 led
Corsair vengeance 2x2 gb DDR3 1600 (version 7.13, this is very important because with 2x2 GB Corsair Vegeance DDR3 1600 version 5.14 system not boot)
Asus GT1030 2gb DDR 5 (not so good but with 30 watts TDP I think is sufficient)
Sound blaster audigy 2 zs
Corsair 450M as power supply is perfect for this configuration
SSD Kingston A400 120 GB for OS
In the future I will buy another to try a raid
Nd22 I think are no significant differences between q9650 and qx9650....I think q9650 is the right choice...if you not plan oc q9550s with 65w TDP will be an option to consider
One more time thanks for the manual and cd share 💪😎