Hi All, Just wondering whether anyone can tell me the difference between the Xeon X5472 and the E5472 apart from the power consumption? To me, they are identical apart from the power. Am I missing something? Ta Andy
Yes, I'm speccing up some HPC workstations, but I can't seem to find out why there is this difference between the X and the E. Andy
You're correct. There is no difference apart from TDP. In the 5400 series, E denotes a TDP of 80 watts, X denotes a TDP of 120 watts or more (150 watts in the case of the X5482).
WHAAT? 150W? You can warm your house with that! I wonder what kind of cooling a dual setup of those things needs!
Lots! It's got to be in a secure cabinet too. I think I need to go and talk to the HVAC guys soon... thanks for the answers tho guys. Andy
Arn't the single socket xeons S775? People were buying them when there was a shortage of quadcores no? Moriquendi
The 3200 series (1066 MHz FSB) and 3300 series (1333 MHz FSB) single socket "Xeons" were indeed S775 since they were simply relabeled Core 2 Quads.
Hmmm.. you seem to be correctimo. We got a 771 quad last year by mistake, and both the Xeons in mine and Tim's machines are 771, that's all I was going on.
It looks like the E is aimed at the embedded space for the embedded dual CPU boards (like 5100 boards). Both are 771 parts. FYI, there is a uniprocessor platform that can take 775 CPUs, the 3200 chipset. IIRC, it started with 'Bearlake', added server specific features. Those Xeons *should* be interchangeable with the C2D parts.
I have several Dell dual Xeon servers at work in a 19" racks. Extensive fanage in use here. Noise and heat for all. We keep these racks in a rooms by themselves. 1 each. I put a sign on the doors for "Solitary Confinement"! Drive you up a wall in NO time. SCSI hard drives in RAID sound like the overflights at Cheapskate's house. These are serious server class components. Indestructible - that's my job to break them - but not safe for humans. John
