EO stepping socket 775 CPUS

[Matt_Hirst]

Right am looking to build a low power server and am trying to reuse as many existing parts as possible. Already have a socket 775 Mb so am looking for a cpu to go with it.

Now I have been told to look out for an EO stepping as these are more power efficient so can someone provide a list of all the EO stepping cpus available, also the ones to particuarly look out for.

regards,

Matt

 

[kerrgreg]

Think intel spec finder is pretty good for this google it

 

[Frozennova]

Dual core

E8400
E8500
E8600

Quad Core

Q9550
Q9550S
Q9650

The Q9550S offers a lower TDP compared to the standard Q9550 thus making a power efficient chip

However I would say if your looking for a power efficient chip then any of the 45nm parts would be fine for a low power setup.

IMO you could also undervolt the chip by a fair amount while remaining at stock clocks

EDIT: List of Core2Duo parts http://processorfinder.intel.com/Li...103,2841,483,1077,49,&ProcFam=2558&SearchKey=

 

[Matt_Hirst]

Thanx that is excellant.

Initially I was going to go down the route of a low power chip but then I thought I might as well ge a chip that can do 2 roles, low power when it's sat as a server then change the profile and it can be used for encoding dvd's etc, etc.

regards,

Matt

 

[Frozennova]

Why reboot into a different profile, if you have speedstep enabled it will drop the multi saving on power anyway if you pair one of the cheap processors the new E6500 would be a good option and pair that with one of the ATi HD 5450 cards to of load the HD to then your looking at a low power, efficient server/ HTPC with that won't run out of steam