SC440 CPU upgrade

Question

Hi guys, I've got a Dell Poweredge SC440 here running as my home development server. It's a truly brilliant little box for the money. I've got the opportunity to buy another SC440 cheap, and am considering using it as my workstation. I appreciate the video is locked at PCI-e 1x (grrr Dell), but the most graphics intensive thing I ever do is watch videos! I want to get a decent CPU in there though. A Q6600 (G0) would be the ideal, but I'm not sure if the SC440 would recognise it. Furthermore, I'm a bit concerned that the 305W PSU would struggle to power the Q6600 along with the rest of the components. I read on another forum that the SC440 measures ~85W actual usage with 2 hard drives and a Pentium D chip, so there seems to be headroom? Any thoughts/advice from anyone? Thanks, Sam

Mathiau · Answer

i do have a spare e4400 cpu at home i can try to toss into my other sc440 here at work not doing anything, because if it works.. then that can tell us what the chipset is capable of

thara01 · Answer

Hi Sam,

Did you upgrade your SC440 CPU? I am also planning to upgrade not sure how to find out the compatible processors. My online videos are not rendering good in full screen mode. I am using it my home PC using MCE2005.

Thanks,

RT

mljohns00 · Answer

There are MANY reports of people putting Q6600 CPUs in their SC440. The CPU is compatible and the heatsink in an SC440 is HUGE.

PowerEdge Hardware General

Was this post helpful?