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August 4th, 2007 12:00
SC440 CPU upgrade
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
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
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Mathiau
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September 8th, 2008 14:00
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
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January 18th, 2009 18:00
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
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January 22nd, 2009 21:00
There are MANY reports of people putting Q6600 CPUs in their SC440. The CPU is compatible and the heatsink in an SC440 is HUGE.