 |
I had a HP xw9300 workstation, that came with one opteron 254 (2.8Ghz). The 2nd socket, and the 4 memory slots that went with that 2nd processor socket, were empty, many were delivered/ordered that way. I loooed up in HP's ssite, and they said, That to upgrade to the 285 Opteron dual core, I MUST use a HP blranded ER220A Opteron. I looked around, they were HIGH, around 400$. I found the above Opteron part #, and found them for 38$ each, so, I figured for that much, I COULD NOT LOSE. I bought two, they worked GREAT. And, that part #, is the standard part # that is on the standard, 285 Opteron you get, when You specify nothing but, "OPteron 285". Or, IOW, the normal, every day ole Opteron. The specs all matched, 1000 Mhz Hypertransport, Direct connect, 2 Meg cache shared, 1 meg per core. 2.6 Ghz, Voltage was the same, everything was the same on the above #, and the special one that HP said I needed. Now, that DOES NOT MEAN, that they will work in all applications. There are some machines that use a 800Mhz FSB, some use a different Voltage, etc. SO, Just WATCH the specs you need. But, that FAA6CB has worked in all the servers I have that use 1st gen. Opterons! Also, WATCH THEM, they are 95 watt processors, and DO MAKE SOME HEAT. NOT an extreme amount, but, enough. I used two of the HP High Performance Copper/Aluminum/Heat tube Tower type Heatsink/fans, and they work GREAT, and adjust speed to keep them cool.Read full review
In most Opteron 200 series servers and motherboards, these are a drop in replacement. These are older CPUs for older servers, but when you simply can't replace a server for whatever reason, a drop-in CPU upgrade is extremely cost-effective. Be aware that some boards may require you to upgrade the BIOS -before- the CPU. From a 242 (what I replaced with these) to a 285 is the difference between 1.6GHz and 5.2GHz. Since I was replacing 2 CPUs on a dual board, I went from 3.2GHz total to 10.4GHz total. It is really about a 2.5X speedup over original, and uses roughly the same wattage, what's not to like?
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Much faster than my single core CPUS They were only 1.8 GHZ
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I am running two of these CPUs, they were cheap, run great, and score a 6.9 on Windows 7 rating. Just a side note, don't skimp on the heatsinks. These don't run cool by any means.
Good solid processor and stable. does not max out like some others.i have not come accrost any issues so far. I would recommend this to anyone.
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in CPUs/Processors
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on CPUs/Processors
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
