Potential CPU upgrade options for Microserver G8

[schoondoggy 895]

There is a nice tool on Intel's site that lets you sort CPU's by parameters;

http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t

The CPU in the MS G8 is rated at 35W, in this sort I called out socket 1155, ECC memory and TDP of 0W-45W

http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&Sockets=FCLGA1155&MaxTDPMin=0&MaxTDPMax=45&ECCMemory=true

 

[Stevns 2]

Rocking this one:

Intel Xeon E3-1265LV2 / 2.5 GHz Processor - LGA1155

 

Only 10 TDP more, which should not be an issue.

 

Cheers

Edited July 29, 2013 by Stevns

[schoondoggy 895]

I was thinking that would be one of the safer choices.

[Stevns 2]

Working proof :-)

[ikon 439]

Looking forward to seeing some performance & temp stats.

[FiLiNuX 30]

When I was first looking into this I  had thought that the  Xeon e3-1230L would be a great viable option for upgrading a Gen 8 but I see it is not in the list.  I was really surprised that ECC is the issue on that chip.  The power, price, and everything else looked good.

 

[schoondoggy 895]

 

When I was first looking into this I  had thought that the  Xeon e3-1230L would be a great viable option for upgrading a Gen 8 but I see it is not in the list.  I was really surprised that ECC is the issue on that chip.  The power, price, and everything else looked good.

 

As far as I can see all XEON support ECC. The e3-1230 v2 is 69w and the e3-1230L v3 is a socket 1150.

[FiLiNuX 30]

Thanks Schoondoggy! 

 

II was going from memory and I must have got my specs messed up.  I was thinking that the Xeon E3-1230L V3 (25 TDP) was 1155 and then concluded it must have been a ECC issue and thats why I put I was really surprised that ECC was a issue (on a Xeon). 

[ikon 439]

That Xeon is an 1150? Heck that just means there are 5 'spare' pin holes on the socket. No problem, right? 

[schoondoggy 895]

The new Haswell based XEON are socket 1150.