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Mains Adaptors And Heatsinks

With a power supply weighing 4.8 kg, the new Xeon is well provided for. Supermicro sent this gem along with it.

At 760 watts, the SP762-TS power supply from Ablecom, which is marketed by SuperMicro, offers sufficient capacity for the dual Nocona - and certainly for any other system that is not to be listed in the top server categories with four or more processors.

The new Xeon heatsinks weigh almost precisely two kilograms together.

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Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.

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  • bgd73
    hey thanks for this. There is errors in the test, especially in memory speed of xeons, in fact, it is ridiculous. I am going for older 7525 chipset in CEB motherboard...these machines are just getting started. I be sure to go for HT. thanks.
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