NEW G5 Xserve 2.0 on the bay

[MagicBoy]

Not anymore...

If you are in the mood for reading further well researched articles based on facts, go have a look at Anandtech. They did a series in early 2006 when Apple made the switch to Intel.

Even Apple touted performance per watt in the keynotes around the Intel switch. They'll be on YouTube.

 

[bunnspecial]

Back on topic...

I've been stress-testing the CPUs since repasting last night. Neither has gone over 130ºF, while "A" was pretty reliably running 136-137ºF under load before and "B" about 126-127ºF. Now A is running at 128-129º, and B 124-125º.

That's not a huge drop in temperature, but I'd call myself satisfied.

 

[Gamer9430]

suggest you put your newly learned google skills from the software thread to good use.

 

[Surrat]

Back on topic...

I've been stress-testing the CPUs since repasting last night. Neither has gone over 130ºF, while "A" was pretty reliably running 136-137ºF under load before and "B" about 126-127ºF. Now A is running at 128-129º, and B 124-125º.

That's not a huge drop in temperature, but I'd call myself satisfied.

Temps should improve a bit more over time as the thermal paste sets up.

I should do the same to my xserve g4, its paste is 12 years old. Temps on it are very stable at 55c under heavy load.

 

[bunnspecial]

Temps should improve a bit more over time as the thermal paste sets up.

I should do the same to my xserve g4, its paste is 12 years old. Temps on it are very stable at 55c under heavy load.

I know that AS5(which is what I use) says to allow 200 hours of "cure time" with hot/cold cycles in between. That's part of why I'm stress testing it with the CPUs pegged for a few hours, and then allowing it to cool down. I probably should throw in a complete power-off for a few hours somewhere in there too.