Core 2 Quadro Review - The Test Setup
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Our test setup consisted of:
Power Supply: Antec Neo HE 500W
Motherboard: Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro I975X
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quadro QX6600 cooled with a Thermalright HR-01-775
Memory: 4x1024MB OCZ PC2-4200 EB Platinum
Video Array: 2xAsus branded X1600XT in Crossfire
Hard Disk Array: LSI Logic AcceleRAID 170 with 2x146GB Hitachi 10K U160 drives
Operating System: Windows Server 2003 32bit with physical address extension
As you can see, I've somewhat neglected to address the heat concerns that I predicted with this CPU. I'm concerned more with silence, and have no components being directly, actively cooled.
We booted the system and entered the BIOS setup. I quickly checked the temperature; it was sitting at a sound 65 degrees, not outstandingly cool, but quite incredible really when you consider there are essentially four CPUs running under that one sink.
Once I made it to Windows, temps were down to 59-60C due to the idle-state used within Windows, as opposed to the bios.
We used Core Temp to determine the temperatures. It read 59 to 60C across all four cores. It did however read our CPU as a Clovertown core Xeon (quad core Xeon) and claims we're on the LGA771 platform. Let's see what CPUz says instead.
CPUz was unable to figure out our multiplier, and thus our actual clock, but managed to get the rest correct.
Our comparison AMD Setup consisted of:
Power Supply: Antec Neo HE 500W
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
CPU:AMD FX-60 cooled with stock cooler
Memory: 2x512MB Crucial Ballistix
Video Array: BBA X1800XT
Hard Disk Array: 2x 74GB Western Digital Raptor
Operating System: Windows Server 2003 32bit
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