Yes, I believe the only issue is the heatsink which is often specific to the server model. You can buy them 2nd hand for cheaper than you can probably get them directly from Dell. Here's a place I often use for 2nd hand Dell parts:
http://www.txcesssurplus.com/servlet/the-5078/Dell-JC867-PowerEdge-1950/Deta il -Bond From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon Ooi Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:57 PM To: PJF Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III Actually I tried this for some of our SC1435's, the cpu doesn't matter but it's the 1U heatsink that needs to be Dell to mount properly. There is almost 0 market for the heatsinks. Did you find a Dell heatsink? If it is, that's probably all you need. I've seen it replaced before and it's part-less and tool-less. Brandon On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, PJF <[email protected]> wrote: I currently have a 1950 III with a single Quad Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHz, I'd like to add an additional one. Street price for the L5420 with Heatsink and Fan included is $424.99 Dell wants to charge me $795.00 for the CPU and $49.99 for the Heatsink and install kit, this is even with "special" pricing discounts applied. $844.99 vs $424.99 I cant justify the markup. Am I missing something? Are they including some other special dell only parts I need to install this? If I buy the CPU on my own is there any special parts I may need to install it? Anyone here who has added second CPU's on their own to their 1950 III's kindly let me know. Thanks in advance. -- pjf _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
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