I have two 2950s. One I believe is 2nd generation cuz it has a little Roman Numeral "II" on the front, and the other I believe is a 1st generation for it does not have any number at all. They have different CPU configurations and I was wondering which might be better.
(I) The 1st generations has two Dual Core 3 Ghz CPUs running on a bus speed of 667 Mhz.
(II) The 2nd generation has a single Quad Core 2.33 Ghz CPU running on a bus speed of 1333 Mhz.
So from a chassis perspective obviously the model II has a faster Bus yet the Model I appears to have faster CPUs.
I realize that from a core perspective they both have four cores yet curious if the 2 dual core CPU setup running at 3 ghz has any advantages to the single Quad core CPU running at 2.33 Ghz?
Would I gain anything by taking the 2 Dual Core CPUs out of the Gen I chassis and replacing the single Quad core CPU that came with the Gen II chassis?
If I was just looking at CPU speeds alone it would seem that replacing the newer Quad Core 2.33 Ghz with the pair of older Dual core 3 Ghz CPUs would make the system run faster.
Am I missing anything? Are the CPUs from these two different generation 2950s compatible? Would it make sense to make this swap?
Thx!
Brig