The processor core 2 Duo e4500 (2.2 GHz), which was officially announced yesterday, was already for a while available in sale . As is known, this processor belong to M0 stepping and it has a high multiplier (11x). The processor core 2 Duo e4400 (2.0 GHz) can also exist in M0 stepping , and yesterday's prices reduction made this processor cheaper by $20 . But what are the official periods of core 2 Duo e4400 (2.0 GHz) transfer on M0 stepping?
According to this intel official document . The deliveries of processors core 2 Duo e4400 (2.0 GHz) M0 stepping with the marking SLA98 already began, users will obtain the updated processors from 13 August, 2007. It's possible to distinguish M0 stepping processors by the marking and also according to their exterior view ( right photo ):
As in all processors M0 stepping , the model core 2 Duo e4400 (2.0 GHz) will have the lowered energy consumption level in rest state - from 12 to 8 W. The threshold case temperature was increased from 61,4 to 73,2 degree Celsius. For the correct work with processor core 2 Duo e4400 (2.0 GHz) M0 stepping it is necessary to update the motherboard BIOS .
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