This might be a silly question to some but i just want to be sure. I have become a bit more power-conscience and am thinking of optimizing where i can on existing hardware to push it down a bit. I have 2 servers with Xeon X3430 CPU's and 1 server with a Xeon L3426 CPU. My understanding is that the L3426 consumes 45W where the X3430 95W so i am thinking of replacing the 2 other X3430's with L3426's. What is unclear to me, is if i can just go about with shutting down the server, open it up, replace the CPU and boot it up again, or if i need to do an entire reinstall? From what i understand, both are from the exact same family.
Any insights or thoughts?
Any insights or thoughts?