Thecus N7700 Hardware
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Default Hardware
CPU
- Intel Celeron M 440 (LF80538 SL9KW)
- Number of cores: 1
- Frequency: 1867 MHz
- Bus speed: 533 Mhz
- Clock multiplier: 14
- L2 Cache: 1024 KB
- Thermal Design Power: 27 Watt
- Type: 478-pin Micro-FCPGA
- Over-Clocking: NOT POSSIBLE
PCI
- 2 x Intel 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
- 2 x Marvell 88SE6440 SAS/SATA host controller (4 lanes)
- Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (ICH7 Family) for USB, SMBus, SATA (used) and IDE (Firmware Flash Disk)
Other
- 128MB ATA Flash Disk for the Firmware
- 2 x DDR2 DIMM socket (2 x 1024 MB - 667 Mhz DDR2)
- 7 x SATA Hot-Swap 3.5" hard drive bays
- eSATA port on the back
- 4 USB ports (2/2 front/back)
- Serial/UPS port on the back
- 2 x GigE ports on the back
- PCI-express slot (empty)
Compatibility list
CPUs
Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T7600
- Number of cores: 2
- Frequency: 2333 MHz
- Bus speed: 667 Mhz
- Clock multiplier: 14
- L2 Cache: 4096 KB
- Thermal Design Power: 34 Watt
- Type: 478-pin Micro-FCPGA
- Over-Clocking: NOT POSSIBLE (T7600G can be overclocked)
Due to the nature of having simply 2 cores able to work with more L2 cache, and a higher bus speed the N7700 speeds up quite significantly.
RAM
It seems that the motherboard can only handle 3 GB RAM (BIOS limit??), so upgrading to 4 GB RAM with 2 x 2 GB wastes 1 GB. The bus speed depends on the CPU the 'original' Celeron CPU has a 533 MHz memory bus. The original RAM (at least in my box) is a 667 Mhz DDR2, so RAM with higher Mhz speed is a waste of money unless their latency timing is better.
- Kingston KHX6400D2LL/2G DDR2-800 2GB, CL4 4-4-4-12 (faster timing) - WORKS
Hard drives
Alphabetical list of compatible hard drives. Please include the unique/exact model id.
- WD RE4-GP 2 TB SATA Hard Drive (WD2002FYPS) - DOES NOT WORK!!
- Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS 2TB 32MB Cache SATA - DOES NOT WORK!!