Intel Xeon 1.8Ghz (Prestonia) Disassembled

Since these CPU's have been obsolete for quite some time now I don't feel bad about sending one to its grave a tad faster. This one in particular was already damaged so I would not consider using it again anyway...

Here is the specimen. As you can see one of the resistors broke off from the bottom of the PCB. After baking in the oven for about 12 min. and a gentle love tap, this is what you get:

Now I was curious how the top portion compared to a regular S478 Pentium 4, so I put the Xeon top next to a 2.6Ghz (Northwood, 800fsb) P4. This is how they match up:

So there you have it. The Xeon tops are close but are actually more like a mobile S479 from the bottom. So this is completely useless in the present day, but if anyone ever wondered about this about a decade ago, there you have it!