Difference between Active and passive Xeon CPU

[Unicron]

Can someone tell me the difference between these 2 CPUS

XEON 2.8GHz 1Mb 800fsb mpga -Active
XEON 2.8GHz 1Mb 800fsb mpga- passive

I am looking for 2 CPUS for this board....

ASUS NCCH-DL Dual xeon 800fsb motherboard

Is the passive and active just to do with cooling and in what way...

thanks in advance

Unicron

[gshv]

"Active" or "Passive" tells what kind of heatsink or fan/heatsink you will get. There is some info and pictures here:

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/xeon/sb/CS-020150.htm

Gennadiy

[Unicron]

Thanks for the speedy reply + links

I thought this might be the case, but was not sure.

as this is my purchasing for someone else i did not want to mess up..

thanks again