 FreddyPremium
join:2005-05-17
Arlington, VA
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Re: Xeon Processor for Home Use? deblin,
I just finished building a mini-ITX system for a friend with the following components:
200 watt power supply
Motherboard, IBase MI-935
Lite-On CD/DVD Burner (6.7")
Radeon 4350 PCIe Graphics Card
Mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 SDRAM
Silverstone NT07-775 Cooler
Intel 4-Core Processor (Q9400s, 775 Core2 Quad)
Windows 7 Home Premium, 32 bit OEM
Crucial 128 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD)
3.5" Bay Bracket for above 2.5" Drive
PCIe Riser Card (for Graphics Card)
It all works great. Fast and stable. You can do a lot with a 200 W mini-ITX form factor. Nice and small for the desktop. I like these size computers.
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 pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
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El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | No offense, but that is a recipe for disaster. Just because it hasn't crashed or rebooted yet doesn't mean it will continue to "work great".
Those components combined are certainly going to come close to 200W at full usage, and you're not even going to get 100% efficiency from a 200 W supply.
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FreddyPremium
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Arlington, VA | deblin,
Well, the processor and the other hardware devices are likely never running at peak power load. So, most of the unused devices are either in a low power state or maybe even shut off.
In addition, these modern systems offer power settings (like speed step technology) where power usage is applied as needed. I doubt that the system I built, above, will be a problem in this regard.
I think the power supply I used is 75% efficient. I chose the components with careful thought given to power usage. I don't think the components come close to using 200 watts.
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pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
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El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | said by Freddy:deblin, Well, the processor and the other hardware devices are likely never running at peak power load. So, most of the unused devices are either in a low power state or maybe even shut off. In addition, these modern systems offer power settings (like speed step technology) where power usage is applied as needed. I doubt that the system I built, above, will be a problem in this regard. I think the power supply I used is 75% efficient. I chose the components with careful thought given to power usage. I don't think the components come close to using 200 watts. Freddy So you expect the GPU, CPU and other components not to run at 100% when you're playing a game? Seriously? Speed step/etc are fine and dandy to keep power consumption at a minimum at idle, but if you're playing a game, chances are the CPU, GPU, northbridge (and other on-board components), SSD and/or possibly the optical drive are all using near their peak power or at least the possibility exists they would all be using near-peak simultaneously.
The fact that you're running all those devices on a nominal 150W of power is a miracle.
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FreddyPremium
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Arlington, VA | deblin,
OK, so you think using a Xeon processor for general home use is nothing to worry about.
Can I conclude that the Xeon is designed to work best in a busy server environment, but that it can also be used for general home use, so long as the motherboard supports it?
I'm asking because I know nothing about Xeon. My above mini-ITX is fine. It's just a fact, though it's actually off topic.
Anyone have any additional comments, or special considerations I should be aware of, about using a Xeon processor for general home use?
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pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
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El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 | Yes, ignoring the power situation in your case, as long as the motherboard supports it, a Xeon should work fine.
It used to be, Xeons were only supported on high end server boards that required FB-DIMMs, etc. But I think there are LGA775 (and likely LGA1366) Xeons that will work in consumer grade motherboards, as long as said motherboards support them.
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