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 FreddyPremium
join:2005-05-17
Arlington, VA | reply to asdfdfdfdfdf
Re: Xeon Processor for Home Use? asdfdfdfdfdf,
OK, I see your logic. I only wanted to know what that is. Too often people use vague terms (like too big, not good, etc.) without explaining what they mean by those words.
Thanks to deblin for his explanation, also.
I'll see what I can do. The nice thing about the Internet is that, if something exists, you can find it.
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| Historically, older Xeons had different pinouts, so you had to have a different mobo for it. They were usually very similar to their regular siblings -- the differences were usually minor (i.e. more cache), or irrelevant to most home users (i.e. P4 Xeons could be used in a dual CPU system, regular P4s don't)
As for power, many people tend to overestimate that, and so often people use much bigger PSUs than needed. I bought a ill-A-Watt partly for that reason.
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FreddyPremium
join:2005-05-17
Arlington, VA | aurgathor,
I agree that many people overestimate the amount of power that is needed. My first venture into using mini-ITX occurred several years ago.
At that time, I used a case with a 150 watt power supply. I installed a 2.4 GHz P4, a regular hard drive, an optical CD-RW/DVD ROM, an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card (low profile), a FAX modem, and of course RAM and motherboard, along with mouse and keyboard, not to mention some fans. I even used some USB devices, like a floppy and a Zip drive from time to time.
I never had a problem with that configuration. Played games and what have you. I've been a convert ever since.
I like mini-ITX, but they do have limitations. I'm mindful of that. I keep things within limits.
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