Hi Chris,
On 2013-11-06 12:31, Chris Bagnall wrote:
On 6/11/13 7:11 am, Thinker Rix wrote:
Unfortunately the motherboards I plan to buy supports only the
above-mentioned CPUs.
- Pentium
- 4th generation core i3
- Xeon E3-1200 v3
If your board supports a Core i3, it is *very* unlikely that it won't
also support the i5 of the same generation (i.e. socket 1155,
Sandy/Ivy Bridge cores) - given that i3 -> i5 -> i7 is an easy
performance differentiator for system integrators, who will likely be
using the same board across their range.
The motherboard manufacturer (SuperMicro) lists with the boards that
interest me (UP Xeon Servers with Intel C204 chipset for the 1155 socket
and C222 chipset for the 1150 socket) the following CPUs as compatible:
1. For the Socket 1155 UP Xeon boards:
Celeron
Pentium
2nd gen Core i3
3rd gen Core i3
Xeon E3-1200
Xeon E3-1200 v2
2. For the Socket 1150 UP Xeon boards:
Pentium
4th gen. Core i3
Xeon E3-1200 v3
I called Supermicro today and asked about the i5 and why it should not
be compatible. What they told me is that it is a chipset limitation that
does not allow the Core i5. I don't know much more about it than that
what they told me.
What I would guess is that Intel disabled support for the i5 in this
(server) chipset, so not to cannibalize on their Xeon. But I might be wrong.
Out of interest, any reason you're not looking at the newer Haswell
core chips (i.e. socket 1150) - from what I've read their power
consumption is a fair bit lower than previous Sandy/Ivy Bridge cores?
I am highly interested in socket 1150, but the motherboard manufacturer
lists those boards with C222 chipset to be compatible to FreeBSD as of
9.1, which would be too new for pfSense 2.1, since it runs FreeBSD 8.3.
I would be delighted if anybody proves me wrong in that, since I would
love to go with the new 1150 boards/CPUs, since they are available for
exactly the same amount of money.
Regards
Thinker Rix
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