I5 12600k v i5 12600

[Sally-san]

I am looking to upgrade my server from an ancient 2nd gen i5.

 

I'm looking at a midrange 6 core desktop CPU with quick sync. I've narrowed is down to the 12600 or 12600k. The primary difference being that the 12600k has e core.

 

Now my question is:

1. Can linux and specifically Unraid take advantage of e cores

2. I know e cores help alot with heavily mutitheaded productivity tasks like video encoding etc. But do e cores help with multi-tasking. My server runs plex, sonarr, radarr, overseerr, syncthing, a reverse proxy and when I get my upgrade also a php webserver for development. 

[Ryanb711]

I am in a very similar situation so keen to see what the experts think. The only other consideration I had as well was idle power, I'm assuming more cores = more power even at idle, but that is just a guess from my side

[Vetteman]

Do either of these CPUs support ECC memory? Or is it only the 13 gen consumer CPUs and Xeons that support ECC?

 

 

[ChatNoir]

54 minutes ago, Vetteman said:

Do either of these CPUs support ECC memory? Or is it only the 13 gen consumer CPUs and Xeons that support ECC?

Looks like they are, but the foot note would require more investigation.

 

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134589/intel-core-i512600k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-4-90-ghz.html

[Yankton]

Those CPUs support ECC but ONLY if in a motherboard with a W680 chipset.

[Vetteman]

I think presently there are only server boards from Supermicro and Asus with the W680 chipset.