Sally-san Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 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. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ryanb711 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment
Vetteman Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Do either of these CPUs support ECC memory? Or is it only the 13 gen consumer CPUs and Xeons that support ECC? Quote Link to comment
ChatNoir Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment
Yankton Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Those CPUs support ECC but ONLY if in a motherboard with a W680 chipset. Quote Link to comment
Vetteman Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I think presently there are only server boards from Supermicro and Asus with the W680 chipset. Quote Link to comment
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