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Intel Xeon X3440 for the Windows Home Server Mini-Review

Posted on 01 June 2010. Tags: amd phenom, consumption figures, home server, i3-530, i5 750, Intel, intel pro, intel xeon, intel xeon x3440, maximum power consumption, mechanical disks, n330, Norco, offshoot, openfiler, picopsu, server v1, server v2, Supermicro, Supermicro x8sil-f, vail, virtual machines, x25, x25-v, x4, x8sil-f, xeon cpu

As a follow-on to the Supermicro X8SIL-F review, I had some interest in seeing power consumption figures for the CPU’s involved. I have already discussed the Intel Core i3-530′s low idle power consumption and relatively low maximum power consumption extensively. As I have a habit of doing, I decided to use an Intel Xeon X3340 in the new server for two reasons. First, I wanted to see a performance of the X3440 versus the other CPU’s I have tested for video encoding and transcoding on a Windows Home Server platform. Second, I wanted to have a server running Microsoft Hyper-V Server with Windows Home Server and Ubuntu 10.04 as guest operating systems running in Hyper-V virtual machines. In the end, I found that the Xeon X3440 provides a great feature set, relatively low power consumption, and performance all at a reasonable cost.

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Intel Core i3-530 and Supermicro X8SIL-F Power Consumption (plus Xeon X3440)

Posted on 23 May 2010. Tags: baseboard, BMC, cpu utilization, h55, h57, heatsink fan, intel core i3-530, intel ssd, intel stock, intel xeon, intel xeon x3440, management controller, motherboard review, picopsu, power consumption, real server, server hardware, SSD, Supermicro, Supermicro x8sil-f, wall socket, watt power, webgui, x25, x8sil-f, X8SIL-F v1.02

To update to my review of the Supermicro X8SIL-F, I took some Kill-A-Watt power consumption numbers with the Supermicro X8SIL-F to answer a few questions regarding power consumption with real server hardware compared to consumer-level hardware. Below I am focusing on idle power consumption as with the Intel Core i3-530, Xeon X3440, and other LGA 1156 CPUs the CPU utilization while running a NAS application will be very low. After a bit of testing I found the i3-530 again leading the pack in idle power consumption and the Xeon X3440 turning in very respectable idle power consumption numbers.