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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.