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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.

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Supermicro X8SIL-F Motherboard Review

Posted on 20 May 2010. Tags: business storage, DDR3, dual nic, enormous benefit, eon zfs storage, expansion card, expansion slots, file server, flash drive, freenas, home server, home servers, htpc, intel xeon, internal usb header, motherboard, nics, Norco, openfiler, overclocking board, realtek nic, Review, server test, server v2, small business servers, storage drive, storage servers, Supermicro, Supermicro x8sil-f, test configuration, unraid, usb thumb drive, vail, virtual machine, WHS, Windows Home Server, windows home server v2 vail, x8sil-f, X8SIL-F v1.02

The Supermicro X8SIL-F motherboard is an excellent board for home and small business servers. When building a file server built upon Windows Home Server (V1 or V2 Vail) or another open source NAS project such as FreeNAS, Openfiler, EON ZFS storage, the Supermicro has a feature set that differentiates itself from both AMD and Intel based consumer-level motherboards. Compatibility with those operating systems and virtualization platforms such as Microsoft’s Hyper-V make the X8SIL-F a strong contender for a DIY storage or virtual machine server.

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Supermicro X8SIL-F v1.01 versus v1.02 differences

Posted on 14 May 2010. Tags: capacitors, Core i3, Core i5, expandability, home servers, hyperthreading, Intel, intel pentium, intel xeon, matx motherboard, network attached storage, pcb rev, physical differences, power combination, power consumption, processors, rev 1.01, rev 1.02, rma, Supermicro, supermicro motherboard, Supermicro x8sil-f, v1.01, v1.02, virtual machine, virtual machines, x8sil-f, X8SIL-F v1.02, xeon cpu

The Supermicro X8SIL-F mATX motherboard is becoming a favorite for home servers, especially those built upon Core i3′s and Core i5′s because it provides lots of expandability in a small form factor, and has IPMI 2.0. The Supermicro X8SIL-F’s supported processors can easily handle a network attached storage (NAS) virtual machine as well as additional virtual machines for other purposes. As I eluded to in my previous post, the major difference between the revision v1.01 and v1.02 boards, at least as far as I have seen, is the support for the Intel Core i3 and i5 CPU’s as well as the Intel Pentium G6950 in the v1.02 X8SIL-F versus support only for Intel CPU’s in v1.01. With the virtualization support and hyperthreading in the Intel Core i3 and i5′s as well as the low power consumption of Intel’s 32nm process, it is a great, low cost and low power combination.

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