Installed Xeon E3- 1. V2 in Gen. 8 HP Microserver. Thanks to a homeservershow forum member keeping track of prices I ordered the HP Gen. Microserver 1. 61. T … of course, nobody wants to run VMWare on a Celeron so obviously the first thing to try is installing a Xeon processor. Update, this post is about 3- years old but HP hasn’t updated their Microserver to support a newer generation of processors since then, I’ve moved to a Supermicro Mini Tower with a X1. SDV Motherboard. Installing the Xeon E3- 1. V2 in the Microserver. The HP Microserver’s CPU is passively cooled and the heatsink is rated for a max TDP of 3. W, and there’s no port on the motherboard that I could find for an extra CPU fan. The obvious option is the Xeon E3- 1. L V2 at 1. 7W but it’s expensive and hard to find, and only has 2 cores. I already have a Xeon E3- 1. V2 (6. 9W), and for most people this is a better option because it’s readily available and affordable (currently $2. Installed Xeon E3-1230V2 in a Gen8 HP Microserver. All four cores enabled, so far it works fine.Amazon). I figure worse case I could disable two of the four cores to bring it down to 3. W. I’ve never used my own thermal paste so I’m not sure if that’s the right amount, but that’s how much I did. First Boot…Hey, it worked! I thought it wise to at least go into the BIOS and disable 3. GHz Turbo, so the max we’ll hit is 3. GHz. VMWare ESXi booted just fine (I used the version provided by HP). Now I’ve got hyper- threading and VT- d (Direct Path I/O) on a Gen. Microserver! And the temperature is doing just fine…CPU Load Test. VM. All four cores clocking in at 3. GHz. You can see the temperatures bumped up but still within specifications. Fan was still running at 5. Latest trending topics being covered on ZDNet including Reviews, Tech Industry, Security, Hardware, Apple, and Windows.
Temperature inside my house is currently 8. F so if it can survive a full load in this heat I’m not concerned about it running into problems. Compatible Processors(added July 2. Here’s a list of processors I think would be good candidates. I’ve excluded the Core i. ECC. The stock processor is no different than the i.I don’t think it’s worth the money to upgrade to an i.The main reasons to upgrade to a Xeon is the AES instruction set, VT- d, or more cores and a faster clock speed.I think the best value currently is the Xeon E3- 1. V2. Processor. GHz. TDPCor. HTECCVT- x. VT- d. AESWorks. Xeon E3- 1. W4. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Should. Xeon E3- 1. 22. 0L v. W2. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Should. Xeon E3- 1. 23. 0 v. W4. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Verified. Xeon E3- 1. 26. 5 v. W4. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Should*Core i. T3. 35 W2. Yes. No. Yes. No. No. Should. Core i. 3- 3. 22. T2. 8. 35 W2. Yes. No. Yes. No. No. Should. Celeron G1. 61. 0T2. W2. No. Yes. Yes. No. No. Yes. Pentium G2. T2. 5. 35 W2. No. Yes. Yes. No. No. Yes*Processors ending in a 5 have integrated HD graphics, I’m not sure if this will cause problems.
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