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If I disable 1 socket what would the idle power draw average around?

Have not thought about it from that angle before. Those most likely consume 3-6 watts while running? So with at my kwh cost around 5 bucks a year per drive at 24x7 usage. It's a tough pill to swallow upgrade wise because I don't really need more space yet. (quickly getting their). I also feel...

Did not realize that. So there is no/not a noticeable difference in the power a L vs non L would consume while idle, just when usage is at max. But even then the non L will finish the job quicker and return to idle. So it's a wash. So the real point is what nk215 mentions with heat/noise while...

Not to much - .9-12 cents per kwh depending on season.

Should I shoot for a low watt haswell i7/E3(w /HT) or should I just try and find the cheepest i7/e3 I can find. $220 E3-1245v3 84W $275 E3-1265Lv3 45W $230 i7-4770S 65W Or will the power costs be significantly higher if I buy an E5 setup?

I can just throw the E3 CPU in my current build - here is the my current motherboards CPU compatibility chart. ASRock > Z97 Extreme6 I will add the the biggest downside of my current Motherboard is lack of ECC Ram and IPMI. I am seriously considering the single E5-2670. Only concern is the...

Currently running server 2016 w/ storage spaces and hyper-v and plex. Mainly using plex right now but planning on adding several other VM's in hyper-v. pfsense or security onion and hosting some family photo sites/owncloud/gns3/ect. Right now I feel like I should just upgrade the processor to...