Hi all,
I'd like to buy up a 2nd-hand C2000 board (after checking that it's a newer revision that doesn't suffer from "that" notorious bug, of course).
What are the notable differences between the Supermicro A1SRi-2758F and A1SAi-2750F?
Requirements: mini-ITX form factor and silent (or near-silent) operation, preferably fanless. Can I get away without a CPU fan on these CPUs? I would house it in a SFF mini-ITX chassis, with good ambient airflow. A Noctua cooler (either on the chassis or on the CPU is an option if necessary).
I have two use cases in mind:
What do you think? Which is the preferable board generally? Thanks!!
ullbeking
I'd like to buy up a 2nd-hand C2000 board (after checking that it's a newer revision that doesn't suffer from "that" notorious bug, of course).
What are the notable differences between the Supermicro A1SRi-2758F and A1SAi-2750F?
Requirements: mini-ITX form factor and silent (or near-silent) operation, preferably fanless. Can I get away without a CPU fan on these CPUs? I would house it in a SFF mini-ITX chassis, with good ambient airflow. A Noctua cooler (either on the chassis or on the CPU is an option if necessary).
I have two use cases in mind:
- Internet-facing firewall and router. pfSense is a likely candidate.
- Lightweight virtualization host. I don't want to load it heavily, but rather, to experiment with different hypervisors, VM configurations, application use cases, etc.
What do you think? Which is the preferable board generally? Thanks!!
ullbeking