Xeon-D vs ATOM

[maxermaxer]

Dear all, I am running PFsense and Windows on VMs in ESXI 6.5 with Supermicro | Products | Motherboards | Atom Boards | A1SRM-2758F. I have checked with SM Taiwan and they asked me to send the MB to them for RMA. I also recently encountered a potential good deal of Supermicro | Products | Motherboards | Atom Boards | A1SAi-2750F. I was planning to get the latter one to run my PFsense and VM while I send the current board to RMA.

But then I have a second thought. Should I just skip this ATOM boards and then go directly to Xeon-D without worrying about the RMA issue of the board? At this time, which Xeon-D model is the best for PFsense and VM. I am also planning to use this Microserver to play HD movies on my TV through adding a 4K ready graphic card and a DP/HDMI cable.

Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Marsh]

If you ask my opinion on how to spend your money , Xeon-D all the way.

Xeon-D would serve your many years to come. Xeon-D board price range varies greatly though,
from few hundreds to over 1K.

 

[Evan]

Cheaper memory, better single core speeds, 10g ports, more 6g sata ports.
Similar idle power consumption (bit higher at load but also doing more work)
Xeon-D