This is really a follow up to my earlier thread here. The short of it is I had some old hardware laying around that I wanted to make use of, and I was struck by how cheap older server hardware has become. (Or maybe has been for a while and I just never knew.) My plan is to put together a low-end TrueNAS box. Just file storage, no transcoding, containers or other fancy stuff.
I managed to snag some decent deals on a Supermicro X10SLM-F and RAM to match, and now I just need to pick up a CPU. I've been looking at what's available, and (on the low end) it seems I could pick up a Xeon E3 1220, 1225 or 1226 v3 all for about the same $40. Given my build target, which would you guys suggest would be an appropriate choice?
As far as I can tell, there's only a 200 Mhz difference at most between them, and I don't think I need all that much power to begin with. The 1225 and 1226 have built in graphics, but as I understand it the motherboard I purchased has IPMI and wouldn't make use of those integrated graphics. The 1220 shaves 4W off the TDP, but would I really notice any difference in the real world? Especially since I wouldn't be pushing it.
There's also the option of a 1231, but with just a tiny bump up in clock speed, I can't see it matters for me.
The only thing I can think of is the 1226 and 1231 were released a year later than the others, and if there were any process refinements in that time those two processors might benefit from it. Admittedly, it's another thing that might be so slight as to not make a difference for me.
I managed to snag some decent deals on a Supermicro X10SLM-F and RAM to match, and now I just need to pick up a CPU. I've been looking at what's available, and (on the low end) it seems I could pick up a Xeon E3 1220, 1225 or 1226 v3 all for about the same $40. Given my build target, which would you guys suggest would be an appropriate choice?
As far as I can tell, there's only a 200 Mhz difference at most between them, and I don't think I need all that much power to begin with. The 1225 and 1226 have built in graphics, but as I understand it the motherboard I purchased has IPMI and wouldn't make use of those integrated graphics. The 1220 shaves 4W off the TDP, but would I really notice any difference in the real world? Especially since I wouldn't be pushing it.
There's also the option of a 1231, but with just a tiny bump up in clock speed, I can't see it matters for me.
The only thing I can think of is the 1226 and 1231 were released a year later than the others, and if there were any process refinements in that time those two processors might benefit from it. Admittedly, it's another thing that might be so slight as to not make a difference for me.