rewgs
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- Jan 6, 2023
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I'm having a lot of trouble finding a CPU that fits into the following "sweet spot":
-supports ECC RAM
-decent performance (4 - 12 cores, 2 - 3 GHz base speed)
-low TDP (under 80-ish W idle)
-fits a motherboard that is some flavor of ATX or Mini-ITX -- I want to use a Fractal Define case for the quietest build possible, and thus can't deal with proprietary motherboard shapes (though, SSI EEB will technically work with the Define 7 XL).
-Not soldered to the board, as I want a very quiet CPU cooler (specifically Noctua or BeQuiet). For example, every single Xeon that fits the above points is soldered to a motherboard (usually Supermicro) and comes with a crappy, loud heatsink.
I won't be doing anything fancy with this NAS, just file storage/ZFS. Though, I will be streaming sample libraries via 10GbE LAN, so something crazy low power won't work, as I do need some level of performance.
Any suggestions? I can only ever find CPUs that fit some but not all of these requirements.
-supports ECC RAM
-decent performance (4 - 12 cores, 2 - 3 GHz base speed)
-low TDP (under 80-ish W idle)
-fits a motherboard that is some flavor of ATX or Mini-ITX -- I want to use a Fractal Define case for the quietest build possible, and thus can't deal with proprietary motherboard shapes (though, SSI EEB will technically work with the Define 7 XL).
-Not soldered to the board, as I want a very quiet CPU cooler (specifically Noctua or BeQuiet). For example, every single Xeon that fits the above points is soldered to a motherboard (usually Supermicro) and comes with a crappy, loud heatsink.
I won't be doing anything fancy with this NAS, just file storage/ZFS. Though, I will be streaming sample libraries via 10GbE LAN, so something crazy low power won't work, as I do need some level of performance.
Any suggestions? I can only ever find CPUs that fit some but not all of these requirements.