Hi,
Currently running dual E5620 chips with a TDP of 80 watt. Since the CPUs are on idle for most of the time, I was wondering if I could swap them out for two L5630 chips with a TDP of 40 watt to save power. I need two because I need all the memory slots to be populated.
Would this have any effect on power consumption? Or does an idle E5620 use the same power as an idle L5630?
I am running a 10Gbps Chelsio card in this server so if this could be a potential bottleneck it wouldn't be interesting.
Thanks for tips!
K.
Currently running dual E5620 chips with a TDP of 80 watt. Since the CPUs are on idle for most of the time, I was wondering if I could swap them out for two L5630 chips with a TDP of 40 watt to save power. I need two because I need all the memory slots to be populated.
Would this have any effect on power consumption? Or does an idle E5620 use the same power as an idle L5630?
I am running a 10Gbps Chelsio card in this server so if this could be a potential bottleneck it wouldn't be interesting.
Thanks for tips!
K.
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