What exactly are Xeon CPUs?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
D

dulix11

Distinguished
Sep 5, 2013
80
0
18,640
Aren't they for servers and things like that?

How do the servers work anyway, is it just a simple computer with a Xeon and you run a server from it?

I am a complete noob in this area, please clear me up on this.
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Avro Arrow

Avro Arrow

Splendid
Nov 12, 2009
4,133
1,311
26,090
It's not a simple computer, no. Servers with Xeons generally have 64GB or more RAM on VERY expensive motherboards. They tend to have low core clocks but lots of cores to reduce power consumption. They are X86 CPUs and they can run Windows and all that but you'd get much better consumer-level performance from an Intel i-somethingmeaningless or AMD FX CPU. It's like AMD's old Opteron, the Interlagos. It had literally 12 physical cores but only ran at 2.1GHz so for consumer tasks, it sucked. As a server CPU, it was amazing because it could handle 12 dedicated tasks at once.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
D

dulix11

Distinguished
Sep 5, 2013
80
0
18,640


So what exactly are people running with these chips? Game servers?
And also, these 'Black edition' (3930K / 3970X etc) are they server chips too?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
RobCrezz

RobCrezz

Expert
Ambassador
Mar 14, 2013
19,080
99
75,190


Lots of servers, anything from Hypervisor hosting to databases, web servers, directory servers etc etc.


Some of the lower Xeons are actually i7s in disguise. The Xeon E3-1230 is actually a i7 2700/3770/4770 but cheaper and with the integrated graphics disabled. If you have no interest in overclocking, then that Xeon is actually a very good gaming CPU for the money.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom