[SOLVED] Choosing between i5 and Xeon...

[ghostliner]

Hello all. I have a bit of a dilemma I am hoping you can help with. I am looking to run a server which has the following:

Nextcloud server
ARK Server (4 people)
CCTV Server (3 cameras)
Potentially Teamspeaker server (4 people)

I really like the look of the T40 Dell with the Xeon 2224G however for around the same price I can build a i5 11400 based system which has much more cores.

My question is... what's more important here - the core and thread count or the cache on the Xeon? The i5 has 6 cores/ 12 threads where as the Xeon is only 4 cores / 4 threads.

Other thing to note with the Xeon is the VPro features although I wont be using ECC RAM.

Thanks in advance,
Ghostliner

 

[siaan312]

i5.
You don't really need ECC for any of those applications, and aside from ECC the Xeon is really just an older i3.

 

[ghostliner]

i5.
You don't really need ECC for any of those applications, and aside from ECC the Xeon is really just an older i3.

Thanks for the quick reply. i5 it shall be

 

[kanewolf]

Thanks for the quick reply. i5 it shall be

Or buy a used Xeon based server or workstation and get ECC RAM, IPMI and SAS support.

 

[ghostliner]

Or buy a used Xeon based server or workstation and get ECC RAM, IPMI and SAS support.

Problem with used enterprise equipment is the repair costs, the noise and the energy costs. This is just going in my spare room lol.

 

[kanewolf]

Problem with used enterprise equipment is the repair costs, the noise and the energy costs. This is just going in my spare room lol.

The noise can be mitigated by buying a workstation rather than a 2U pizza box.