I used a xeon workstation for a while. It was okay. I decided to go back to consumer parts. It's big and heavy, so no it can't go on my desk but under it. Com

I used a xeon workstation for a while. It was okay. I decided to go back to consumer parts. It's big and heavy, so no it can't go on my desk but under it. Complicates moving my desk uo and down to stand. It's loud, like real loud. I started it be concerned over what it was doing to my hearing 8 hours a day. Replacement parts take a while to arrive cause they're all via random ebay sellers. And there's some weird compatibility issues now and then. FreeBSD refuses to boot on the machine, no idea why, kernel just hangs during boot. A few Linux distros do include the driver for the SAS controllers by default, so I had to build and manage my own kernel across upgrades. Overall it was a cool experience but I'm more comfortable back on consumer parts. I built a quiet workstation, I can replace any part quickly from Amazon or by going to the local computer store. My machine is smaller, lighter quieter, easier to maintain and has better software compatibility