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Or a cheap Zen 3/4 with ECC compatible motherboard.

• wtallis 3y ago
  For a home server, idle power consumption is probably more important than efficiency under load. Ryzen desktop processors are certainly better than most server platforms, but their chiplet-based design is quite bad for idle power. AMD has sold laptop SoCs packaged for their desktop sockets, but I don't think those come with ECC capability enabled.
  • smoldesu 3y ago
    Comparing the mobile 7840U[0] to the M2 Mac Mini[1] suggests it's kinda a wash. Both idle around 6-7w, and under load they both max out around 50w. There are definitely less efficient chips you could bring into the comparison fold, but the M2 is a mobile chipset. You need another mobile chip if you want to draw more interesting power consumption comparisons. [0] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Ryzen-7-7840U-review-So-much-better-than-the-Intel-version.756613.0.html#toc-6 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Ryzen-7-... [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897
    • wtallis 3y ago
      I think you lost the plot. Bringing up AMD's low-end mobile processors in a discussion of whether their desktop processors are well-suited for a home server with ECC is pretty far off topic.