I got a nice deal on a Xeon processor. It's the lowest power one compatible with my motherboard, that had the built in graphics: E3-1260L
45 watts is still a lot though, for a personal file server. I bought it partly in hopes I could chop this in half, at least, by tuning some variables or something? I tried:
To chop over 1 Ghz off. Didn't notice any change, the Kill-A-Watt still says about 45W. What's the best way to do this, do I need to disable some cores? Is what I'm trying to accomplish possible, or even recommended? Should I just get one of those Atom boards that support ECC?
45 watts is still a lot though, for a personal file server. I bought it partly in hopes I could chop this in half, at least, by tuning some variables or something? I tried:
Code:
sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq
To chop over 1 Ghz off. Didn't notice any change, the Kill-A-Watt still says about 45W. What's the best way to do this, do I need to disable some cores? Is what I'm trying to accomplish possible, or even recommended? Should I just get one of those Atom boards that support ECC?