Quote Originally Posted by Noids View Post
Good to know



ummm... so I take it that's a no then

There is NOTHING wrong with gaming on a server processor. I have been doing it for a little over a year. Just do research and make sure you are getting the proper chip. Some of them run at lower cpu speeds and don't have the multipliers to overclock them as high as normal desktop chips. They do this to lower the power the chip requires to run, thus helping them label the chips as 'low power/eco friendly/green'.

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...40_5104.33_mhz 940 i7 normal desktop
http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...40_5667.02_mhz W3540 (server equivalent to the 940)

And, as I have just shown one instance, sometimes the server chips ARE better for overclocking. Just as my E3110 is the exact same thing as an E8400, there are i7 counterparts too (W3520 vs 920, W3540 vs 940, X3460 vs 860, etc) . You can use these just like you could use any normal desktop version. You are going to pay more to get a server chip, but that really is the only difference.

As noted though, make sure you do the research and get the proper chip. Some will run the same clock speed but are designed for multiple cpu configurations and those generally require ECC ram which is once again more expensive and not all normal desktop motherboards support ECC.

With that said. Unless you are doing serious overclocking (dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium) I would stick with the normal desktop chips to save you money. You will not see any difference between the server and the desktop versions of these chips at daily speeds.