Jared Smith

Recently rescued a 24-core 2.5 GHz Xeon workstation with 64 GB RAM from retirement. Quadro card comes tomorrow.

What do I do with this thing?

Replace my 8-core Xeon for AWIPS with it
15.4%
Run it as a GIS machine
0%
Use it as an all-purpose server (builds, etc.)
38.5%
Play Counter-Strike
46.2%
Poll ended at .
Jan 11, 2023 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadJared SmithJan 13, 2023
Well, I’m throwing NWS AWIPS on it this weekend to see if the extra cores outweigh the slower clock speed (my current AWIPS box is a single-processor hyper-threaded 3.5 GHz quad core Xeon). Theory is that I should get better performance given CAVE’s reliance on worker threads.
Show threadJared SmithJan 13, 2023
Oh, and the power supply is *only* 685 watts 😂
Show threadAI6YR BenJan 11, 2023
@jaredwsmith 5. Plug it into an outlet in the spare room as a heater 🤪 (nice machine, but I think those have 850W or larger power supplies!)
Show threadstinkoJan 11, 2023
@jaredwsmith slap proxmox on it and:
- play counter strike on one VM
- install home assistant on another VM so you can automate your house so that it's efficient enough to offset the wattage being sucked down by that power supply