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Older i5 work OK?

Svetgar
I have an older Lynnfield i5-750 that isn't being used. I was thinking that I would get a mobo and use it for the Sophos box. 

I know it's older tech, but it should be alright, yes? I've been reading about how some of the processes like higher clock speeds. Would I be better served getting something with more MHZ, like a Pentium Anniversary edition and OCing it to 4.0 MHZ?


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    Hi,

    Should work great. No point in overclocking unless your internet connection is well into the hundreds of mbps.

    Be sure to use Intel or Broadcom NICs for best performance and reliability.

    The problem with the IPS isn't just clock speeds, it's that SpeedStep/cpuspeed throttles the CPU too much when only 1 process is busy.
    However, this may be less of a problem in current UTM versions as they have a newer Linux kernel which replaces cpuspeed.

    What speed is your connection?

    The other question is whether the Lynnfield is going to be power-efficient enough for you; I don't know what the idle power would look like but it's fairly easy to get 
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    Hi,

    Should work great. No point in overclocking unless your internet connection is well into the hundreds of mbps.

    Be sure to use Intel or Broadcom NICs for best performance and reliability.

    The problem with the IPS isn't just clock speeds, it's that SpeedStep/cpuspeed throttles the CPU too much when only 1 process is busy.
    However, this may be less of a problem in current UTM versions as they have a newer Linux kernel which replaces cpuspeed.

    What speed is your connection?

    The other question is whether the Lynnfield is going to be power-efficient enough for you; I don't know what the idle power would look like but it's fairly easy to get 
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