“Low power consumption” in absolute numbers is not quite the same thing as “energy efficiency” for a server. Desktop CPUs are more useful for servers and - depending on the architecture - cheaper per W.
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poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks agoHow? Laptops are especially optimized for low power consumption. if you turn off the screen, that is about as power efficient a server as you can get.
tux0r@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Under high load conditions maybe, but that is very rare in homelabs and especially for people just starting out like the OP.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Desktop and laptop chips are similar, if not identical silicon, and task energy is objectively lower since the same cores run at lower voltages. They idle lower too, especially on AMD’s side where the laptop chips are monolithic.
The only exception I can think of is like an X3D chip with tasks that love the extra cache, or one of Intel’s exotic “E core” server chips.
relativestranger@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
i like my laptop ‘server’. low power chip that never throttles up to its max 15w tdp, runs cool with display off and lid closed, needs no kb and mouse attached, and the battery is just a bonus ups. it sits out of the way on a shelf like a book.