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Can a gaming chair replace all the others for a child? Using the example of Cooler Master Caliber R1

Gaming chairs look so cool that parents have no choice but to fork out or find a scientific excuse why, instead of a beautiful chair with a logo, the child should, like grandparents, sit on a wooden chair. So we'll try to figure out if it's possible to use a gaming chair all the time: for lessons, music lessons, to eat on it and just fool around, riding and spinning. I somehow never thought about the fact that in the world of furniture, too, progress does not stand still, and today major ...
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Review of the 4-CPU Lenovo SR860 V2 server based on Intel Xeon Cooper Lake

A very interesting server with a price of $ 1M, created for SAP HANA and applications with high RAM consumption. Here, the processors are located one above the other, there are 3 TB of memory, 4 power supplies, monitoring with predictive analysis of breakdowns and 48 storage slots. Today we are testing a very special server from the family of vertically scalable x86 systems. The Lenovo SR860V2 quad-processor is designed to handle mission-critical workloads such as transactional and resident ...
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Threadripper vs. EPYC: testing three AMD 32-core processors in server applications

32 cores is where you can still get by with a 1 VMware socket license, and therefore the processor must be the fastest in the world! We will test 6 server applications, including 1C Enterprise, MySQL and NGINX, to choose the best! After the recent decision by VMware to change the licensing policy of Its ESXi hypervisor by accepting a limit of 32 physical cores per 1 processor socket, the 32-core milestone has become the front line where AMD reigns Supreme, and if today you choose a 32-core ...
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What factors should be used to choose the server processor?

Why when choosing a processor, do not pay attention to the price per core or the price per Watt, but rather use the cost of a Megahertz with HT disabled and using Turbo Boost? Here's how it used to be good: for servers, there was a single Pentium Pro processor, which you didn't need to choose. With the advent of multi-core processors, it became clear that the more computing blocks, the better, but only until marketers stepped in and pided one CPU into ten sockets with ten cache options and ...
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Review of ASRock Rack E3C242D4U2-2T motherboard for budget office server

Practically, when you need a solution for a host running a security gateway, a 1C server and a Kubernetes node, you can even give up ECC memory in favor of Core i5, Core i3 and even Pentium Gold. In general, where a high frequency is needed in single-threaded loads, it is often not enough unless a normal motherboard We love powerful 48-core processors, but not every customer is willing to pay for such capacity: even among modern companies with hybrid infrastructure (local + remote cloud), ...
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Review of ASRock Rack EP2C621D12 WS motherboard for double Xeon LGA3647 processors

Want to connect more than three GPUs with PCI-Express 16x interface? Opt for a dual-processor motherboard and go for even the simplest 6-core Xeon Bronze 3104, you have 96 PCI-E lanes. In this review, we are looking at just a budget board for Multi-GPU servers and workstations. Intel is actively promoting its LGA-3647 platform not only for the server market, but also for top-end computers designed for enthusiasts, as well as for workstations optimized for complex parallel computing. ...
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Intel Xeon D-1600 processor family

Intel has updated the Broadwell-DE series of embedded processors for Edge applications. First of all, the frequency of each of the cores has increased, support for 4 10GBe network controllers has appeared and the performance of QAT technology has increased. We first got acquainted with the Broadwell-DE series processors in 2015. Now, four years after the initial release of this series of SoCs, Intel is releasing the 1600 Xeon D processor line, and in this article, we will discuss what's new ...
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Review of Cooler Master Wraith Ripper for workstations on Threadripper. Comparison with LSS on a 250 Watt CPU!

If you are looking for a powerful workstation based on a 32-core AMD processor, then the issue of cooling should be especially important for you. In this review, using the Threadripper gaming processor cooler as an example, we'll talk about what can cool the ardor of 250-watt monsters AMD Threadripper and EPYC processors for the SP3 socket differ from other CPUs in their huge size, and therefore require the cooler to cover the entire surface of the processor, evenly removing heat from all ...
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Why Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 did not go to the masses

To date, no major vendor has announced support for Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors. In this article, we'll talk about why. To date, no major vendor such as Dell EMC, HPE, Inspur, Lenovo, QCT, Huawei or Supermicro has announced support for Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors. Other vendors such as Wiwynn, Gigabyte, and Tyan also say they have no plans to support the Platinum 9200 series. HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) will support the Platinum 9200 when it closes the Cray acquisition, ...
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Review of Wexler GPR109 server platform, 2-way 1U machine with PCI Express Gold-Fingers technology

Unique Intel-based 1U server platform that implements new expansion technologies. The motherboard installed in it allows you to divide the existing 32 PCI Express Gen2 lanes in various combinations, and a large selection of risers will make it possible to use cards with PCI-X, PCI-32 and PCI-64 interfaces. RTX technology allows you to use the entire height of the server chassis, and in fact, install any expansion cards of any size - at least two-slot GP-GPU cards. These servers are built ...