HPE Gen10 Plus MicroServer CPU Tier

On my video on HPE Gen 10 plus upgrade I mention on the 3 Tiers (Red, Yellow and Green) CPU see this video on between the Timestamp: 12:25 to 14:45.

The question is What is the Red, Yellow and Green Tier?
As I explained on the video briefly, the Red is overclock, Yellow is the performance and the Green is the safe. These are based of the TDP (Thermal Design Power).

Why did call it by the traffic lights?

The answer is simple: Prior to my upgrade of the CPU, I looked at the information from the Homeserver Show website on the section - CPU Page.

When I was looking for a CPU upgrade page to see which CPU I can use for my HPE Gen10 MicroServer Plus. As you know me, I like to buy and upgrade the maximum CPU for my PC or Server as possible.

However when it comes to the MicroServer high CPU uses a lot of power consumption so I like to keep it safe and have it balance so this will not cause any overheat between the CPU and the heatsink.

Now, here is the screenshot from the website and look carefully:

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If you look at the chart carefully you see the maximum CPU capacity for HPE gen10+ is Xeon E-2288G which is 8 cores/16 Threads, however because of the maximum level this uses 95w TDP (Thermal Design Power) which is Red and overclock and because of this is not under 130w and not recommended CPU, this is under the Red Tier because of huge consumption. On my video i chose Xeon E-2236 because even it is on the Yellow Tier (Orange) as it is consuming 80w TDP, it is running Power under 130w and it is recommended. I could of go for E-2246 which is 200MHz higher but I could not find one at the time which is safe to use.

Now what is the point of the CPU Traffic light Tier?

If you understand about TDP (Thermal Design Power), basically means unlike the PC when you can buy a better heatsink fan with high TDP watts, the MicroServer has its own stock CPU coolers with wattage limitations meaning when using higher CPU this will overheat the CPU because of the stock cooler.

After you read this, when you buy the higher CPU and do overclocking - Remember! Please do this at your own risk.

HPE Proliant MicroServer Gen10 Plus - Tour & Upgrade

I Many months ago I saw a new MicroServer called Gen10 plus which I find this interesting because this Server better than the original Generation 10.

The Plus Version is wider and smaller than the original.

I am very happy that they bring back the Intel because even AMD Soldiered down CPU did some benefits with the performance, however I prefer upgrading the CPU than soldiered down because you never know if you wanted a more speed and performance, so reinstating Intel CPU upgrade is a better choice Hands-Down!

I am also happy and that they bring back iLO as an option because on the original Gen10 MicroServer, they remove the iLO because the MicroServer are for Small Business which makes sense on why the do not need iLO.

Since HPE change the policy on removing at the time a lot of Server Technicians and Engineers were upset of HP's decision so they bring it back as an option for the Plus version.

The iLO 5 is sold separately which is now introduce as the iLO Enablement Kit (Part #P13788-B21) that way he Engineers can do remote work once again.

The Server has 4 LANs and 2 Graphics port, 1 VGA and DisplayPort.

As for the memory, it is still 32GB of RAM which as more MHz than the previous one.

Also rumour that it can go up to 64GB RAM.

I mention about the Green, Yellow and Red Tier on the CPU which is based on TDP and people who like to overclock CPU which uses higher power consumption (up to Xeon E-2288G) which is you will see on my next post.

I decide to have Xeon E-2236 because I wanted to have 6 Cores instead of 4 cores.

When I purchase the Server, I decide to buy the Entry level version (Intel i3 and 8GB RAM) because I can save some money and I am going to upgrade it anyway for a better one.

Enjoy my Tour and upgrade video.