Windows 10 - Increase Physical CPU Limitation?

[Markfothebeast]

From what I was able to gather, Windows 10 Pro has a limitation of two physical main processors. Is there a way to increase this number to four?

I am only seeing "2 Processors" listed under "System" but all 24 cores appear in the Device Manager. I haven't spent much time with this machine running Windows 10.

 

[asendra]

Wait for the newly announced rumoured windows 10 enthusiast edition.

Edit: https://arstechnica.com/information...return-with-new-high-end-desktop-windows-sku/

 

[rvborgh]

i've never found any... otherwise i'd probably be running Win 10 on my Quad Opteron. 61xx (currently running Windows 2008R2).

 

[jpiniero]

You do realize that an single 1800X is going to be faster than that quad X7460? Just think of all the energy you are wasting...

 

[Ratman6161]

From what I was able to gather, Windows 10 Pro has a limitation of two physical main processors. Is there a way to increase this number to four?

I am only seeing "2 Processors" listed under "System" but all 24 cores appear in the Device Manager. I haven't spent much time with this machine running Windows 10.

its an artificial limitation that Microsoft has deliberately hardwired into desktop Windows. Unless they bring out the rumored enthusiast version, the only way to get there is with Windows server. But that's a pricy option because you would have to license all those cores,

 

[edcoolio]

its an artificial limitation that Microsoft has deliberately hardwired into desktop Windows. Unless they bring out the rumored enthusiast version, the only way to get there is with Windows server. But that's a pricy option because you would have to license all those cores,

THIS.

Microsoft needs to remove these artificial limitations.

 

[Azuma Hazuki]

But why, when there's profit to be had?

 

[Markfothebeast]

You do realize that an single 1800X is going to be faster than that quad X7460? Just think of all the energy you are wasting...

After reading about this machine (Power Edge R900), I am hesitant to whether I'm going to use it due to its power consumption. I'm not feeling like adding an additional $30 - $40 to the power bill every month if this gigantic beast guzzles that much power.

I received several "hand me down" business servers and it gave me a little something to play with. I have a smaller rack mount server as well that I may use instead. I've been out of the tech world for the last 6 or so years and have not kept up with the latest and greatest hardware.

My main desktop is still running an i7 2600K which is plenty fast for anything I need to run. I would just prefer to have a headless unit in my "network room" aka furnace room for mass file storage and streaming of media. I do not plan on investing any funds in to this.

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[Hi-Fi Man]

After reading about this machine (Power Edge R900), I am hesitant to whether I'm going to use it due to its power consumption. I'm not feeling like adding an additional $30 - $40 to the power bill every month if this gigantic beast guzzles that much power.

I received several "hand me down" business servers and it gave me a little something to play with. I have a smaller rack mount server as well that I may use instead. I've been out of the tech world for the last 6 or so years and have not kept up with the latest and greatest hardware.

My main desktop is still running an i7 2600K which is plenty fast for anything I need to run. I would just prefer to have a headless unit in my "network room" aka furnace room for mass file storage and streaming of media. I do not plan on investing any funds in to this.

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You could always throw FreeNAS or OpenMediaVault on it if it's just going to be a file server. It will still use a decent amount of electricity but it shouldn't be too bad at idle.

 

[Markfothebeast]

I read that even at idle it consumes over 450 watts. The only way to determine power draw is to use my AC clamp meter, which I will do later.

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[Pick2]

Lots of 4 socket servers will run with only 2 CPUs , if you want lower idle power.

 

[Ratman6161]

Lots of 4 socket servers will run with only 2 CPUs , if you want lower idle power.

Not a bad idea. Just pull two processors and you have a two socket system that would run windows 10.

 

[Insomniator]

Its crazy that server has ~12000 dollars worth of CPU's based on their 2008 launch price. They are ~$35 on ebay now, and 4 of them are outperformed by a singe ~$300-400 chip now.