I finally found a list of idle power consumption for various processors:

http://www.servethehome.com/Server-d...on-benchmarks/
The Haswell E3-1230 v3 consumes 21 watts at idle, which in my case would be most of the time. With the E3-1230v3, there's the possibility of running ESXi on a platform with low idle, but a lot of reserve bench strength should it be needed. Now that I know that a Q2900 consumes 9 watts at idle, the E3 at 21 watts idle becomes more interesting. It seems roughly comparable to the i7-4770.

http://www.servethehome.com/Server-d...on-benchmarks/
The Haswell E3-1230 v3 consumes 21 watts at idle, which in my case would be most of the time. With the E3-1230v3, there's the possibility of running ESXi on a platform with low idle, but a lot of reserve bench strength should it be needed. Now that I know that a Q2900 consumes 9 watts at idle, the E3 at 21 watts idle becomes more interesting. It seems roughly comparable to the i7-4770.
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