Eli5 What’s the main difference between processors used for servers and those used for gaming?

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Why can’t I use a processor made for heavy servers in a home pc ?

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Server grade CPU’s are generally made to be run at lower clocks(in order to preserve temperatures and power usage whci matter on a system that might have uptimes on the months or years) and are equipped to work with Memory with ECC(Error correcting code) modules.

These CPU’s might also skip on certain instruction sets that arent relevant for their use cases and often have their own dedicated chipsets(meanig specific motherboards) that may be setup in a manner where you have multiple Physical CPU packages on one board.(this is also to indirectly sdiscourage letting these units slip into the consumer market).

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