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Upgrading HP xw8400 Workstation

Biomecanoid

Hello,

 

I recently got a xw8400 workstation for free so i thought it would make a good budget mid range gaming PC

 

I got the PC with the following specs:

 

Ram:   32gb

CPU:   5130

GPU:   QuadroFX 3500

HD:     500 MB

PSU:   800 watt

 

My upgrade parts:

 

CPU:          x5365 dual £22

Heatsink:  398293-002 $36  ( for 2nd CPU )

GPU:         Nvidia 770 2g     ( already had it )

SSD:         RAID0 2x Crucial_CT250MX2  ( already had them around )

FAN:         Extra 80mm high airflow fan ( from a server ) at the front  ( already had it )

 

Total cost around 65$

 

AS-SSD Benchmark shows speeds of over 500MB/s

 

The strong point of this workstation is the 800watts psu which can probably sustain SLI with DifferentSLIAuto

 

I will post updates as i keep working on the system.

 

Anybody knows if i will be able to use XTU to overclock since the bios does not provide such options ?

 

Any thoughts / recommendations on what to do next ?

 

 

Thank you

 

 

 

 

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