R530 Poweredge CPU compatibility

[Stevoisboss]

I have a R530 PowerEdge (Service Tag: HWYW482) that is missing both the CPUs. Can I use either both Broadwell (Xeon v4) or Haswell (Xeon v3) CPUs? On Ebay I see them listed with both generation CPUs so I'm not sure what to pick since I have no idea what was in the server before. When I look at compatible parts for it on Dell's website they have the Broadwell CPUs listed. Not sure if I would need to update bios first or not? I only saw one bios update listed and it says "Updated the Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v4 Product Family Processor Microcode to version 0x0b00003e. - Updated the Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Processor Microcode to version 0x46" which would imply I could use Broadwell CPUs.

 

I was thinking of getting 14 core E5-2683 v3s or  12 core  E5-2650 v4s. (You can also include your thoughts on which one would be better)

[emosun]

Are you stuck/unable to start with a better platform as even two of either of those choices are going to be slower than a lot of consumer grade cpu's these days even factoring in all core compute tasks.

[Stevoisboss]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

Are you stuck/unable to start with a better platform as even two of either of those choices are going to be slower than a lot of consumer grade cpu's these days even factoring in all core compute tasks.

I got it for $150 and I would need an additional $80 investment for the cpus (assuming it works). Its going to be a learning tool for me/ something to mess around with for fun.  If I get it working I am probably going to run ESXI on it and run a bunch of VMs.

[emosun]

well if those are the choices then two 2695 v3s would be better than two 2650 v4s

[TheGlenlivet]

The fastest cheapest E5 2600 V4 series you can get then.

Oh and earplugs for the fan noise....

 

Edit - Or V3's.