Z800 Workstation

[stars34]

Z800 HP Workstation

-PSU-800w--------------> i ordered 1100w PSU off eBay

-Dual Xeon X5675-----------> upgrading to Xeon X5690's

- 4 x 8gbn DDR3----------> upgrade suggestions??? can be up to 12 slots fyi...

-MSI RTX 3050 8gb

-PNY GT 1030 2gb

-120gb SSD

- 4tb HHD

- 1tb HHD

I took out the airflow channels it original came with. I did take out the two 92mm fans from the back and attached 2 120mm fans for better airflow.

 

Side Note this is my first PC build...
:)

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Now that is a pretty cool build

 

Unfortunately those xeons suck singlecore wise esp at slow stock speeds so yea i do suggest not bothering with these old westmere xeons unless you need the multicore but even haswell-e does that better (dirt cheap e5 2670/2683 v3 on aliexpress)

 

Yea only upgrade i see would be getting an oc board even a lower end one like the p6t or x58a ud series to oc ~4.5g for gaming atleast since they still offer decent performance when oced, just make sure to not be an idiot and run proper uncore (3800-4200 depending on how high the cpu goes, my crap x5660 only did 3900 at a perfectly safe 1.48v vtt)

[Blue4130]

19 hours ago, stars34 said:

Z800 HP Workstation

-PSU-800w--------------> i ordered 1100w PSU off eBay

-Dual Xeon X5675-----------> upgrading to Xeon X5690's

- 4 x 8gbn DDR3----------> upgrade suggestions??? can be up to 12 slots fyi...

-MSI RTX 3050 8gb

-PNY GT 1030 2gb

-120gb SSD

- 4tb HHD

- 1tb HHD

I took out the airflow channels it original came with. I did take out the two 92mm fans from the back and attached 2 120mm fans for better airflow.

 

Side Note this is my first PC build...

 

Did taking out the airflow channel and putting a ghetto 120 fan in the middle help? Seems like a step backwards to me.

[thrasher_565]

did try and oc ?

[stars34]

On 10/4/2022 at 7:40 PM, Blue4130 said:

Did taking out the airflow channel and putting a ghetto 120 fan in the middle help? Seems like a step backwards to me.

Yes, the ghetto fan worked. it dropped both of my CPU temps by 7 degrees. from 72 Ish to around 65 degrees. Since i took out the old air flow guides it much cooler in that case. plus, then I could put a better gpu in there. (Original was a fx4800 Quadro gpu)

[stars34]

4 hours ago, thrasher_565 said:

did try and oc ?

I haven't been able to OC yet... but i know i can get a higher Ghz when its colder.