Is it worth upgrading?

[Thammers]

Hi,

 

I've got a computer from my company, they upgrade their server and they throw the old one.

 

Here is the quick spec and I've attached the detailed spec in the screenshot:

 

Intel Xeon E5520 / 2.26 GHz
2.53 GHz
Intel 5520
22gb 1333 RAM

 

My question is, is it worth upgrading? like add a graphics card, and add another processor?

 

I'm not really a hard technical guy, please suggest me some good spec, my budget is like 300$

 

my main use will be video rendering, not for gaming.

 

Please let me know if you would like to know any other details.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Thammers

[Guest]

What applications do you use for video rendering? 

[Jurrunio]

Depends on how poor you are really. With low clock speed and low IPC it's even slower than modern 2-core 4-thread CPUs like the G4560 or G4600 despite having 4 cores and 8 threads. If you just want something that can get the job done with minimal money then it's good. Otherwise, ignore it.

[Thammers]

4 minutes ago, jdwii said:

What applications do you use for video rendering? 

Mainly Adobe programs like Premiere, Media Encorder

[qakawra]

video rendering is usually put on the graphics card, so find the best performance graphics card that goes is compatible with your system, get it, and slap it in and you should have enough to render videos. a better processor would be nice tho, you can get a better processor on sites like ebay and craigslist.

[Guest]

Just now, qakawra said:

video rendering is usually put on the graphics card, so find the best performance graphics card that goes is compatible with your system, get it, and slap it in and you should have enough to render videos. a better processor would be nice tho, you can get a better processor on sites like ebay and craigslist.

I agree and really a 1060 will provide all the performance he needs for that a 1080TI wouldn't even perform better but adding a GPU will i even think a 1050TI is enough 

 

 

Take a look here and skip to 7:04 in if the video doesn't start from their 

 

Shows Adobe Premiere CC render test and adding a GPU is very important but like i said even a 1050 is enough

[Thammers]

2 minutes ago, qakawra said:

video rendering is usually put on the graphics card, so find the best performance graphics card that goes is compatible with your system, get it, and slap it in and you should have enough to render videos. a better processor would be nice tho, you can get a better processor on sites like ebay and craigslist.

this processor suits for this?

2 x Intel Xeon X5650

[Pasi123]

12 minutes ago, Thammers said:

this processor suits for this?

2 x Intel Xeon X5650

Yes, that would be a good upgrade.

[asand1]

1 hour ago, Thammers said:

this processor suits for this?

2 x Intel Xeon X5650

Since you won't be able to overclock, I would recommend 2x Xeon X5680.

[Thammers]

1 hour ago, asand1 said:

Since you won't be able to overclock, I would recommend 2x Xeon X5680.

Thank you for all of your replays.

 

Here is what I gonna do

 

I will buy two xone processor, which is this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5650-2-66GHz-6-Core-12MB-Cache-LGA1366-CPU-SLBV3-used-Processor/222743371397?epid=82160987&hash=item33dc8a1e85:g:-3EAAOSwPh5ZItRv

 

and this graphics card: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GEFORCE-GTX-1050TI-4-GB-Gaming-GDDR5-NVIDIA/222750943942?hash=item33dcfdaac6:g:TysAAOSwW6BaLdY6

 

 

This would be enough? please correct me if I wrong.

 

Thank again everyone

[asand1]

X5650 has a pretty low clock speed and that motherboard won't overclock. I think you would be much happier with the x5680.

[Thammers]

12 hours ago, asand1 said:

X5650 has a pretty low clock speed and that motherboard won't overclock. I think you would be much happier with the x5680.

 

how about the Graphics Card? do you have any recommendations?

[asand1]

2 hours ago, Thammers said:

 

how about the Graphics Card? do you have any recommendations?

I really can't say. I like my 1080, but it may be overkill depending on the editing programs (of which I have no knowledge.) I wouldnt go any lower than a 1060, maybe a 1070. I have never ran a Radeon and it seems they are harder hit by the mining craze anyway.

[NigeTarzanW]

Guys, I want to know what to upgrade.

I have an AMD Athlon X4 880K and a GTX 1050Ti. Should I upgrade the CPU or GPU first?

[NigeTarzanW]

2 minutes ago, NigeTarzanW said:

Guys, I want to know what to upgrade.

I have an AMD Athlon X4 880K and a GTX 1050Ti. Should I upgrade the CPU or GPU first?

And what recommendations do you have?

[Thammers]

Let me check for some good deals, i think 1060 will be on my budget, is this gonna be ok for 4k video editing?

[SupaKomputa]

 

On 12/13/2017 at 4:39 PM, Thammers said:

Thank you for all of your replays.

 

Here is what I gonna do

 

I will buy two xone processor, which is this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5650-2-66GHz-6-Core-12MB-Cache-LGA1366-CPU-SLBV3-used-Processor/222743371397?epid=82160987&hash=item33dc8a1e85:g:-3EAAOSwPh5ZItRv

 

and this graphics card: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GEFORCE-GTX-1050TI-4-GB-Gaming-GDDR5-NVIDIA/222750943942?hash=item33dcfdaac6:g:TysAAOSwW6BaLdY6

 

 

This would be enough? please correct me if I wrong.

 

Thank again everyone

Its enough. I edited 4k clips with 1050ti no problem.

Higher end card will give you faster rendering.

But so far 1050ti fast enough for me.

[qakawra]

1050 is actually the best for price for performance value, as it is cheap yet effective. Your current choices is good on a budget.

[Thammers]

On 12/13/2017 at 9:10 PM, asand1 said:

X5650 has a pretty low clock speed and that motherboard won't overclock. I think you would be much happier with the x5680.

 

The ML350G6 was sold with the X5675 CPU as the fastest CPU. That is a 95W CPU. The X5680 is a 130W CPU. Do you think it will support on this board?

 

See the hp spec PDF

https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getpdf.aspx/c04200238.pdf?ver=75#pagemode=bookmarks