Upgrading old workstation

[TheDistressIsReal]

Hello forums !

I am broke and I have 60 bucks atm so I am looking to upgrade my old S20 Workstation (ThinkStation) that currently has Xeon E5506, 24 GB's of RAM and GTX 1050 Ti. I bought that PC for $100 and I am not building a new system.

Which CPU should I buy cause I figured out that my CPU is bottlenecking GPU ?
I am mostly playing PUBG, Modded Minecraft, Rainbow Six Siege, Call of Duty World at War & Call of Duty Black Ops 3

Also my Machine Type Model is 415752U
 

[newcbomb]

If it works with your mobo. This, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5650-Six-Core-Processor-2-66-GHz-12MB-SLBV3/152528695112 and you save a few $$

[newcbomb]

@TheDistressIsReal It should give you a huge bump in performance. Especially since it has 12 threads. 

[TheDistressIsReal]

8 minutes ago, newcbomb said:

If it works with your mobo. This, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5650-Six-Core-Processor-2-66-GHz-12MB-SLBV3/152528695112 and you save a few $$

@newcbomb Thank you, what about Intel® Xeon® Processor W3690 ?

[newcbomb]

10 minutes ago, TheDistressIsReal said:

@newcbomb Thank you, what about Intel® Xeon® Processor W3690 ?

Those used are $110

[TheDistressIsReal]

Just now, newcbomb said:

Those used are $110

nvm i am just gonna buy that one that you reccomended thanks.

[asand1]

5650 is only good if you can over clock, the clock speed is pretty slow. I would look at a w3680 maybe, it is 3.2Ghz iirc.

[TheRadicalDuck]

2 minutes ago, asand1 said:

5650 is only good if you can over clock, the clock speed is pretty slow. I would look at a w3680 maybe, it is 3.2Ghz iirc.

Higher clock speeds don't always mean that a processor is better. Always check the benchmark scores.

[asand1]

In gaming 2.7Ghz will always be the suck.

 

6 cores, 12 threads, 3.33Ghz base clock, 3.6Ghz turbo, 12MB cache, 288GB max memory.  $60 shipped in US.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-SLBV5-X5680-3-33-GHZ-12MB-6C-PROCESSOR-CHIP-SLBV5/173042658515?hash=item284a256cd3:g:VfEAAOSwZlZaOn0k

 

https://ark.intel.com/products/47916/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5680-12M-Cache-3_33-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI

 

Here is mine.

 

 

While I am a firm believer in 6 core processors, the clock speed of the X5687 cannot be scoffed at.  4 cores, 8 threads @3.6Ghz base clock for $42.99

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5687-3-60GHz-Quad-Core-Processor-for-Dell-T7500/182902903568?hash=item2a95dcd310:g:E2gAAOSwe0taDJvJ

 

https://ark.intel.com/products/52578/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5687-12M-Cache-3_60-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI

 

 

[Blindleader44]

2 hours ago, TheDistressIsReal said:

Hello forums !

I am broke and I have 60 bucks atm so I am looking to upgrade my old S20 Workstation (ThinkStation) that currently has Xeon E5506, 24 GB's of RAM and GTX 1050 Ti. I bought that PC for $100 and I am not building a new system.

Which CPU should I buy cause I figured out that my CPU is bottlenecking GPU ?
I am mostly playing PUBG, Modded Minecraft, Rainbow Six Siege, Call of Duty World at War & Call of Duty Black Ops 3

Also my Machine Type Model is 415752U
 

For 55$ bucks the only processor you can get is the Pentium 4400 with a 1050ti you shouldn't get any bottle necks it runs at 3.3 Hz,has 2 cores,and 2 threads 

[TheDistressIsReal]

EDIT : Picked up Xeon X5650 for $20. (Went to microcenter to see if there were any deals) Does my mobo support OC cause idk anything about it and what settings are meant in BIOS for OC.

[asand1]

10 minutes ago, Dcit-223 said:

For 55$ bucks the only processor you can get is the Pentium 4400 with a 1050ti you shouldn't get any bottle necks it runs at 3.3 Hz,has 2 cores,and 2 threads 

Not even the right socket. What are you smoking?

[Blindleader44]

2 minutes ago, TheDistressIsReal said:

EDIT : Picked up Xeon X5650 for $20. (Went to microcenter to see if there were any deals) Does my mobo support OC cause idk anything about it and what settings are meant in BIOS for OC.

What's your chipset

[asand1]

1 minute ago, TheDistressIsReal said:

EDIT : Picked up Xeon X5650 for $20. (Went to microcenter to see if there were any deals) Does my mobo support OC cause idk anything about it and what settings are meant in BIOS for OC.

OEM workstations wont OC. Thats why I recomended the other higher clocked CPUs. Looking at benchmarks it seems that the difference between the 5650 and 5680 at stocks speeds will be minimal anyway.

[Blindleader44]

1 minute ago, asand1 said:

Not even the right socket. What are you smoking?

Oh shit I didn't see damn I feel dumb lol 

[asand1]

1 minute ago, Dcit-223 said:

Oh shit I didn't see damn I feel dumb lol 

No worries. He has only $60 to make what he has better.

[TheDistressIsReal]

1 minute ago, asand1 said:

OEM workstations wont OC. Thats why I recomended the other higher clocked CPUs. Looking at benchmarks it seems that the difference between the 5650 and 5680 at stocks speeds will be minimal anyway.

Ok, so I should be good until 2019-2020 cause thats time I am gonna upgrade to Zen 2

[asand1]

4 minutes ago, Dcit-223 said:

What's your chipset

• Intel Tylersburg 36D
• Intel ICH10

[asand1]

5 minutes ago, Dcit-223 said:

What's your chipset

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd005642

Intel Tylersburg

36DIntel ICH10

[asand1]

2 minutes ago, TheDistressIsReal said:

Ok, so I should be good until 2019-2020 cause thats time I am gonna upgrade to Zen 2

I think so, If you feel the need the X5680 will be even cheaper in a year and you can pick up an extra .5Ghz.

[asand1]

11 minutes ago, TheDistressIsReal said:

EDIT : Picked up Xeon X5650 for $20. (Went to microcenter to see if there were any deals) Does my mobo support OC cause idk anything about it and what settings are meant in BIOS for OC.

Microcenter had a used X5650?? 

[TheDistressIsReal]

31 minutes ago, asand1 said:

Microcenter had a used X5650?? 

Yes, I was actually very suprised. 

[asand1]

I wish we had one in Oregon. Maybe one in Portland but that's just too far away. If you have some thermal paste throw it in there and let us know how it goes.

 

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