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Is it worth upgrading to a Xeon processor?

mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,527
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Current system has the following:

Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz (2 core)
ASUS CM5671 (LGA775)
16 GB RAM, GeForce 960 4 GB

I'm really enjoying the boost I'm getting from the new GeForce 960 card. And now it's got me wondering if it's worth upgrading to a 3+ GHz quad-core Xeon.

I've seen decent chips (for the 771 socket, but they can easily be adapted to the 775) in the $50 range. Toss in a new cooling system for about $25, and that's not much money for an upgrade.

But would the slight boost in clock speed and the two additional cores be worth the upgrade?

Any thoughts or chip suggestions?

 

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  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,278
    mmitchell_houston said:

    Current system has the following:

    Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz (2 core)
    ASUS CM5671 (LGA775)
    16 GB RAM, GeForce 960 4 GB

    I'm really enjoying the boost I'm getting from the new GeForce 960 card. And now it's got me wondering if it's worth upgrading to a 3+ GHz quad-core Xeon.

    I've seen decent chips (for the 771 socket, but they can easily be adapted to the 775) in the $50 range. Toss in a new cooling system for about $25, and that's not much money for an upgrade.

    But would the slight boost in clock speed and the two additional cores be worth the upgrade?

    Any thoughts or chip suggestions?

     

    if you are doing CPU render yea, definitely. 

  • bad4ubad4u Posts: 684

    I don't think Asus CM5671 supports Xeon by official bios. You might need a bios mod to run Xeon processors.

  • mmitchell_houstonmmitchell_houston Posts: 2,527
    bad4u said:

    I don't think Asus CM5671 supports Xeon by official bios. You might need a bios mod to run Xeon processors.

    You are correct. I'll have to do a BIOS mod. I don't think it will be much trouble. 

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