It would be a waste of money to upgrade the cpu on an old computer. You are limited to old cpu's. Use it as is until you buy a new computer. Your computer is for windows XP--not approved for running windows 10. You already have the latest bios from 8 yrs ago.
Noted from configuration info you provided, your workstation should be T3600 instead. T3500 only support Xeon X & W but not E5-16XX/25XX.
Checked on Userbenchmark results and found no big difference on performance between varies supported CPU. Despite existing PC upgrade, you may consider saving money now for total replacement next time.
Mary G
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March 2nd, 2021 10:00
It would be a waste of money to upgrade the cpu on an old computer. You are limited to old cpu's. Use it as is until you buy a new computer. Your computer is for windows XP--not approved for running windows 10. You already have the latest bios from 8 yrs ago.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/precision-t3500/drivers
zlvdx
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March 2nd, 2021 12:00
Thank you!! appreciate it.
bmcowboy
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March 3rd, 2021 23:00
Hi @zlvdx ,
Noted from configuration info you provided, your workstation should be T3600 instead. T3500 only support Xeon X & W but not E5-16XX/25XX.
Checked on Userbenchmark results and found no big difference on performance between varies supported CPU. Despite existing PC upgrade, you may consider saving money now for total replacement next time.
zlvdx
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March 4th, 2021 05:00
Yup you are correct. It's T3600. Thank you so much for the response.
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January 31st, 2022 21:00