T5810 CPU Upgrade - Is it worth it?

Question

Hello,

I have a T5810 Workstation.

Edition Windows 10 Pro
Device name Dell-Precision-Tower-5810
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz
Installed RAM 48.0 GB
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Is it worth it to upgrade the CPU or just buy a new $1500 desktop?

Thanks,

Jameson

mazzinia_ · Answer

Hello, it always depends on how much you would spend to upgrade the cpu

CeBeeR · Answer

There is no easy answer for this. You just saying, about model, CPU, and RAM - nothing else. Not mentioning about your needs. If you have a feeling, this T5810 is not fast enough for you, you may consider to upgrade - but, depends of what you are doing, answer may vary.

If you have system on HDD, would be good idea to upgrade to SSD. If you playing games, it may be a good idea to consider change GPU for something better.

speedstep · Answer

@Jameson1023  Intel® Xeon® processor E5-1600, v3 E5-2600 v3Manufacturer Dell Inc.Model 0HHV7N 5810Southbridge Model X99Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz  $40 seems reasonable compared to $1500 https://www.ebay.com/itm/275427085056  Depending on what you are working on a GPU may be better performance for your over $1000 investment aka  Quadro-RTX-4000.

jp_jackalope · Answer

Absolutely. I have a T3610 that had an E5-1620 V2 and I replaced it with a E5-2667 v2. You should be able to replace your CPU with another E5 V3 Xeon, they come with many different core counts, even 18 https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/78583/intel-xeon-processor-e5-v3-family.html

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