the 4560L is 20% slower as performance over a single core, but has 33% more cores. so probably with tasks using all cores/threads it should be marginally ahead. With tasks using a finite number of cores with finite being equal or less than the current 6, will be 20% slower.
This without taking into consideration the bigger cache, that will actually give a decent speed advantage for tasks that can benefit from it.
Bottom line, there are a few factors that should be taken into account
I've found the Precision T3600 suffers from disk performance being a 3GB/s SATA bus. The T3610 was the one that introduced the 6GB/S SATA bus that takes full advantage of SSD drive read/write speeds.
If you wish to really improve the performance of a T3600, I'd look into a PCIe adapters for a M.2 hard drive, or perhaps a cheap RAID card for RAID0 that stripes across two SSD SATA drives. Then you could software clone your current OS to the newer faster drive.
there is really not much choice. Either you try not-listed processor generally compatible with the chipset, which may work or not, or see the list:
Sandy Bridge E5-26xx, LGA2011, 4, 6, and 8 Cores, Up to 130W(this is important since Dell platform may have very limited power capabilities) E5-2665 E5-1660 (15MB Cache) E5-2643 E5-1650 E5-1620 E5-1607 E5-1603
That's all. Now, what do you need?
Multi-access server tasks? E5-2665 Single thread high performance computation, games, legacy software? E5-1620 Large memory random access operations (physical simulations etc.) ? E5-1660
E5-1660 is also the most balanced multi-use processor. But the difference with 1650 is negligible.
I already have a raid card. Last day I bought a ssd drive (sandisk plus) and cloned the whole thing to ssd from hdd. However it was taking about 2 minutes to boot the computer. Then I removed the raid card, so it reduces to 50 seconds to boot. But the loading time of all the applications after the entering windows password is the same on both type of installations. Are you sure using a raid card still a better choice?
@Andy812 thank you for the advanced and detailed information that you posted. I'm kind of in the same predicament and looking for a way to optimize performance on my Dell Precision t3600 with a Quadro 600 1gb (But I may install a GTX 1050ti 6gb, AMD Radeon 6400 4gb, or AMD FirePro W5100 4gb. And I am putting 32 GB of DDR3L into it. I just hate the fact that I can't boot from PCIe or PCIe to SATA adapters. It doesn't even allow me to boot from USB like that. I wish I had known before buying a e-waste machine from eBay and getting this finicky machine that I did. It's definitely a challenge though and that's what I was looking for. Luckily I have some older 3.5 and 2.5" SATA HDD, The two main ones in mine are a 2 terabyte and an 8 terabyte, creating my first NAS for my network. But first I have to optimize the system and make sure it's reliable you booting.
Any suggestions are always welcome. Thank you folks! And please take it easy on me for reviving a dead conversation!
mazzinia_
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November 19th, 2021 04:00
it's not so simple to answer.
the 4560L is 20% slower as performance over a single core, but has 33% more cores. so probably with tasks using all cores/threads it should be marginally ahead.
With tasks using a finite number of cores with finite being equal or less than the current 6, will be 20% slower.
This without taking into consideration the bigger cache, that will actually give a decent speed advantage for tasks that can benefit from it.
Bottom line, there are a few factors that should be taken into account
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November 23rd, 2021 08:00
Your Xeon E5-1650 is already a really good CPU.
I've found the Precision T3600 suffers from disk performance being a 3GB/s SATA bus. The T3610 was the one that introduced the 6GB/S SATA bus that takes full advantage of SSD drive read/write speeds.
If you wish to really improve the performance of a T3600, I'd look into a PCIe adapters for a M.2 hard drive, or perhaps a cheap RAID card for RAID0 that stripes across two SSD SATA drives. Then you could software clone your current OS to the newer faster drive.
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November 23rd, 2021 23:00
L is for "Low Power". Definitely not for you.
there is really not much choice. Either you try not-listed processor generally compatible with the chipset, which may work or not, or see the list:
Sandy Bridge E5-26xx, LGA2011, 4, 6, and 8 Cores, Up to 130W(this is important since Dell platform may have very limited power capabilities)
E5-2665
E5-1660 (15MB Cache)
E5-2643
E5-1650
E5-1620
E5-1607
E5-1603
That's all. Now, what do you need?
Multi-access server tasks? E5-2665
Single thread high performance computation, games, legacy software? E5-1620
Large memory random access operations (physical simulations etc.) ? E5-1660
E5-1660 is also the most balanced multi-use processor. But the difference with 1650 is negligible.
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I already have a raid card. Last day I bought a ssd drive (sandisk plus) and cloned the whole thing to ssd from hdd. However it was taking about 2 minutes to boot the computer. Then I removed the raid card, so it reduces to 50 seconds to boot. But the loading time of all the applications after the entering windows password is the same on both type of installations. Are you sure using a raid card still a better choice?
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@Andy812 thank you for the advanced and detailed information that you posted. I'm kind of in the same predicament and looking for a way to optimize performance on my Dell Precision t3600 with a Quadro 600 1gb (But I may install a GTX 1050ti 6gb, AMD Radeon 6400 4gb, or AMD FirePro W5100 4gb. And I am putting 32 GB of DDR3L into it. I just hate the fact that I can't boot from PCIe or PCIe to SATA adapters. It doesn't even allow me to boot from USB like that. I wish I had known before buying a e-waste machine from eBay and getting this finicky machine that I did. It's definitely a challenge though and that's what I was looking for. Luckily I have some older 3.5 and 2.5" SATA HDD, The two main ones in mine are a 2 terabyte and an 8 terabyte, creating my first NAS for my network. But first I have to optimize the system and make sure it's reliable you booting.
Any suggestions are always welcome. Thank you folks! And please take it easy on me for reviving a dead conversation!