Have been given an old dell server..

fobose · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:23

I have been given an old Dell server that's got a Xeon X3430 chip inside. What is this equivalent too?

Is it worth salvaging to upgrade my brothers old 775 socket system, if I can pick up a LGA 1156 board?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:41

You can pick that cpu up for about £15 off fleabay, so prob not worth much.

Akagi · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:43

It is similar to an i5 750, but clocked slightly lower, I doubt it will have overclocking capability (though I may be incorrect) and I expect it has a few extra little features which will help with certain kinds of processing when compared to the i5, but not "day to day" stuff.

fobose · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:44

He has a 2.9GHz Core 2 duo at the moment. I was just wondering what this Xeon chip is comparable to? First generation i5 maybe?

Mustang · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:45

What has your brother got, Q6600?

If so, it's got the same cache, same clockspeed, same core count, a generation newer architecture and a generation smaller dye.

So probably 5-10% faster in synthetic benchmarks, probably not noticable differences in games.

EDIT: Just saw your reply, yea a lower end 1st generation i5 would be correct.

fobose · 7 Aug 2015 at 20:55

Ah ok, thanks for the info Mustang

He only has a dual core, its the wolfdale e6300, so 2.8GHz not 2.9 like I thought.

Mustang · 7 Aug 2015 at 21:11

Oh an E6300, yea you should be able to get a nice boost in performance then, especially if you overclock it a little.

fobose · 7 Aug 2015 at 21:19

Many thanks for the info. I might keep my eye out for a new mATX mobo for him and some DDR 3 ram. Unless I can use the DDR3 ECC ram from the server (4x2GB)?

Oh and many thanks for your info earlier Acme, I didn't see it until just now.