fern459 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I currently have a X9SCM-F-O motherboard with a Intel i3-2100 3.1Ghz. I would like to upgrade the processor on this build to better handle Virtualization, I was looking at Xeon E3-1270 V2 3.5GHz I'm still a bit of a noob but from what i've read up on this processor should run fine with this board... anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117283 My BIOS is version 2 and the whole build specs: MB: SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O LGA 1155 Power: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 RAM: Kingston 2 x 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) ECC Unbuffered SAS Cards: 2x SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 CASE: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Cages: 4x ICY DOCK MB455SPF-B 5 in 3 Thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 The 1230v2 is more of a "sweet spot" in the Xeon lineup => almost the same performance [8885 on PassMark vs. 9717 for the 1270v2] at a notably better price point [ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117286 ] Both will "blow away" your i3-2100 [3601 on PassMark], and have full support of all Intel virtualization options. [which, as you know, your i3 does not -- notably vt-d] Quote Link to comment
fern459 Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Good point on the price (sometimes I get processor googles) but for the performance it's not worth the extra 110$. although looking again I'll probably swing an extra 30$ for the E3-1240 v2. passmark 9401. Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment
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