TexasDave Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019  My current system information is below...all works fine for my needs. At the time, 4-5 years ago, this was a pretty solid system (I think) and still is working fine. But I really enjoy tweaking my system. I guess most of us do... 🙂  Been running my system for some time and wondering if it would make any sense to upgrade to a newer CPU and/or add a graphics card? It may not make a noticable difference but I am starting to do some more intense things (like Unmanic).  My CPU is a Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.7GHz. MoB is SuperMicro X10SL7-F/  Or it may make more sense to leave things alone and when really needed, do a complete upgrade including MoB, CPU, adding a grpahics card....  I am itching to have a play but if I am going to see minor improvements, I will hold off.  Thanks for any thoughts... Quote Link to comment
Zonediver Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, TexasDave said:  My current system information is below...all works fine for my needs. At the time, 4-5 years ago, this was a pretty solid system (I think) and still is working fine. But I really enjoy tweaking my system. I guess most of us do... 🙂  Been running my system for some time and wondering if it would make any sense to upgrade to a newer CPU and/or add a graphics card? It may not make a noticable difference but I am starting to do some more intense things (like Unmanic).  My CPU is a Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.7GHz. MoB is SuperMicro X10SL7-F/  Or it may make more sense to leave things alone and when really needed, do a complete upgrade including MoB, CPU, adding a grpahics card....  I am itching to have a play but if I am going to see minor improvements, I will hold off.  Thanks for any thoughts... It depends what you claim... Need VMs? More transcoding-power? More cores? Its up to you 😉  My sys is from 2013 and there are some upgrade reasons: AVX2 for dual-parity (not supported by my CPU), Intel-NIC onboard, DMI 3.0, More PCIe-x16 slots, More cores and so on. But as long as the sys is running, i let it run... Edited October 6, 2019 by Zonediver Quote Link to comment
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