I have a Dell Precision T3600 workstation that currently has a pokey Intel Xeon E5-1603 processor which is socket 2011 (NOT 2011-3). While the 1603 has 4 cores, the silly thing doesn't even have Hyperthreading. Plus it has a fairly slow clock frequency.
The T3600 has an Intel C602 Chipset which supports Sandy Bridge-E processors. The spec page says the T3600 supports "Intel® Xeon® processor E5-1600 or E5-2600 family". However, I'm not seeing any specifics about which processors in those families it actually, really supports or which processors are supported by the various BIOS versions. I will be upgrading it to the latest available version which is A14.
Based on what I can find online, it should (lol) support any Sandy Bridge-E processor that is either the 1600 Series or the 2600 Series (no version number meaning version 1) but with Dell, many times there's a "Gotcha!" between what the Marketing Department likes to claim and what Dell actually lets you do.
I'm specifically interested in upgrading to another Sandy Bridge-E processor, the Xeon E5-2670. Apparently a lot of them had flooded the market a while back and they can be had used for a pretty reasonable price. I have a source that has them, it says they are tested, working, and they have a return policy so that sounds good to me.
My question is, can anyone think of a reason why an E5-2670 Sandy Bridge-E processor, which is designed to work in the 2011 socket the 1603 is currently in, would not work?
Has anyone upgraded a Precision T3600 to the Xeon E5-2670 and has it working okay?
Thanks,
Mark
The T3600 has an Intel C602 Chipset which supports Sandy Bridge-E processors. The spec page says the T3600 supports "Intel® Xeon® processor E5-1600 or E5-2600 family". However, I'm not seeing any specifics about which processors in those families it actually, really supports or which processors are supported by the various BIOS versions. I will be upgrading it to the latest available version which is A14.
Based on what I can find online, it should (lol) support any Sandy Bridge-E processor that is either the 1600 Series or the 2600 Series (no version number meaning version 1) but with Dell, many times there's a "Gotcha!" between what the Marketing Department likes to claim and what Dell actually lets you do.
I'm specifically interested in upgrading to another Sandy Bridge-E processor, the Xeon E5-2670. Apparently a lot of them had flooded the market a while back and they can be had used for a pretty reasonable price. I have a source that has them, it says they are tested, working, and they have a return policy so that sounds good to me.
My question is, can anyone think of a reason why an E5-2670 Sandy Bridge-E processor, which is designed to work in the 2011 socket the 1603 is currently in, would not work?
Has anyone upgraded a Precision T3600 to the Xeon E5-2670 and has it working okay?
Thanks,
Mark