Dell Precision T 7500 Upgrade

[petersr]

I have a Dell Precision T 7500 with a CPU Intel Xeon E5606 CPU. I want to upgrade the CPU. I was told that maybe I could upgrade it to a 6, or an 8 core processor. I'm not sure what chip I would get I want to upgrade it to the highest that I can. Any advice? I'm currently running 12 gigs of RAM what is the maximum RAM I can put in it for performance? Also what is the best video card that you'd recommend with the new system. Here are some screen shots of my currant setup (Dropbox link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f2df5vkubvpma0j/AAC3qiP6GNb91ZmMBjydl3ZFa?dl=0



Thank you for your help.

 

[imsqam]

For CPU looks like you would be stuck with Xeon X55xx and X56xx processors, the BIOS likely will not support other CPU's
https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General/Dell-0D883F-CPU-upgrade-options/m-p/5167960

Having said this looks like the X5690 is supported which has 6 cores and a much higher core speed of 3.47GHz. Here is a comparison of the two CPU's
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5606+%40+2.13GHz&id=1247
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+X5690+%40+3.47GHz&id=1314

significant improvement.

For the GPU the first question I had was will GeForce cards work, answer seems to be yes, here is one with a GTX 1060.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I52e05UW-f0

With the X5690 I would be looking at an RX 580 or a GTX 1060-6GB. Warning, GPU pricing is crazy right now

 

[petersr]

Thank you.

 

[william p]

Here are some builds of that system. Newer AMD cards probably won't work.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-Precision-WorkStation-T7500/4566
You didn't say how many CPUs you want to run. One or 2? This will change your options. Also you didn't say what you need it for. You can run up to 12 cores, and 24 threads for VMs or server use, but it would be wasted for gaming.An 8 core 16 thread setup can be very cheap also. There may be some overclocking options for single CPU. 12 GB RAM is enough for most purposes, but the memory controller is on the CPU and the dual CPU Xeons support massive amounts even in single setups. Single CPU can be 6 core 12 thread, and overclocked with 24 GB RAM (unofficial 48GB).
Here's a thread that might be of interest to you. The T3500 options would apply to single CPU operation for the t7500.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/throttlestop-overclocking-desktop-pcs.235975/