HP xw8400 workstation cpu upgrade

[Adrian-Marian]

I have a xw8400 workstation with 2x 5160 that i what to upgrade to 2x X5365, is there anything that i should know before i buy it from ebay?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matching-pair-2-Intel-Xeon-X5365-3-GHz-8M-1333MHZ-LGA-771-Processor-CPU-/262978146118?epid=528340964&hash=item3d3ab80f46:g:JToAAOSwZ8ZXAUwE

 

[kanewolf]

HP never sold that model CPU with that machine. It may work or may not. The 5355 was the fastest CPU that HP ever listed in the quickspecs.
The 5365 is a 150W CPU according to Intel -- http://ark.intel.com/products/30702/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5365-8M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB
I am betting that is why HP never supported it. The 5355 is a 120W CPU.

 

[arminlinder]

Hi,

I did the swap you intend in one of my XW8400s a couple of weeks ago, and it worked like a charm. The XW8400 machine is notably faster than before, and runs rock solid. It even didn't get much noisier, though I used the stock 1-fan coolers of the X5160. My BIOS is the latest (2.38 if I remember correctly).

Warning: I did too buy a pair of cheap Xeon X5365 from China. At first they didn't work, and I was close to giving up, but then I noticed that Mr. Chinaman had put one of those LGA conversion stickers on the underside of each processor, though I didnt order modded Xeons. I could easily peel off the stickers, and BINGO, the XW8400 booted right away.

Cheers,

Armin.

 

[bja8400]

I have a xw8400 workstation with 2x 5160 that i what to upgrade to 2x X5365, is there anything that i should know before i buy it from ebay?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matching-pair-2-Intel-Xeon-X5365-3-GHz-8M-1333MHZ-LGA-771-Processor-CPU-/262978146118?epid=528340964&hash=item3d3ab80f46:g:JToAAOSwZ8ZXAUwE

 

[bja8400]

Hello Adrian-Marian - I have a XW8400 Workstation. Runs very slow. I've been told I need to purchase new computer because the CPU's can't keep up with the software I have installed. I see you changed out your CPU's for your WX8400 Workstation. Did it work? Are you satisfied with the performance since? I appreciate your help.

 

[william p]

Here are the builds for that.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/HP-xw8400-Workstation/162
Unfortunately the CPU scores 38% aren't even equal to a Q9650 in an Optiplex 780 office computer. 40%.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-OptiPlex-780/3883