I recently changed from using my trusted work horse HP HW4600 to an HP Z620 Dual E5-2620, 16 GB RAM.
The primary reason for changing was that I usually have numerous (as much as 25 to 30) chrome windows open simultaneously (Web based research). In addition I'll watch product reviews on YouTube, work on an Excel sheet and MS Word document concurrently across 2 monitors. The HP HW4600 (Win 7 Pro) lags terribly and I sometimes need to close not only a lot of Chrome windows but also, shut down some background processes (in task Mgr) to free up memory and get the old bird going again.
I do NOT play games, do NOT use CAD or any scientific processor intensive programs and am NOT an expert. I am comfortable changing over HDDs/SSDs, replacing/adding GPUs, RAM, connecting up internal SATA/Power cables and can update the BIOS/drivers and troubleshoot Windows successfully. However, I am not a techie and have a finite limit to my knowledge/abilities.
So far I've run and made some changes to the newly acquired HP Z620 and am delighted to be able to work without having to cajole & bribe the system. However, it sometimes tends to lag ever so slightly in certain combinations of using a number of chrome windows, watching movies, etc. The advice I am getting from friends is to upgrade my GPU's which I'm not convinced will solve the problem.
My current HP Z620 configuration :
Dual Xeon E5-2620 2.GHz Processors (Upgradeable)
16 GB RAM DDR3 1333MHz PC3-12800R ..... (8 X 2GB). I still have 4 DIMM slots free.
2 X Nvidia NVS310 512Mb GPUs. 1 card drives a DELL P2414P (DP) and the other a DELL P2314H monitor (DP)
1 X 256GB SSD (Windows 10 Pro - boot drive)
1 X 2TB HDD
1 X 3TB HDD
800Watt PSU
I have 2 questions at this stage.
1) Do I need to upgrade (a) the processor(s) or, (b) the RAM or, (c) The GPUs or, (d) all 3 or, or something else?
2) How do I get the computer to distribute the processing equally between the 2 processors and the 2 GPUs ? How much control do I have over this ? Eg: I know I can set certain programs to display on specific monitors like playing a movie on Windows Media Player to display on Monitor 2 automatically, etc.
I realise that some of hardware is out of date when compared to what gamers use eg: the 2 NVS310 cards are 2 D cards and are on the cusp of being declared vintage. The processors though only 2.0 GHz are still very capable and there are even gamers out there using Z620s with 2 in dual sockets.
Can someone please help me (i) understand what I need to do and why, (ii) explain what my options are in SIMPLE english???
Many thanks in advance.
The primary reason for changing was that I usually have numerous (as much as 25 to 30) chrome windows open simultaneously (Web based research). In addition I'll watch product reviews on YouTube, work on an Excel sheet and MS Word document concurrently across 2 monitors. The HP HW4600 (Win 7 Pro) lags terribly and I sometimes need to close not only a lot of Chrome windows but also, shut down some background processes (in task Mgr) to free up memory and get the old bird going again.
I do NOT play games, do NOT use CAD or any scientific processor intensive programs and am NOT an expert. I am comfortable changing over HDDs/SSDs, replacing/adding GPUs, RAM, connecting up internal SATA/Power cables and can update the BIOS/drivers and troubleshoot Windows successfully. However, I am not a techie and have a finite limit to my knowledge/abilities.
So far I've run and made some changes to the newly acquired HP Z620 and am delighted to be able to work without having to cajole & bribe the system. However, it sometimes tends to lag ever so slightly in certain combinations of using a number of chrome windows, watching movies, etc. The advice I am getting from friends is to upgrade my GPU's which I'm not convinced will solve the problem.
My current HP Z620 configuration :
Dual Xeon E5-2620 2.GHz Processors (Upgradeable)
16 GB RAM DDR3 1333MHz PC3-12800R ..... (8 X 2GB). I still have 4 DIMM slots free.
2 X Nvidia NVS310 512Mb GPUs. 1 card drives a DELL P2414P (DP) and the other a DELL P2314H monitor (DP)
1 X 256GB SSD (Windows 10 Pro - boot drive)
1 X 2TB HDD
1 X 3TB HDD
800Watt PSU
I have 2 questions at this stage.
1) Do I need to upgrade (a) the processor(s) or, (b) the RAM or, (c) The GPUs or, (d) all 3 or, or something else?
2) How do I get the computer to distribute the processing equally between the 2 processors and the 2 GPUs ? How much control do I have over this ? Eg: I know I can set certain programs to display on specific monitors like playing a movie on Windows Media Player to display on Monitor 2 automatically, etc.
I realise that some of hardware is out of date when compared to what gamers use eg: the 2 NVS310 cards are 2 D cards and are on the cusp of being declared vintage. The processors though only 2.0 GHz are still very capable and there are even gamers out there using Z620s with 2 in dual sockets.
Can someone please help me (i) understand what I need to do and why, (ii) explain what my options are in SIMPLE english???
Many thanks in advance.