Hi,
I have recently purchased a used Dell T7810, which has a single Xeon E5-2630 v3 in it. Ideally I would like something with a better single core performance and so I was thinking about my options. I contacted Dell to see if the E5-1600 v3s would work (although not officially supported) and the guy I spoke to (which wasn't tech support as I have no support code until I get the PC) said that once the PC had been configured with a particular CPU it could not be changed without changing the chipset, which I thought was a bit odd unless they have deliberately crippled the possibility of upgrading CPUs. The only way I could 'upgrade' was by adding a second CPU which of course is no use to what I am trying to achieve. So, the questions are:
1) Is it true that these CPUs cannot be upgraded at all? I have never heard of a CPU upgrade not being possible between CPUs of the same family with a compatible chipset (Intel C612).
2) Is anyone aware of whether a single E5-1600 would work (I know two wouldn't)?
This thread tells me what I want to know as far as the T7910 is concerned but I do not know of the differences between the motherboards on these PCs.
My upgrade thoughts were towards the E5-1650 v3 (or v4 as its due soon) depending what I can find cheap ish on eBay.
Anyway if anyone has any ideas and is willing to assist it would be appreciated! I felt this was more suited to the motherboard section given that the motherboard is the key component in this question, if it should be in the CPU section, apologies.
Tom
I have recently purchased a used Dell T7810, which has a single Xeon E5-2630 v3 in it. Ideally I would like something with a better single core performance and so I was thinking about my options. I contacted Dell to see if the E5-1600 v3s would work (although not officially supported) and the guy I spoke to (which wasn't tech support as I have no support code until I get the PC) said that once the PC had been configured with a particular CPU it could not be changed without changing the chipset, which I thought was a bit odd unless they have deliberately crippled the possibility of upgrading CPUs. The only way I could 'upgrade' was by adding a second CPU which of course is no use to what I am trying to achieve. So, the questions are:
1) Is it true that these CPUs cannot be upgraded at all? I have never heard of a CPU upgrade not being possible between CPUs of the same family with a compatible chipset (Intel C612).
2) Is anyone aware of whether a single E5-1600 would work (I know two wouldn't)?
This thread tells me what I want to know as far as the T7910 is concerned but I do not know of the differences between the motherboards on these PCs.
My upgrade thoughts were towards the E5-1650 v3 (or v4 as its due soon) depending what I can find cheap ish on eBay.
Anyway if anyone has any ideas and is willing to assist it would be appreciated! I felt this was more suited to the motherboard section given that the motherboard is the key component in this question, if it should be in the CPU section, apologies.
Tom
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