Upgrade options for Precision T7600

[Haddox]

Hello,
Noob Alert!
I have 2500 usd to revive a sluggish Precision T7600 workstation that I got back in 2014 from Dell as a replacement for a failing PC. The specs are below.
What options do I have? Or should I build up something fom scratch.
Thanks,
Four Core XEON E5-2643, 3.3GHz , 10M, 8.0 GT/s,Dell Precision T7600
16GB (4x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 ECC RDIMM
PERC H310 SATA/SAS Controller for Dell Precision, T7600

2 x 3.5 Inch 7200 SATA 250GB,,Dell Precision Tx600
NVIDIA Quadro K2200

 

[chemmajorp53]

What is it doing slowly? Because a good SSD might solve some problems, a better video card might solve others, a better processor still more.

 

[Haddox]

What is it doing slowly? Because a good SSD might solve some problems, a better video card might solve others, a better processor still more.

Eg quickbook 2016 takes few minutes to load,
But also need a good system for data analysis and simulations,
Thanks

 

[stevehuhdds]

System sounds plenty powerful for running quickbooks... people run that on laptops with lesser specs.
Maybe try some troubleshooting first? Below is an article on slow quickbook performance:
https://community.intuit.com/articles/1019690-resolve-quickbooks-performance-issues-identifying-types-of-performance-problems

data analysis/simulations:
used Xeon E5 CPUs are cheap and will probably help with number crunching - an E5-2680 can be had for $120 each, and T7600 can take two.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2680-SR0KH-2-7GHz-8-Cores-Socket-2011-CPU-Processor-/172461491807?hash=item282781865f:g:ZjAAAOSwA3dYYnYK