Xeon w3690 and GTX 1060

[Alifares]

hello guys i have a Dell T3500 Workstation pc
specs
Xeon w3690 3.47 GHZ
16GB Ram
and i was planning to buy a GTX 1060 6GB
what i want to know now is there is will be noticeable bottleneck i have a
Dell 24 inch 1920*1200 monitor

 

[clutchc]

Some, yes. Only occasionally tho, and then only a minor amount. Not deal breaker, imo. In fact, I'm planning on doing something similar with my Xeon W3670 in my T3500. I have a "crippled" GTX 1060 3GB ordered. My display is 1080p.

 

[Alifares]

so should i go for it ?

 

[clutchc]

so should i go for it ?

As long as you have the 525W or 875W Dell PSU, yes. The 6GB 1060 only requires a 450W PSU, but more is better for headroom, especially if you plan to OC.
If the card you get has a 8-pin header, you will probably have to get a 6 to 8 pin PCIe adapter if your Dell PSU is like mine.

 

[Alifares]

yea thank but iwas asking about bottleneck is there is will be bottleneck between the xeon w3690 and the 1060!

 

[clutchc]

yea thank but iwas asking about bottleneck is there is will be bottleneck between the xeon w3690 and the 1060!

As In said in my opening remarks, yes. Some. But not a deal breaker @ 1080p. And then only in certain games at certain settings.

 

[Alifares]

thanks bro

 

[tingRe]

Planning 16GB of RAM in a system with triple channel RAM is a mistake. The T3500 has 6 DIMM sockets (running at 1333MHz if you use 3 DIMMs or at 1066MHz if you use 6 DIMMs.)

16GB (presumably 4x4GB) would leave you running at 1066MHz, but no always in triple channel configuration.

I suggest installing 12GB (3x4GB) or 24GB (6x4GB,) not 16GB.

 

[Alifares]

Planning 16GB of RAM in a system with triple channel RAM is a mistake. The T3500 has 6 DIMM sockets (running at 1333MHz if you use 3 DIMMs or at 1066MHz if you use 6 DIMMs.)

16GB (presumably 4x4GB) would leave you running at 1066MHz, but no always in triple channel configuration.

I suggest installing 12GB (3x4GB) or 24GB (6x4GB,) not 16GB.

thanks for the advise bro really didn't knew that

 

[Brian001]

so should i go for it ?

I know I am late to this thread and it might but here i what we did.

I purchased a T3500 W3670 (Cheap on ebay for my son to have a gaming computer) (ebay for 105.00)
Upgraded the ram from 6bg to 12 (2gb X6) (ebay for 29.00)
Purchased an SSD 240 gb on sale (55.00)
WD Storage Drive 1T for 25.00 on ebay
Purchased a 1060 mini (use a mini unless you want to modify the case) The normal 1060 is to big to fit. (amazon 239.99) Upgraded to Windows 10.

I really did not consider that the build above would be comparable to my gaming rig. I figured for my son who is 12 it would be good enough for him to play mine craft and guild wards, etc. I have an i5 (last year model) custom built for gaming, more ram and all together much faster specs. Sad to say but the T3500 surpasses the performance in most games we've played. (We tried a bunch of different games..1080P Ultra/Max settings on everything we've thrown at it.. my games as well GTA, Mad Max, Arkham origins, etc. I don't really understand this but trust me the T3500 is really incredible if you upgrade it. We have had very little bottle necking issues.

I'm not a computer guy.. not technical and it probably took me longer than most to get this computer up and running but I was really surprised on what the T3500 could do I would say definitely go for it. Oh one thing that drove me crazy was trying to get the AHCI reconfigured out of raid.

I hope this helps you make decision. I researched forever in this forum getting hints and information but I just wanted to put my 2 cents in. (If you need help definitely research here it saved me so much time with the AHCI issue)

My conclusion after having a I.T. friend over to look at the system... I'm getting one for myself....

Good Luck!

 

[clutchc]

@ Brian001
Good to hear there is another satisfied T3500 owner. I turned mine into a budget gamer too with a GTX 1060 3GB and added a 120GB SSD to the 300 GB WD Velocity Raptor it came with. It also came with 24 GB of old slow 1066 MHz RAM. But that doesn't seem to slow it down much. About on a performance par with my FX-8350 (@ stock).

I picked up a Dell 875W PSU for it awhile back because I was using my R9-290X in it back then. Had to leave the drive bay door swung down and the cover off so the card would fit.

But damn... is this old workstation heavy!

 

[Muhammad Daniyal Javaid]

so should i go for it ?

I know I am late to this thread and it might but here i what we did.

I purchased a T3500 W3670 (Cheap on ebay for my son to have a gaming computer) (ebay for 105.00)
Upgraded the ram from 6bg to 12 (2gb X6) (ebay for 29.00)
Purchased an SSD 240 gb on sale (55.00)
WD Storage Drive 1T for 25.00 on ebay
Purchased a 1060 mini (use a mini unless you want to modify the case) The normal 1060 is to big to fit. (amazon 239.99) Upgraded to Windows 10.

I really did not consider that the build above would be comparable to my gaming rig. I figured for my son who is 12 it would be good enough for him to play mine craft and guild wards, etc. I have an i5 (last year model) custom built for gaming, more ram and all together much faster specs. Sad to say but the T3500 surpasses the performance in most games we've played. (We tried a bunch of different games..1080P Ultra/Max settings on everything we've thrown at it.. my games as well GTA, Mad Max, Arkham origins, etc. I don't really understand this but trust me the T3500 is really incredible if you upgrade it. We have had very little bottle necking issues.

I'm not a computer guy.. not technical and it probably took me longer than most to get this computer up and running but I was really surprised on what the T3500 could do I would say definitely go for it. Oh one thing that drove me crazy was trying to get the AHCI reconfigured out of raid.

I hope this helps you make decision. I researched forever in this forum getting hints and information but I just wanted to put my 2 cents in. (If you need help definitely research here it saved me so much time with the AHCI issue)

My conclusion after having a I.T. friend over to look at the system... I'm getting one for myself....

Good Luck!

@ Brian001
Good to hear there is another satisfied T3500 owner. I turned mine into a budget gamer too with a GTX 1060 3GB and added a 120GB SSD to the 300 GB WD Velocity Raptor it came with. It also came with 24 GB of old slow 1066 MHz RAM. But that doesn't seem to slow it down much. About on a performance par with my FX-8350 (@ stock).

I picked up a Dell 875W PSU for it awhile back because I was using my R9-290X in it back then. Had to leave the drive bay door swung down and the cover off so the card would fit.

But damn... is this old workstation heavy!

so i have xeon w3550 and it will not bottleneck gtx1060 3gb right? i am planning to get one .

 

[Susquehannock]

Another satisfied T3500 owner here. Running a RX 480 with zero issues.

PSU - Dell 525w
CPU Xeon W3565
RAM - 12gb ECC (6x2gb)
GPU - MSI RX 480
BIOS - A17

 

[clutchc]

so i have xeon w3550 and it will not bottleneck gtx1060 3gb right? i am planning to get one .

Some CPU bottleneck in some multiplayer games on busy servers, but not a deal breaker IMO. And probably none in single player mode. Look at it this way... you can go with a lesser card, but you will get lesser performance.