Upgrade CPU on a Dell Precision Tower 7910

Question

Hello,

I would like to upgrade the CPU of my workstation Dell. Now, I have 2 Intel Xeon E5 v3 with the following features:

Cores: 12
Threads: 24
Name: Intel Xeon E5 v3
Code Name: Haswell-E/EP
Package: Socket 2011 LGA
Technology: 22nm
Specification: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GH

Motherboard is the 0215PR model.

Do you have any suggestion to improve computational speed/capabilities of the workstation?

Thanks a lot!

JOcean · Answer

This forum post has a number of suggestions. Also this page at greenpcgamers has a list of compatible CPUs.

Chino de Oro · Answer

I'd suggest to upgrade the CPU to a matching pair of E5-2680 v4.  That is a 25% of performance power increase for around $29 USD.  The TDP is still the same 120w, therefore, you can use the same CPU coolers and nothing else needs to be changed besides some new thermal paste.

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Upgrade CPU on a Dell Precision Tower 7910

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