First post, and a newbie. I just bought a used HP Workstation z6 g4 with xeon. For now I want to use it as a workstation for AutoCAD and 3D school work mostly. Later it may get some use as a server down the road.
It has a slow xeon in it, FCLGA 3647 socket and C622 chipset. Looking around, I see it should be able to swap in a w-3245 16 core processor
Intel® Xeon® W-3245 Processor (22M Cache, 3.20 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel
with a pretty high clock speed.
Looking on eBay, I see that I can get this processor from a couple of Chinese sellers as a w-3245m qs for under $300. I don't know where to start as far looking at a Qs processor. I need to know what information I need to ask for or any info I can get from the seller to see if this is going to serve me well or just be a big problem. I am not in a huge hurry, I am able to do the work that I have now with the laptops I have, but would like to make this my main desktop if I can get everything together over a period of time. Please help. Thank you!
It has a slow xeon in it, FCLGA 3647 socket and C622 chipset. Looking around, I see it should be able to swap in a w-3245 16 core processor
Intel® Xeon® W-3245 Processor (22M Cache, 3.20 GHz) - Product Specifications | Intel
with a pretty high clock speed.
Looking on eBay, I see that I can get this processor from a couple of Chinese sellers as a w-3245m qs for under $300. I don't know where to start as far looking at a Qs processor. I need to know what information I need to ask for or any info I can get from the seller to see if this is going to serve me well or just be a big problem. I am not in a huge hurry, I am able to do the work that I have now with the laptops I have, but would like to make this my main desktop if I can get everything together over a period of time. Please help. Thank you!