Daily use CPU advice

[bob80]

Hello everyone, I would like to upgrade my Dell Poweredge T410 with a pair of new CPUs since I've seen that Lga1366 Xeon are pretty cheap to get on ebay. At the moment I have a Xeon E5520 with 6GB of memory.

I use the server as a normal desktop computer to be honest, so I do not need a lot of power (sometimes I play with virtualization softwares), however, the idea of using a 2P server intrigues me a lot!

Which of the following CPUs do you suggest me ?
Xeon X5560 - 2.8GHz - 8MB - 45nm - 95W
Xeon E5620 - 2.4GHz - 12MB - 32nm - 80W
Xeon L5530 - 2.4GHz - 8MB - 45nm - 60W

The X5560 should be faster than the others but its TDP is higher, the E5620 features the newer 32nm litography and more L3 cache, the L5530 has the same 2.4GHz clock, an older 45nm litography but a lower TDP.

Which one should I choose in your opinion ?

P.S. the CPUs will be paired with 24GB DDR3 ECC memory (6x4GB).

 

[Quasduco]

Hello everyone, I would like to upgrade my Dell Poweredge T410 with a pair of new CPUs since I've seen that Lga1366 Xeon are pretty cheap to get on ebay. At the moment I have a Xeon E5520 with 6GB of memory.

I use the server as a normal desktop computer to be honest, so I do not need a lot of power (sometimes I play with virtualization softwares), however, the idea of using a 2P server intrigues me a lot!

Which of the following CPUs do you suggest me ?
Xeon X5560 - 2.8GHz - 8MB - 45nm - 95W
Xeon E5620 - 2.4GHz - 12MB - 32nm - 80W
Xeon L5530 - 2.4GHz - 8MB - 45nm - 60W

The X5560 should be faster than the others but its TDP is higher, the E5620 features the newer 32nm litography and more L3 cache, the L5530 has the same 2.4GHz clock, an older 45nm litography but a lower TDP.

Which one should I choose in your opinion ?

P.S. the CPUs will be paired with 24GB DDR3 ECC memory (6x4GB).

A pair of L5630s would run $20-25, so that would be my vote. 40W, plenty of power.

 

[Patrick]

Turbo boost was much less mature in the Westmere-EP days. I might suggest instead looking at: Intel XEON X5670 Six Core Processor SLBV7 2.93ghz Matching Set of 2 $150 for 2x higher clocked CPUs (2.93-3.33GHz)

The 5500 series is 45nm. The 5600 series is 32nm. Features like AES-NI also are in the 5600 series.

 

[Fritz]

I second the X5670. I have one box with a pair of them and intend to upgrade 3 more that are running X5570's. The X5670 is good bang for the buck and the MB's are cheap.

 

[Quasduco]

Those are power hungry beasts - I am surprised to see their recommendation...

 

[bob80]

A pair of L5630s would run $20-25, so that would be my vote. 40W, plenty of power.

I think I'll go for the L5630 due to its lower TDP and cheap price.

Turbo boost was much less mature in the Westmere-EP days. I might suggest instead looking at: Intel XEON X5670 Six Core Processor SLBV7 2.93ghz Matching Set of 2 $150 for 2x higher clocked CPUs (2.93-3.33GHz)

The 5500 series is 45nm. The 5600 series is 32nm. Features like AES-NI also are in the 5600 series.

The x5670 would be nice but is too expensive.

 

[bob80]

Another question: where can I find a suitable CPU cooler? Can't I use a standard aftermarket CPU cooler, right?

 

[Aluminum]

The 32nm 1366s run significantly cooler in my experience. I had a i7-920 quad clocked at 4ghz, I dropped in a supercheap 6 core from craiglists a few years later, clocked it to 3.8ghz and the fan ramped up notably less than the old quad running encodes. It was a really kickass upgrade, and I stuffed in 48GB a few weeks before the ram bullshit happened.

 

[Aluminum]

Another question: where can I find a suitable CPU cooler? Can't I use a standard aftermarket CPU cooler, right?

If has the standard socket holes and nothing gets in the way on the board or case clearance wise, should be able to use any normal 1366 heatsink.

 

[Deslok]

more votes for the 5670(I have a pair of 5675 chips in my workstation) I'm just using the stock dell coolers in it(precision t7500) and they're fine

 

[razvanc.mobile]

Do you have a target price? A bit more expensive, but L5640 is an excelent cpu.

 

[bob80]

Do you have a target price? A bit more expensive, but L5640 is an excelent cpu.

Indeed the L5640 would have been the best choice: low tdp, six core, more cache and 32nm, unfortunately it is a bit too expensive for me.

 

[Deslok]

oh damn they're pratically giving away the l5630's on ebay a lot of 10 for 70 bucks even