- May 6, 2017
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I've just received an old Dell Precision 490 and I want to give it a new life but I don't know which components are worth to upgrade. It comes with a single Intel Xeon 5130 2.00GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAMs and a NVIDIA Quadro FX and 4600. Also it has a regular HDD, which I plan to switch to an SSD.
I've seen this video where the graphics card is upgraded to a GTX 950 but I don't know if a GTX 1050Ti will work too, or if there is any better option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceffa1fEcGI
Also I plan to add more RAM (same model as the stock) and I think the CPU needs to be upgraded to a 4 core one like a XEON X5365, but I don't know if it is worth to buy two of them and a heatsink (the motherboard has two CPU sockets) because games probably will use only one CPU.
Any ideas / recommendations for setting up the best Precision 490 possible? Thanks!
I've seen this video where the graphics card is upgraded to a GTX 950 but I don't know if a GTX 1050Ti will work too, or if there is any better option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceffa1fEcGI
Also I plan to add more RAM (same model as the stock) and I think the CPU needs to be upgraded to a 4 core one like a XEON X5365, but I don't know if it is worth to buy two of them and a heatsink (the motherboard has two CPU sockets) because games probably will use only one CPU.
Any ideas / recommendations for setting up the best Precision 490 possible? Thanks!
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