Upgrade for Xeon E5520 processor

[TheGiant]

Hi, I have a dell precision T3500. My current processor is a Xeon E5520 and I would like to upgrade it to something faster. I have non-ECC memory so I do not need to stick with a Xeon. I have been reading and based on my socket (lga1366, chipset X58), I believe some of the i7 processors such as the extreme i7-990x or i7-980x could be compatible with my system? Are there other things I need to be considering for compatibility or if it is the same socket, it should be compatible?
Thanks,
G

 

[abhisekzok]

if the socket matches, then ur good to go, but the i7s ur saying are a tad weaker then the xeon and maybe u wanna get a better xeon or change the cpu and mobo overall for better performance.

 

[TheGiant]

if the socket matches, then ur good to go, but the i7s ur saying are a tad weaker then the xeon and maybe u wanna get a better xeon or change the cpu and mobo overall for better performance.

Unless I am missing something, I do not see how the i7s extreme 980x or 990x can be weaker than the xeon in term of speed? Both i7 are above 3GHZ while the E5520 is at 2.27GHz, not to mention they have 6 cores.

 

[abhisekzok]

xeons are better in terms of processing and if u have a gpu then a xeons a best choice, btw do want ur usage towards single thread or multi thread? It can decide the processor.

 

[TheGiant]

xeons are better in terms of processing and if u have a gpu then a xeons a best choice, btw do want ur usage towards single thread or multi thread? It can decide the processor.

I do not really care much about the gpu, I have a NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3800. I am mostly running programming scripts, most software do not really handle multi-thread processing, so I'm normally running multiple in parallels.

 

[abhisekzok]

go for the xeon w3960 then which is a , or u could go for xeon x5698 which has 2 insanely fast cores or get a new mobo and upgrade to a lga 1150 mobo to get a xeon e3-1280 v2 if ur looking for ur programming and cpu intensive tasks cause xeons wholly dedicated to processing power and ignore the graphical needs. and since u have a gpu(a low one), it should suffice ur needs.