Need Hardware help to improve my machine

mof42 · Jun 12, 2009

I am a newbie and trying to find what I can do to boost the performance on this little HP I got a while back. I have done nothing to modify the BIOS yet and would entertain any suggestions from the group.

I am a hardware engineer and I am running multiple OS's in Virtualbox VM's. I do PCB Signal integrity analysis using Cadence Allegro 16.2 , 3d modeling using solidworks and thermal modeling using IcePak and Flowtherm each running in their own VM.

I am open to any suggestions other than using MicroCrap Vista.

Thanks

Melvis · Jun 12, 2009

A Quad core of some kind maybe? like a Q9550 or higher?

And maybe update the Quadro with a newer version? or go with a ATI equivalent?

Otherwise the rest of your system seems to be pretty good to me.

Edit: Ooops sorry also....Welcome to Techpowerup Forums

mof42 · Jun 12, 2009

Thanks

This is a 2 quad core zeon processor system. I tried a couple of ATI Radon video cards but for the live of me I could not get them to work in Ubuntu 9.04. I have seen that ATI has sent 3 catylist updates since but I spent so much time with the xorg.conf file that I do not want to do that again. Do you know nvidia has SLI cards that can be linked that are Jaunty compatable?

Melvis · Jun 12, 2009

mof42 said:
Thanks

This is a 2 quad core zeon processor system. I tried a couple of ATI Radon video cards but for the live of me I could not get them to work in Ubuntu 9.04. I have seen that ATI has sent 3 catylist updates since but I spent so much time with the xorg.conf file that I do not want to do that again. Do you know nvidia has SLI cards that can be linked that are Jaunty compatable?

O ok sorry i wasn't sure if it was a Quad or a Dual core, well you can only go to about 3.2GHz i think with a Xeon Quad? Otherwise you would have to go with the new i7 Quad core CPU's but that will need a new Motherboard and DDR3 RAM.

I agree ATI and Linux/Ubuntu doesn't seem to work very well as my Brother also runs Ubuntu and sticks with Nvidia, works well. So i would look up for a new Quadro would be ya best bet?
Not sure on the SLi thing, but there be a good chance id say.

Sorry i cant help ya much more.

Namslas90 · Jun 12, 2009

Lots of CPU upgrade combatability...look here;
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3432827.html

I would go for the best CPU and fastest memory I could afford. Its a workstation so improving the graphics can be expensive. I remember something about a cheap ATI card that you can change the bios on and end up with a Fire gl...just cant remember which card it was.

theorw · Jun 12, 2009

Actually every card that xan be flashed in its workstation version if u find the correct bios for it.
This FIRE GL is identical to a 3870 in shape and specs so buying a 3870 and flashing it with fire gl 7700 bios should make it workstation ready!! :toast:

System Name	HP XW8600
Processor	8x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5440 @ 2.83GHz
Motherboard	HP
Cooling	5X FAN
Memory	8078MB PC6400 FBDIMM
Video Card(s)	Quadro FX 1700/PCI/SSE2
Storage	4X ATA ST31000340AS (RAID 10)
Display(s)	2X I INC 25" 1080P 3840x1080 pixels
Case	STD XW8600 HP DESKTOP BOX
Audio Device(s)	HDA Intel
Power Supply	1000 WATT
Software	Ubuntu 9.04
Benchmark Scores	SUPER PI 13.181(0.440) Sec.,CPU Fibonacci 2.862,CPU ZLib 33202.261, CPU MD5 70.144, CPU SHA1 105.246

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

System Name	HP XW8600
Processor	8x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5440 @ 2.83GHz
Motherboard	HP
Cooling	5X FAN
Memory	8078MB PC6400 FBDIMM
Video Card(s)	Quadro FX 1700/PCI/SSE2
Storage	4X ATA ST31000340AS (RAID 10)
Display(s)	2X I INC 25" 1080P 3840x1080 pixels
Case	STD XW8600 HP DESKTOP BOX
Audio Device(s)	HDA Intel
Power Supply	1000 WATT
Software	Ubuntu 9.04
Benchmark Scores	SUPER PI 13.181(0.440) Sec.,CPU Fibonacci 2.862,CPU ZLib 33202.261, CPU MD5 70.144, CPU SHA1 105.246

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

Processor	C2D 8400@ 4,05GHz(currently)1,36v
Motherboard	DFI LP x48 DK T2RS
Cooling	XIGMATEK 1283 w/ bolt-thru kit/SCYTHE Mushashi x2
Memory	Crucial BALLISTIX 6400 @900MHz 2,00v
Video Card(s)	HD 5770 1040/1400 unlocked/musashi
Storage	SG 120GB+WD 160GB
Display(s)	24" FLATRON W2442PA Full HD
Case	COOLERMASTER HAF 932
Power Supply	Thermaltake PUREPOWER RX 600
Software	Vista ultimate SP1
Benchmark Scores	VANTAGE:11700 3DMARKO06:18600 FURMARK:9K

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