HP Pavilion 500 - CPU

[SeanPaul2k]

Hi!

I have a HP Pavilion 500, with a H-Joshua-H61-uATX MOBO and a I5-3350P CPU and a EVGA GTX 1050 SC GPU. I wanted to know if my MOBO is compatible with Ivy bridge Xeon CPU:s like the E3-1230 V2 or the E3-1240 V2? And if it’s not. I would to like why! If someone knows.

I know that the Xeon CPU:s are not on the supported CPU list on your site!

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03135925

But I wanted to check if that’s accurate. Cause I’ve seen other sites saying it maybe would work.

http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/HP/HP_H-Joshua-H61-uATX/2198/Compatible_CPUs

[SeanPaul2k]

I fount this site with another list that seems like it could be true. Is it safe to by that E3-1230 V2 that I’ve found? What do you say experts. I don’t want to go through with it if it won’t work. The emailing, the driving to the next city, the loosing of money.

https://antagonistvillains.blogspot.com/2017/01/supported-cpus-for-joshua-h61.html

[Huffer]

A motherboard that will support a Xeon processor also has to support ECC memory. The specs you linked clearly say only non-ECC memory works on this motherboard so no Xeon will be supported. There is a little more to it than just a Xeon compatible chipset. Usually motherboards are for Xeon or non-Xeon processors and rarely have I seen a motherboard that would support either one. 

[SeanPaul2k]

Thanks for the answer about the ECC memory. I was suspicious about the compatibility and now you gave me the answer. Thanks man! I also read on another site that the CPUs seldomly are the cause of bottlenecking if you are not having SLI GPUs. So I guess I have no bigger need to upgrade my CPU. I still have a little problem though that in some games even if the draw distance is minimized I sometimes get bad lag. But its probably the GPUs memory that is insufficient. I only have the 2GB version of the GTX 1050. So its probably the GPU that is bottlenecking.

[Huffer]

Yes the  GTX 1050 can be a disappointment if you expect it to render demanding games.