Upgrading Processor

[DraftingDude]

Team Community,

Yes, it an old desktop but it has been a work horse! It has (2) AMD Opteron processor, and I want to upgrade the processors, but I believe have to stay Opteron family of processors. Then there's upgrading the ram? Is it worth the time and expense? 

Thanks Team Community!

Berto

[NonSequitur777]

@DraftingDude,

Your topic is about upgrading an as-of-yet unnamed desktop, but then you referenced an HP Deskjet 9800 Printer?

Please clarify.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[DraftingDude]

Hello, I am referring to a workstation It's not a backup it's a gaming computer; I bought 2 back in 2008. here are the details, they are as follows: HP xw9400, running windows 10, version Oct 2024, 22H2, product #2UA00114C4, (2) AMD Operon 2378 processors, with socket Fr4, (8) 4.00gb DDR2 SDRAM. 

Upgrading Operon processors, upgrading Ram to match output of processor needs? Upgrade GPU to RTX.

I hope this helps, Thanks NonSequitur777!

[NonSequitur777]

@DraftingDude,

An HP xw9400 Workstation is an interesting PC, and to be honest, I didn't know much about it:

Fitted with a Hewlett-Packard 0A1Ch motherboard and powered by either an 800-watt or 1050-watt power supply, I would recommend upgrading your processors to a dual Six-Core AMD Opteron 2435 (6-Cores, 6-Threads, 2.60 GHz, 115-watt TDP), or dual Six-Core AMD Opteron 8435 (6-Cores, 6-Threads, 2.60 GHz, 115-watt TDP) or dual Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8389 (4-Cores, 4-Threads, 2.90 GHz, 115-watt TDP).

I don't see any issues with upgrading your graphics card to an RTX 30xx or RTX 40xx series, but because information about this Workstation is scarce, you'll have to approach this on a trial or proof-of-concept basis.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777