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T5810 upgrade plan
I have a T5810 with an E5-1620 CPU v3 BIOS: A34, 16G RAM, and boot from Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250G. I am thinking about the following upgrade plan:
1. Add Pcie adaptor, install 1 or 2 T NVME SSD, and use it as the boot drive.
2. Add another 16 G or 32 G RAM.
Do you guys think it is worth to upgrade since it is pretty old? The major use case is photo editing and sometimes coding with Docker Desktop. If so which adapter is good and which Pcie lot I should use, then the system boot from the new NVME SSD. Thanks a lot.
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November 9th, 2023 01:08
Worthy or not depends on you can put it to use. For instant, if your current memory usage is less than 50% being utilized, adding another 32 GB of RAM and let it sits unused will not be a good upgrade.
However, the T5810 is still a viable machine, upgrading to NVMe drive is worthy and you will actually see increase in performance, apps loading, files transferring, etc.., a simple PCIe to NVMe adapter can be installed on slot 1 (closest to CPU) and it will allow to use as boot drive as well. Adapter with heatsink is suggested.
Additionally, for less than $8 usd, you can upgrade the CPU to a 12 cores E5-2680 v3.if you have the needs for CPU cores.
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November 9th, 2023 23:01
Certainly the memory upgrade plan is worthy as well. Check your current RAM specs and getting the same type for compatibility. They can be had at very cheap price from surplus supply sellers. Due to the system age, give it a fresh new CR2032 coin cell battery while working on the motherboard.
Refer to user manual and take proper precaution. If data is important to you, make certain that you have them backup externally.
You are all set.
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November 11th, 2023 05:24
Your nVidia card should be installed on either slot 2 or slot 4 as they are PCIe x16, with 75w slot power.
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November 25th, 2023 01:13
Glad to hear that everything went well for you.
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December 28th, 2023 19:03
It's good to see you reporting back with the upgrade result. Everything looks great. You may consider to mark as resolved by select any helpful post and Mark as Accepted Answer. It will help others with the same upgrade inquiry.
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November 9th, 2023 18:53
@Chino de Oro Thank you very much for your help.
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November 9th, 2023 22:03
When I run docker the Ram usage is >88%
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November 10th, 2023 21:06
Thanks. I have a Nvidia card installed either in slot 1 or slot 2.
Most of my data is in external drive.
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November 25th, 2023 01:04
Thanks, Chino de Oro. I upgraded my T5810 with Crucial 2 TB NVME SSD. I also ordered two pieces of Samsung RAM 16 G RDIMM with ECC M393A2G40DB0-CPB. They worked great. I have 48 GB RAM in total. I am waiting for the E5-2680 V3 CPU for the final upgrade.
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December 12th, 2023 12:49
Kindly let me know have you considered evaluating the option of upgrading to a newer workstation model that may offer enhanced features and performance, given the advancements in technology since the T5810's release?
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December 28th, 2023 16:52
@WesleyEli What is the option and how much it cost?
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December 28th, 2023 16:56
This is the final result.
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January 4th, 2024 14:20
@Chino de Oro Thanks for your help.
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July 9th, 2024 13:48
It all depends on what you are using the system for. These systems were very over designed. I have a T5810 system (more than one) that has 32 gb of ram and an e5-1660 v3 that I overclock the processor to 4.4GHz using Throttle Stop (get it from Tech Power Up... need to use an older version...I think I used 9.4.2beta). I use NVMEs using a weird adapter from Amazon (Google "ipolex PCIe 3.0 to NVMe (1) M.2 Adapter for M.2 (M Key) SSD, X4 "... there is a seller selling the same one on Amazon for less than $6 and I used them) but I think the motherboard supports bifurcation so you can get one of the adapters that will support 2 or even 4 NVME drives. With an adapter cable off of the power distribution board(sometimes I have used an adapter cable for the second 10 pin CPU port to PCIE dual 6+2 pin and sometimes I use a PCIE 8 pin to dual PCIE 6+2 pin adapter cable and they both seem to work fine) I have run a 3080 ti with the 685w psu or 810w psu... both PSUs worked fine but with the RTX 3080 ti there is a real CPU bottleneck. I have run systems with a GTX 1080 ti and Radeon rx 5700xt with very little bottleneck if any. Obviously these were all gaming systems (though I did do machine learning with them as well but I ran them open case or with the case fans going full bore and removing the ram covers as the ram was not generating nearly as much heat as the GPUs).
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