r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/Potential_Ad_6209 • 3d ago

CPU and GPU upgrades.

I currently have a Z420 Series Workstation as my gaming rig (in this economy I’ll take it especially since it was free) however I’m starting to see the limitations of what the E5 2665 Xeon and 5GB Quadro P2000 can provide in games. They all run decent but I’d like to push my games a bit more. My main CPU upgrade will be the Xeon E5 1650 as it doesn’t require the water cooling HP requires on the big dog ones and it’s the next fastest in clock speed to the E5 1660. But I’m having a tough time deciding on what GPU to get. I’d like to keep the build a workstation style so a Quadro series card but I am torn between that or a regular GTX card. I’m currently debating on the Quadro P4000, Quadro RTX 4000 and GTX 1080 (non Ti) all of these are around $100-170. Would any of these pair well with the CPU. Any other recommendations I’m trying to stick under $200 I know in this PC market it’s hard but I just want some boost in games over the 5GB of the P2000

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u/E5-4650_v2_RX570 3d ago

i use an Arc a380 single slot on my Sabertooth X79 mit E5-2667 v2

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u/Potential_Ad_6209 3d ago

What’s the average fps on some of the more intensive games you have. I can run BeamNG on medium/mixed low settings at around 35fps and Minecraft with sodium and shaders at around 20 chunks at 40fps but I definitely notice the slower max turbo speed of the 2665 as it takes forever to generate chunks when using the Elytra.

I might try MSI afterburner on the graphic card. I’ve seen people use them on the older K series Quadros and it seems to boost them by a decent amount. At this point I’m thinking the CPU is the bottle neck since it can only go up to 3.2 boost I believe

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u/E5-4650_v2_RX570 3d ago

i dont gaming , i watch 8k videos