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baba001

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Nov 18, 2017
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Hi guys i have dell 7910 work station its dual core xeon with single E5 2620 V3 2.40 CPU. My question is i am looking to purchase another CPU i found one locally for $150 really good price my question do i need to look for something specific when it comes to markings on cpu one i found is Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2620 v3 2.40Ghz and this sis the full info https://ark.intel.com/products/83352/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2620-v3-15M-Cache-2_40-GHz thi sis the same cpu just wondering if it will be compatible.

And regarding memory now i have 2 sticks of 8gb 1rx4 pc4-2133p-rc0-10 on ebay i see
SK Hynix 8GB DDR4 1RX4 PC4-2133P-RC0-10 HMA41GR7AFR4N-TF TD ECC REG Memory will this be this work in my dell since i need memory in each cpu to work

Thanks guys for all the help
 
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belvdr

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The CPU should work, as long as it is the same model and speed.

As for memory, I gave up years ago trying to memorize the nomenclature. Instead, I recommend taking a photo of what you have and match your new sticks to that. I found found most Xeon boards require the use of all the same type of memory (i.e. cannot mix unbuffered and registered, for example). A safer method is to use something like crucial.com like so:

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/precision-7910

Use those specs to buy all new RAM and replace what you have. Crucial has a 16GB kit for $242. As you said, you'd need two of those kits.
 

baba001

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 18, 2017
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Hi thanks for help last question Hi guys thanks so much for all your help i am going tomorrow to get it so guy send me pic of the cpu and i pulled my out only difference is the few numbers on the top of the chip my cpu is L535B514 and one i will get it L538C275 as you can see last 4 numbers are not same and one latter. does this make a difference i don't think it does it should be good to go all the other markings are the same


The CPU should work, as long as it is the same model and speed.

As for memory, I gave up years ago trying to memorize the nomenclature. Instead, I recommend taking a photo of what you have and match your new sticks to that. I found found most Xeon boards require the use of all the same type of memory (i.e. cannot mix unbuffered and registered, for example). A safer method is to use something like crucial.com like so:

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/precision-7910

Use those specs to buy all new RAM and replace what you have. Crucial has a 16GB kit for $242. As you said, you'd need two of those kits.
 
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