I thought about adding another E5-1660 v2 like my other T3610, but suddenly they have gone up in price and at almost the cost of an AMD Ryzen, by comparison. It would be silly to pay that much for a small 0.1 Ghz boost gain.
I also considered a E5-2673 v2, but I cannot find anyone who used it with a Dell T3610 and so I am uncertain about the compatibility. 🤔
Before I add the E5-1660, I will first test the E5-1620 that came with this motherboard.
The idea is to see it post, run it for a few days, and then make the original upgrade I had originally planned.
Originally, I had an E5-1650 in the other motherboard. Things didn't go so well -A mix of what may have been discovery of liquid metal (likely something else) and myself bending the pins trying to clean it out.
This is how we ended up with this "new" motherboard with CPU.
I noticed a significant performance improvement after updating the bios.
Prior to this, I was generally concerned, as I noticed my PC was running a little hotter and seemed a little sluggish, plus the auto fan speed didn't seem to be as responsive.
The moment the BIOS completed the update, it was an instant improvement.
I said I was going to wait. It's the smart thing to do... wait.
I don't want to wait. 😅
I have decided I am going to install the E5-1660 v2, now. And to start off, I pulled the heatsink from the chipset, cleaned it, and reapplied thermal paste (MX-6).
The Dell Precision T3610 has been successfully upgraded from an E5-1650 v2, after temporarily running into a setback which resulted in a motherboard replacement and a temporary downgrade to an E5-1620 v2, to finally have the E5-1660 v2 it was meant to have
Additionally, the 32 GB of Ram are now 64 GB of Ram and as soon as more Ram comes in the mail it will be 128 GB of Ram
At which time the system will be "feature complete" (no further upgrade within spec available)
Fedora Onyx —Its basically SilverBlue, but with the Budgie desktop.
Of course, Dell, clearly supports the use of Fedora Linux, given they have managed to insert their logo into the boot screen. —You see the same thing if you install either Debian or Ubuntu too.
As I recall, @kkarhan wanted to know the physical details of the internal network card settings.
I don't use the physical network port because I only use Wi-Fi. I don't have an Ethernet cable running across the house. So these settings do not apply to that (wireless Wi-Fi).