What motherboard is this?

Nick.D

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I need to figure out what motherboard I have so that I can figure out what CPU I should get...

It doesn't say its name anywhere on it... The computer I'm using as of now is just the Intel Thinkstation S20 with more ram, and a good video card slapped in. I did a google search to try and find the motherboard on the S20, but couldn't find anything.

The processor I have right now is the Intel Xeon W3350.
If you google 'Thinkstation S20 motherboard' I don't think you'll find anything, but it does come up with images of the right one, if that helps.

That's everything I know about it, and I've been unable to figure out what it's name is. If you can tell me, that'd be pretty helpful.
 

Nick.D

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I want to get a new one, but money won't allow it :/

Everything in it is decent except for the processor, which, by the looks of it from what you posted, might not change.

I have 32gb of ram, and a GeForce GTX 970. If I can get a decent processor, I'll be okay, I think. I don't know by name if any of those that were listed are good though, so I'll have to do some research.
 
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Nick.D

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You would have to hunt any cpu down on ebay or something similar. You currently have a quad core at 3.06ghz. You could get a 6 core at 3.46 ghz by getting the w3690.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SLBW2-Intel...or-/201750952313?_trksid=p2349526.m2548.l4275

Are you using this for gaming or what?

Yeah It's for gaming, though it isn't doing that great of a job at it as of now.

Actually, I do have another motherboard laying around somewhere, the 760GMA-P34 (FX), which may be newer. I might have to start a thread in a different section, as this is starting to be more about processors than motherboards.
 

johnb35

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Actually, I do have another motherboard laying around somewhere, the 760GMA-P34 (FX), which may be newer.
It is newer but its a lost cause. Don't waste any money, buy all new.
Yeah It's for gaming, though it isn't doing that great of a job at it as of now.
The machine you have was dedicated for business applications and such not gaming. Thats what the xeon cpu's were for. You would probably be downgrading going from what you have now to the am3+ platform.
 

AMD_man

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Intel Xeon W3350

You meant 3550 right? In that case you should have DDR3 RAM, is it 1066Mhz? If so you could use it in that motherboard. That way you wouldn´t be throwing that much stuff away. Although AM3+ is not the best purchase right now, you almost have the entire setup.
 

Nick.D

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You meant 3550 right? In that case you should have DDR3 RAM, is it 1066Mhz? If so you could use it in that motherboard. That way you wouldn´t be throwing that much stuff away. Although AM3+ is not the best purchase right now, you almost have the entire setup.

Yeah, it is 3550, sorry. I'm trying to replace it though, it isn't doing too well. It can't run any newer games, stuff from 2011ish is the newest it can run.

I just have to figure out which motherboard will have better processors it can use now. A downside to the other mobo I have is that I would have to go from 32gb ram to 16, because it only has 2 slots for it.
 
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Intel_man

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You could get a 6 core at 3.46 ghz by getting the w3690.
:)

I can vouch for that chip. It's a beautiful thing for multithreaded applications. Unless the OP plans to OC the bageesus out of the chip, which it technically can but I don't think the Lenovo mobo allows for, don't expect it to perform significantly different in games vs the W3350. It'll be better, since it's basically a i7-990X with Xeon badging, but it is quite old compared to what is offered now.
 
It is newer but its a lost cause. Don't waste any money, buy all new.

The machine you have was dedicated for business applications and such not gaming. Thats what the xeon cpu's were for. You would probably be downgrading going from what you have now to the am3+ platform.
i game on my xenon and it works flawlessly... Better than my intel i7-970 ever did
 

Intel_man

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i game on my xenon and it works flawlessly... Better than my intel i7-970 ever did
If it's your E5506 you're talking about... then that's not right. The i7-970 is a superior processor than the E5506. Just because it's branded as Xeon doesn't mean it's automatically better than the Core i counterpart.
 
If it's your E5506 you're talking about... then that's not right. The i7-970 is a superior processor than the E5506. Just because it's branded as Xeon doesn't mean it's automatically better than the Core i counterpart.
well, its true. Same game, same settings, same everything else, higher FPS. Tested on TF2, Beamng.Drive, Euro Truck Sim, and a few others...
 
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