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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/s1fro on 2023-08-11 19:58:22.

Sup,

I am currently an owner of a 2x E5 2680 v1 system (HP proliant DL… something). I bought it about 2 years ago for 160-ish$ with 32GB of 1333mhz RAM included. I’ve hit a RAM limit and my original thought was to just upgrade to 1600-1833mhz 128GB+ depending on how good of a deal I can find(sub 100 $).

Now I’m questioning if I should also throw in a newer CPU while I’m at it. I don’t have the best frame of reference on how big of an upgrade each generation from v1 -> v4 were. The easiest option would be to get one of the top spec v2s.

Would a 2690 v2 or a 2697 v2 be a good upgrade over the v1 2680? Both power usage wise and multicore perf (something more than just paper specs)? I was looking at passmark scores but I’m not sure how reliable that is. Preferably I’d like to stick to v1 and v2s for the cheap ddr3.