My dad has a server with a Xeon E3-1220 processor. There are about a dozen or so computers that connect to it and pull customer files off it. There are always complaints that its slow. My guess is that there are times when it can be slow to get those files because the computers are used concurrently (every half hour or hour, coinciding with customer arrivals). He really does not want to buy a new server. He has only another year or so before he retires.
So I'm trying to find a cheap option that will help a bit in the near-term... last time he spent 5k for practically nothing.... The E3-1220 has no hyper-threading. I found a couple refurbished E3-1230s for sale for around 200$. Both processors are 80W, they just differ in base clock and the 1230 has hyper-threading. I'm wondering if replacing the E3-1220 for a E3-1230 would help?
I was going to recommend getting the E3-1230 and seeing if that helps service all the requests from the computers better. What do you all think? Are there gains to be had?
So I'm trying to find a cheap option that will help a bit in the near-term... last time he spent 5k for practically nothing.... The E3-1220 has no hyper-threading. I found a couple refurbished E3-1230s for sale for around 200$. Both processors are 80W, they just differ in base clock and the 1230 has hyper-threading. I'm wondering if replacing the E3-1220 for a E3-1230 would help?
I was going to recommend getting the E3-1230 and seeing if that helps service all the requests from the computers better. What do you all think? Are there gains to be had?