Help Reviving my Intel I7 old school system

[ReaperX22]

Odd fix for a sata based drive, but eh! If it works! Great!

 

[sinisterDei]

Agreed. Though, typically a BIOS update also forcibly invokes a BIOS settings reset, so maybe it was a side effect of that.

 

[mnewxcv]

Look into a 6 core xeon if your board supports them. X5670 or 5680 seem to be popular here. X58 has a lot of life left IMHO if you do some cheap upgrades

 

[master noran]

Look into a 6 core xeon if your board supports them. X5670 or 5680 seem to be popular here. X58 has a lot of life left IMHO if you do some cheap upgrades

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x5650 can be had for around $50 on ebay, oc it to 4ghz and you have an excellent setup for the money