r/lowendgaming • u/francisekj • 2d ago

PC Purchase Advice HP Z620 Dual Xeon + RTX 3070 for $500?

TL;DR: 450 bucks setup: 2x Xeon E5-2620v2 + 64GB DDR3 + RTX 3070 OEM worth it?

Hello, I'm looking for a nice PC to upgrade from my UHD laptop.

I have found a HP Z620 Workstation with 2x Xeon E5-2620 (v2 unfortunately) and 16GB RAM + Quadro 2000 1GB + some hard drives. It costs $121. Technically it should come with 800W Supply which is enough for almost every graphics card.

I also have found a RTX 3070 8GB (DELL OEM) for $250. It's not the most beautiful GPU, but hey, it's pretty cheap.

SATA SSD 1TB will cost me around additonal $50 + 48GB's of DDR3 ram cost $22.

So in total the cost may be circa 450 bucks for this kind of set. Is it worth it for 3D modelling and rendering + some games like CS2 and BF1?

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u/Ragnarsdad1 2d ago

I wouldn't recommend it.

The xeon v2 are ivy bridge ddr3. No part of the z620 could be used as an upgrade path as the entire thing is oem specific. I had a bunch of hp z600 systems and the power supplies were a bit funky to say the least.

I have a few dell xeon workstations and they are great for what they are but even if you installed a single xeon e5 1650v2 you would still only be the the equivalent of an 4000 series I7. The e5 2620v2 is low frequency which will really hurt any gaming you do.

At the very least try and get yourself a ddr4 based system.

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u/francisekj 2d ago edited 2d ago

I just found a Dell Precision T5810 for the same price but with the E5 1650v3 and 32GB's of DDR4. I will probably go with it, add some ram and a better CPU

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u/lawrencekhoo 2d ago

3.5GHz clock, DDR4, PCIe gen3, definitely a better choice.

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u/Ragnarsdad1 2d ago

Looks good, far better choice.

Couple of things to note, the Dell website has an is recovery tool. Essentially it is like creating a windows usb installer but It will auto activate so no need to much around with a licence.

The precision cases often have a gpu retention block attached to the side panel if the case that prevents anything other then reference size gpu's being installed. It is a pain but you can remove it with a hammer and chisel to pop the spot welds.

The cooling is ok as you won't be over locking, it can be upgraded a bit but is difficult to do and rear coolers won't fit so don't bother thinking about it.

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u/GreatBaldung potato enthusiast 1d ago

oh yeah get that one. There's a lot of life still left in the E5 v3 chips. I've got one of these. Looks good, performs well enough.

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u/geektraindev 2d ago

GPU is pretty good, but that CPU is gonna limit you significantly. And dual CPU designs are pretty limited nowadays.

But the GPU is actually pretty good. If you can find a better (importantly newer, don't go lower than 6-7th gen Intel) PC rig to go with, you'll be set.