Time ago I bought a cheap PC with an Intel G2030 processor.
Its mainboard is an ASUSTeK H61M-K based on chipset H61.
It has two memory DDR3 slots an support a wide range of Intel processors:
When I was reading the motherboard docs about how to update the BIOS and which processors are supported I noticed that in the 0306 BIOS version they added support to Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 and E3-1245 v2.
That's sound interesting, how much will cost one of those CPU? And how "powerful" are they?
E3-1230v2 costs about 40€ in aliexpress and gets a 8869 score in passmark
E3-1245v2 costs about 55€ in aliexpress and gets a 9133 score in passmark
There are other E3 v2 CPU such as E3-1280 v2 (9445 passmark for 70€)....
But the ASUS documentation shows that only E3-1230v2 and E3-1245v2 are supported, so should buy I one of these two CPU models?
or ... not
What is the most affordable E3 v2 in aliexpress?
This is a E3-1220 v2 and gets a 6739 score in passmark for only 20€.
Perharps a E3-1230v2 is the sensible choice but E3-1220v2 gets a 75% of a 1230v2 performance for only a 50% of its price.
So I bought a E3-1220v2.
When I bought it I didn't know if this processor will work on my motherboard but only costs 20€, and well, I'm quite curious and wanted to know it.
Today the E3 CPU arrived home from China so I swapped the old G2030 for the new 1220v2 one...
And ... my motherboard recognized it without any warning or error.
This CPU is quite cool in idle status (while I was writing this post, only firefox):
That is quite surprising because I use the original cooler, designed for a G2030 with a 55W TDP and this one have 69W TDP.
And also surprising because the only thermal paste that I have is an old (more than 4 years) cheap one:
So I get 6700 passmark score for only 20€.
G2030 vs E3-1220v2 comparison
And I'm waiting for a AMD RX 470 that I bought from aliexpress for only 62€, but this is another story.
Its mainboard is an ASUSTeK H61M-K based on chipset H61.
It has two memory DDR3 slots an support a wide range of Intel processors:
When I was reading the motherboard docs about how to update the BIOS and which processors are supported I noticed that in the 0306 BIOS version they added support to Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 and E3-1245 v2.
That's sound interesting, how much will cost one of those CPU? And how "powerful" are they?
E3-1230v2 costs about 40€ in aliexpress and gets a 8869 score in passmark
E3-1245v2 costs about 55€ in aliexpress and gets a 9133 score in passmark
There are other E3 v2 CPU such as E3-1280 v2 (9445 passmark for 70€)....
But the ASUS documentation shows that only E3-1230v2 and E3-1245v2 are supported, so should buy I one of these two CPU models?
or ... not
What is the most affordable E3 v2 in aliexpress?
This is a E3-1220 v2 and gets a 6739 score in passmark for only 20€.
Perharps a E3-1230v2 is the sensible choice but E3-1220v2 gets a 75% of a 1230v2 performance for only a 50% of its price.
So I bought a E3-1220v2.
When I bought it I didn't know if this processor will work on my motherboard but only costs 20€, and well, I'm quite curious and wanted to know it.
Today the E3 CPU arrived home from China so I swapped the old G2030 for the new 1220v2 one...
And ... my motherboard recognized it without any warning or error.
This CPU is quite cool in idle status (while I was writing this post, only firefox):
Package id 0: +35.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)And after 2 minutes busy (https://silver.urih.com/) using all cores to 100% i got:
Core 0: +32.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +32.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +34.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 3: +32.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Package id 0: +53.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 0: +53.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +53.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +53.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 3: +51.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
That is quite surprising because I use the original cooler, designed for a G2030 with a 55W TDP and this one have 69W TDP.
And also surprising because the only thermal paste that I have is an old (more than 4 years) cheap one:
So I get 6700 passmark score for only 20€.
G2030 vs E3-1220v2 comparison
And I'm waiting for a AMD RX 470 that I bought from aliexpress for only 62€, but this is another story.