Hey everyone! I'm looking for some advice on a computer I found that I might use for my kitchen design business. It's a Dell Precision tower from 2016 that has two Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 processors and 64GB of RAM. The asking price is $270 since it's from a college surplus store. I know it's an older model, so I'm wondering if it's worth buying this and maybe upgrading it later, or if I should just invest in a newer PC that would cost $1500 or more. Any insights?
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I’d be cautious about that setup. Unless your software can utilize all 16 cores, you won’t get much performance out of those older Xeon processors. They’ve been around for a while, and per-core efficiency isn't great. You'd be better off looking for newer hardware, like a used Ryzen 5 3600 with a B350/B450 motherboard and some DDR4 RAM.
The software I use recommends at least 16 cores and 8GB of VRAM for the GPU, though.