Is it ok to upgrade a workstation?

[Karbin]

I have an HP Z620 workstation and I want to install a new graphics card in it.
I was wondering if it will work with it and not explode in my face.

[Omega]

Computer = Computer.

Workstations are depending on what hardware they use quite often not suited for gaming at all.

[Karbin]

My workstaion runs games really well but I still want to improve it.

[Omega]

What are the specs?

[Karbin]

CPU: Intel XEON E5-2620
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD Firepro W5100 (want to upgrade to NVIDIA XLR8 GTX 1050 Ti)
RAM: 16GB
Memory: 1TB
Has a ton of fans inside and it's pretty quiet.
Gets the job done on a lot of my games.

[Omega]

Where did you get this machine? Since most of these parts still go for $500 or more online and it is not that old yet.

Especially that Firepro it's only 2 years old.

I would just sell it and buy a real gaming PC with a big i7 and a GTX 1070.

[Karbin]

This may be a bit embarrassing but I got it from craigslist at the price of $200

[Omega]

Originally posted by Hatty Hattington:

This may be a bit embarrassing but I got it from craigslist at the price of $200

Sell it for $1000.

Are you sure those are that machines specs? Could you download and install CPU-z then validate and post the URL of the webpage that opens?


After doing some more research I conclude that this system is worth at least $400-$500 in parts.

This complete system I see online refurbished for $500-$1500.

[Fluffy]

you can put a 1050ti in that machine and do ok the problem with gaming on a workstation is they are designed with multicore processing in mind. so your 6-core + 6 thread sandybridge cpu has decent multitasking but the single thread performance is pretty poor @ 2-2.5ghz turbo it actually does better with newer games that support multiple cores/thread as opposed to older ones

youll find plenty of videos turning workstations into "gaming" pcs but one built from scratch designed for gaming will always outperform it.

[Revelene]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by Hatty Hattington:

This may be a bit embarrassing but I got it from craigslist at the price of $200

Sell it for $1000.

Are you sure those are that machines specs? Could you download and install CPU-z then validate and post the URL of the webpage that opens?


After doing some more research I conclude that this system is worth at least $400-$500 in parts.

This complete system I see online refurbished for $500-$1500.

I'm not sure where you are looking, but this kind of workstation build would be around $600-800 new, depending on the board, with today's prices. The price the OP paid ($200) is about what something like this would go for used. He might be able to sell it for a little more and get a profit, but it won't be that easy of a sale.