Can you increase the clock speed of the E5620 in your Z600 workstation (Intel 5520 LGA1366)?
Can you increase the clock speed of the E5620 in your Z600 workstation (Intel 5520 LGA1366)?
Usually yes, no. Xeon CPUs lack unlocked multipliers and an HP workstation motherboard won't offer BIOS settings for overclocking.
The positive aspect of the z600 is that you can install an additional processor, effectively doubling your processing capabilities. You can also reach the highest level with a x5670/x5675 configuration:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compar...on...1309vs1249
You must use Windows Pro for dual socket functionality. Windows Home will not support it.
Are you certain? I recall that following NT, dual socket support was largely built-in into the codebase. Quad processor support, however, needed specific versions at that time.
Wikipedia continues to indicate that the home setup uses a single socket.