Getting bitten by Intel's poor naming scenes
21 hours ago
- #Intel-CPU
- #Hardware-Upgrade
- #Naming-Schemes
- Author upgrades an old Dell Precision T3610 workstation with Proxmox, RAM, and storage.
- Attempts to upgrade CPU from Xeon E5-1650 v2 to Xeon E7-8890 v4, believing both use FCLGA2011 socket.
- Discovers Intel's LGA2011 socket has variants (Socket R, R2), causing incompatibility despite same socket name.
- Criticizes Intel's confusing naming scheme and lack of clear documentation on socket variants.
- Ends up with an unusable CPU but considers it a relatively inexpensive learning experience.