Can someone please provide some clarity regarding upgrading the CPU's in my HP Z620.
I originally purchased my HP Z620 with a single E5-2660 processor a few months back and have successfully upgraded to 2 off E5-2670 CPU's, (adding the second CPU riser myself). I also replaced the 24GB, (6 x 4GB ECC REG), 1600MHz memory with 64GB, (8 x 8GB ECC REG), Hynix HMT31GR7EFR4C-RD ram which is rated at 1866MHz, (in anticipation of a possible future CPUupgrade).
My motherboard/BIOS is listed as follows;
System BIOS: J61 v03.88
Boot Block Date: 03/06/2013
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So in summary, my questions are;
1. Will my Z620 accept the newer V2 Xeon CPU's as detailed below?
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2. The above list does not list certain E5-2600V2CPU's, (e.g. E5-2673 V2, E5-2675 V2), or indeed my current E5-2670 V1 CPU's, does this mean that they are not supported? Is there any way to get hold of a complete listing, (as contained in the microcode), of all supported CPU variants in a single location?
Like most people are saying in these forums, I find it completely frustrating and disappointing that HP does not officially support CPUupgrades once they have sold you the workstation. (Personally I think that HP are deliberately misleading in this respect, i.e. hide it in the small print or in another hard to locate pdf somewhere?). For me, reading the HP literature implies the Z620 can be upgraded. So I suppose HP are saying, if you want to upgrade, buy a Dell or IBM. . .
