Hi there,
I've been going through all of the posts relating to the Z1 Workstation and have not been able to find anything that relates to more recent technologies' compatibility with the Z1 Workstation (first edition). It's been an interesting read so far, so thatnk you all for sharing your thoughts and experience.
I have a second-hand decent-spec' HP Z1 Workstation that I'm pretty pleased with but I want to upgrade it further where possible, to cope better with heavy-lifting software such as Unreal Engine 4.
Currently I have a E3-1245 (v1 or v0) Xeon processor, SSD drives, 32GB RAM and a 3000M GPU.
I've read the posts regarding upgrading to a v2 processor being a good place to start with upgrades.
I've also read the posts about IT Creations and succesful non-recommended (but compatible) CPUs .
I'm wondering has anyone tried to upgrade with more recent CPUs, say v3 or upwards that use the LGA 1150 connection? Any ideas as to whether this would work?
Their website currently shows that v3s work with the Z1 G2 model but they are not stocking any of the earlier' and so would appreciate any advice here.
Lastly, I also need to upgrade the graphics card. I read with interest about people's experience in this area and am wondering what the consensus is? Is it worth going for something like a GTX 980m? Or are are the old Z1's getting a bit past-it for that kind of investment? What would be the best bet?
Once all the upgrades have been done, I'm hoping I can stick with the computer for a while before the future catches up on it...
Anyway, if anyone still frequents this forum and can offer some advice or thoughts on the above, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks,
Daniel