Help on allowed CPUS (Lenovo M58p)

themistry · 28 Dec 2012 at 18:29

Hi guys,

I picked up a Lenovo M58p to run as a file server. It has since taken on more responsibility and I want to upgrade the CPU, however i've been out of the game for so long, I cannot quite figure out what would work in it.

Here is a link to a fact sheet to the machine: http://support.lenovo.com/en_AU/downloads/detail.page?DocID=PD004615

The version I have is the M58p (6136).

It currently has an [email protected] and 4gb of memory (unknown type/rating).

What is the max CPU I could stick in this thing (it's doing a lot of video encoding). And, what this require that I change the memory?

Would really appreciate any advice!

Cheers
TM

OspreyO · 28 Dec 2012 at 20:23

The logical upgrade is a quad core. The only problem is, they are over priced. This thread suggests the Q9650. I'd get something similar for my HP, but is there any point for encoding. Just queue them up and do them overnight.

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/A-M-and.../m58p-Max-CPU-and-memory-capacity/td-p/481835

Unless of course your doing something else with it. Like playing movies and recording TV at the same time.

themistry · 28 Dec 2012 at 20:59

OspreyO said:
The logical upgrade is a quad core. The only problem is, they are over priced. This thread suggests the Q9650. I'd get something similar for my HP, but is there any point for encoding. Just queue them up and do them overnight.

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/A-M-and.../m58p-Max-CPU-and-memory-capacity/td-p/481835

Unless of course your doing something else with it. Like playing movies and recording TV at the same time.

Thanks man. Much appreciated.

FYI i'm using plex, which allows media to be synced to my iOS devices when in WIFI. Currently I encode at 1.5-2x the speed of the file, which is really slow for movies. But, agree with what you are saying.

Cheers
TM

OspreyO · 28 Dec 2012 at 22:08

If you could rip to a separate physical disk than the one streaming media it would help.

I have a E8500@stock in mine, which is quick. Except if I try encoding, ripping and copying all at the same time. Pushing things to different disks helps a bit. I had a Q9450 in another machine which I should have kept. I was a better for multitasking but felt slower than the E8500 for everything else.

I have a dual xeon E5504 at work with 8 cores and you can have a ton of different things going on and still work away as normal. its encodes things unbelievably quickly. But for doing one or two things the E8500 feels a lot faster.