Running Channels (Windows) on an OptiPlex 5060 with a core I5-8500T processor. I run some Dockers and have several sources in Channels (800 channels or so). Seems to be slow to respond from the web console and commercial detection hits the processor pretty good.
Have an OptiPlex 3080 with an I3-10100T I could repurpose.
The I5 has 6 cores/6 threads and more cache while the I3 has 4 cores/8 threads and a higher base clock speed. Reading old forum posts it seems that more threads is better so the I3 would be the way to go?
If you weren't already using the 8th gen i5, I'd be inclined to recommend the 10th gen i3 as well. However, looking at an aggregation of benchmarks for these two processors, I don't believe switching horses is going to be worth the effort:
Thanks all for the suggestions. I moved to the i3 and have been surprised/happy with the performance. Even though the benchmarks would disagree, the box feels snappier, and performance numbers look (comparatively) great. Moving by the way was easy, I just swapped the NVME drive.
Something that can often happen with older systems, especially those that are in use 24x7, is thermal throttling.
This is generally the result of either the breakdown of the thermal paste used to transfer heat from the processor, or a build-up of dust in the fan or CPU radiator (or both). This has happened to me many times, but can almost always be fixed with a fresh application of thermal paste and a good cleaning of the fan/radiator.
I just did this to a NUC 10 that was my daily driver for several years, but was seeming sluggish, along with the fan running much more often. After dealing with these thermal issues, performance was restored.
Not saying this was the case with yours, but it's one of those performance killers on older systems that I'm not sure many people realize. And, is one of the reasons comparison benchmarks aren't always predictive.
Good point. I may have repasted with N2-H2, but I can't recall. I think I did as my RMM does temp monitoring and I got alerts. Or not - cobbler's shoes at and all.
The 3080 was originally going to a family member so I replaced the fan on it which included the heatsink/fan assembly with a new thermal pad.
I've also seen power bricks go bad causing the system to run at 0.9 GHZ.
