Question xeon e5 on windows 10

[jdkick]

Hey, all.

So I'm still rockin' an X79 rig. Had dual Xeon Sandy Bridge E5s @ 2.0 GHz, but recently upgraded it with a single Xeon Ivy Bridge E5 @ 3.7 GHz purely for the higher clock.

Just working through some gaming related performance issues but otherwise the system is fine and is configured with 32GB DDR3, RTX 2070 with OS/games on SSDs. No thermal issues observed.

Windows 10 20H2 installs without issue, but I don't actually see the Xeon E5 listed here:

Windows Processor Requirements

This specification details the processors that can be used by OEMs to manufacture Customer Systems that include Windows Products (including Custom Images).

docs.microsoft.com

E3 and others are.

Just wondering if that could be part of the issue before I consider dropping $ on new components...

Thanks!

 

[Shmee]

What model # is your Xeon E5 v2? If it is a 16xx series, it should overclock nicely, which would help CPU performance. You may manage between 4 and 4.5GHz, quite possibly.