BobbyG

Can you guys tell me what my system might sell for please ? Case: Coolermaster HAF 922 Motherboard: Gigabyte X58-UD3R rev 1 CPU: Intel Xeon x5650 (6Core / 12Thread @4.4Ghz) Thermalright CPU cooler with 2 Thermalright fans in push-pull Power Supply: Corsair 850w 80+ Memory: 12GB (3x4) Triple Channel G.Skill Ripjaw 1600mhz Video Cards: 2 x MSI R9 280x in crossfire SSD: 250gb Crucial BX200 HDD: 1TB WD 300GB WD Raptor 10,000rpm Windows 8.1 Pro 3 x Corsair SP120 1 x Corsair AF120 (blowing on video cards) + the 2 stock 200mm fans

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He said his current cpu is a Xeon E5520. So a swap to a x5650 or x5670 would be a cheap upgrade.

LabRat, you're wrong there. The Xeons from the socket 1366 days overclock very well. But to answer the original question, No, a overclocked i7 920 will not bottleneck a gtx 970. However i suggest another cpu. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/319061-191-upgrade-to-keep-my-old-x58-system-alive-and-kickin/ A link to a cheap system update I did to keep my x58 system strong even today. I suggest looking on Ebay for a socket 1366 Xeon x5650 or x5670.

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So, I don't think my fiance is to thrilled about displaying a GPU. So, i'm thinking about selling it. It works perfectly. Any ideas on what I may be able to get out of it ?

The extra +$ isn't worth it over a x5650 (which I got for almost $100 less), the performance is only slightly more. http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5650-vs-Intel-Xeon-W3670

Wow, that case is pretty sick.

I did get lucky on the R9 280x price, but the X5650 CPU sells for that price regularly. Making it a decent option for fairly cheap if your x58 boards can handle Xeons. I also looked at the x5670 and x5690, both are a good bit more money and the performance increase wasn't big enough to warrant the extra money. Especially when the goal was to do a cheap, yet highly effective upgrade to keep the system playing well for a bit longer.

So, back in late 2009 I built this system Specs: Gigabyte X58-UD3R Motherboard Core i7 920 @3.8ghz with Thermalright air cooler Corsair 850 PSU 12GB 1600mhz DDR3 (4x3) XFX Radeon HD 5870 (max overclock) with a custom Thermalright cooler The system has performed flawlessly and been a beast. But now in 2015 it was starting show its age (still playing games well), but i wanted more. But, my budget currently didn't give me the budget to build new. So, instead I spent a total of $191 and picked up a 6core/12thread overclockable Xeon x5650 cpu for $56 and also a MSI R9 280x for $135 (said to be 4 months old). This seems to have been a great bang-for-the-buck upgrade. Yes, I know many of you will say the CPU upgrade was worthless, but for $56 I felt it was worth the shot. The TDP of the Xeon makes my system run even cooler, and performs better even in single core benchmarks. Also, if DirectX 12 works the way they are saying and lets API's use all threads, I'll have an additional 4 threads with the xeon, and give me even a better overall upgrade for minimal $$. Here are the results (not extensive tweaking or testing yet) Core i7 920 @3.8ghz, air cooled, idle temps 35c, 100% load temps 70c Radeon 5870 core clock 900, mem clock 1300 Xeon x5650 @4.4ghz, air cooled, idle temps 26c, 100% load temps 58c MSI R9 280x core clock 1150, mem clock 1650 Benchmarks: Intel ETU CPU Benchmark i7 920 - 442 x5650 - 592 Cinebench Benchmark CPU i7 920 - 602 x5650 - 1026 CPU Single core i7 920 - 118 x5650 - 137 Open GL i7 920 - 96.22 x5650 - 114.79 Firestrike 5870 - 2995 280x - 8482 Valley (ultra 1080p) 5870 - 40.7fps / 1701 280x - 77.9fps / 3148 I'm pleased with my results so far and also how cool the system runs. I think for the little amount of money I put into this 5 year old system, I've made it usable for a good bit longer. And as I said before, with the way dx12 is supposed to use all threads for game api's, it'll even be a better upgrade overall.

Thought about that, or even making it my desk fan haha.

Back in late 2009 I built my system and installed a XFX 5870 with a custom Thermalright cooler installed. Its been a great card and still works perfectly fine. But, I was able to pick up a 3 month old MSI R9 280x for $135 and figured it was time for an upgrade. But I wanted to share pics of the old card because I never seen many like it, especially in 2009-2010 for coolers. Temps are outstanding and whisper quiet even at a max overclock.

My current is Cas 7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145286

Should I maybe get a different set of ram or even just get another 6gb matching kit to what i have ?

Ok, so for an update. I got a 2 month old MSI R9 280x Gaming 3G, said to have never been overclocked for $140. Should do the trick