Budget (including currency): $300 Dollars
Country: Canada
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Beamng, Cities Skylines, Video Editing, Video Transcoding, DVD/CD ripping.
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):
I am thinking of getting a Supermicro X8DAH+-F with 8GB of ram and dual xeon e5606 for $120. If I get this I am planning to upgrade the cpu with a six core xeon. The only thing I am worried about is getting a case for it because its eatx. The cases for eatx seem more expensive. Is it worth it? Or would it be better if I get a optiplex with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse and add a gpu to it? Or would it be better if I do something else?