Should I buy an Intel Xeon X5650?

[Minecrafter_0811]

I want to build a cheap workstation PC which I'll mainly use for video editing for the next two years and I did some research today and stepped over the Xeon X5650/X5660/X5670 which only cost about 30 - 50€ used where I live. I would have already bought one of them in combination with a X58 mainboard which a friend of mine will be selling but then I saw that the power consumption of these CPUs is pretty high. The reason why this is a problem for me is because I want to use this PC as a server/NAS in two years. Can I reduce the power draw to a point where it is comparable to a somewhat modern Xeon E3 if I lower the clockspeed and voltage and maybe even disable 2 cores or should I go with a Xeon E3 which is way more expensive right away? ^^

[bimmerman]

What power limit do you need? What is the reason the X56xx chip can't work as a server/nas in stock form I.e. what level of power consumption is acceptable for you?

 

Newer tech generally uses less power than older tech. I have no idea how much power my X5675 uses, either stock or at a healthy overclock....mostly because power's cheap and for how little the computer is used I don't have to care.

[Minecrafter_0811]

18 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

What power limit do you need? What is the reason the X56xx chip can't work as a server/nas in stock form I.e. what level of power consumption is acceptable for you?

 

Newer tech generally uses less power than older tech. I have no idea how much power my X5675 uses, either stock or at a healthy overclock....mostly because power's cheap and for how little the computer is used I don't have to care.

A bare system without a GPU or anything that could use a lot of power draws 115W at idle and 180W at load when the CPU is not overclocked according to PCGamesHardware which is quite a bit more then I'd like. I'd really like to stay bellow 100W or even 50W if possible when there is just a website or something similar running on the server.

[chexor]

X58 is not place for you if you want low power draw.. 

Xeons like E3 are usually good, but for video editing you can use a bit high core clock (im not expert tho).

If you want x58 combo with motherboard, cpu ram and cooler will cost you probably 200$ (or around that because 1366 mobo is 100$ or more)

I would suggest you r5 1600, it is 65w TDP (yes i know TDP is not whole power draw), but is 50% less then xeon, and has same amount of cores and threads as xeon, higher clock, comes with good cooler, it is new platform which you can reuse after some time..

[asand1]

IDK about power draw, but I love my Xeon X5680. You might want to upgrade to a higher clock speed though, especially if it is an OEM dual socket with no OC ability.

[ThatTechKid]

XEON E3 or Ryzen 5 1600. Just because your on a budget just doesn't mean you have to go under-powered.