For the sake of both single and multi thread performance, should I stick with this 1366 combo or upgrade to a 2011 E5?

[poodswuyn]

I'm a video editor and I actually do play games sometimes and afaik the dual Xeons is choking my 1060 like it's not that noticeable but it's definitely choking according to the stats. Also editing on the dual Xeon is just a bit exhausting, playback and effect analyzing are slow, rendering is fine tho.

I'm currently using a dual X5650 2.66ghz with 12c24t and people is saying those CPUs is ridiculously powerful when being OCed to 4Ghz. So I've trying to find a used EVGA Sr-2 for nearly a year now because it's literally finding an antique. But I'm getting my hope up since my friend knows this seller who has it and it'll cost me approx $250 to have it on my hand.

On the other hand, there are some people saying I can get a single 2011 CPU system under the same budget that will provide a better performance at base clock. And with my calculation, it will cost me $350 for and 8c16t E5 and a mobo.

I know a little about PC but nothing on how CPU works so I really need some help.

[scottyseng]

3 minutes ago, poodswuyn said:

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Well, if you can get a SR-2 for that price, get it, but keep in mind the board is huge. @WhisperingKnickers has the SR-2.

 

Performance wise, no doubt two overclocked 1366 CPUs will win over the 8 core E5.

 

Though to make things easier to compare, which exact 2011 socket motherboard and Xeon are you comparing against?

[poodswuyn]

16 minutes ago, scottyseng said:

Well, if you can get a SR-2 for that price, get it, but keep in mind the board is huge. @WhisperingKnickers has the SR-2.

 

Performance wise, no doubt two overclocked 1366 CPUs will win over the 8 core E5.

 

Though to make things easier to compare, which exact 2011 socket motherboard and Xeon are you comparing against?

I'm currently considering this E5-2690 since anything beyond that is way out of my wallet. Might be able to get 2 of them. 

Also I can see @WhisperingKnickers has a Supermicro X8DTI-F, does it have anything more superior to the Intel S5520HC because I'm seeing more and more people using it nowaday? 

[Pasi123]

I would stick with the LGA1366 combo. Maybe you could sell those X5650's and upgrade to X5680 or X5690?

 

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1304&cmp[]=1312&cmp[]=1314

[scottyseng]

Just now, poodswuyn said:

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Hmm, I thought Sandy Bridge Xeons were cheap by now (Just the boards are freaky expensive).

 

You're probably seeing SuperMicro a lot because the older SuperMicro servers are being sold for cheap right now and parted out. In fact, I bought an empty SuperMicro 4U chassis and it came with two Xeon L5630 CPUs and a SuperMicro X8DAH+-F motherboard inside of it (I even double checked the listing on ebay and it was indeed an empty chassis). I actually ended up sending it to WhisperingKnickers there because I was about to recycle it (I was going to move my current PC into the server).

[poodswuyn]

 

33 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

I would stick with the LGA1366 combo. Maybe you could sell those X5650's and upgrade to X5680 or X5690?

 

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1304&cmp[]=1312&cmp[]=1314

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How's the latest X5690 performing on video editing at stock speed? I feel like most of the editing prefer speed over number of cores. 

[NoxiousOdor]

6 hours ago, poodswuyn said:

I'm currently considering this E5-2690 since anything beyond that is way out of my wallet. Might be able to get 2 of them. 

Also I can see @WhisperingKnickers has a Supermicro X8DTI-F, does it have anything more superior to the Intel S5520HC because I'm seeing more and more people using it nowaday? 

What you are going to want is higher clocked xeons if you are going to stick to the dual xeon setup. for x58 the 5670 is a good choice because you can get them pretty cheap. Unless you have the SR2. I have one but I haven't started using it yet because I have a few more case mods to make first

[NoxiousOdor]

6 hours ago, Pasi123 said:

I would stick with the LGA1366 combo. Maybe you could sell those X5650's and upgrade to X5680 or X5690?

 

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1304&cmp[]=1312&cmp[]=1314

 

5 hours ago, poodswuyn said:

 

How's the latest X5690 performing on video editing at stock speed? I feel like most of the editing prefer speed over number of cores. 

I am running dual x5690's if you want me to do any bench tests let me know

[poodswuyn]

20 hours ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

 

I am running dual x5690's if you want me to do any bench tests let me know

Just want to know if the Dual x5690 can handle single thread processes well, 1700-2000 single thread rating should be good enough for me. Since Premiere and most of the Editing software out there haven't utilized all of the multi cores yet. 

[NoxiousOdor]

3 hours ago, poodswuyn said:

Just want to know if the Dual x5690 can handle single thread processes well, 1700-2000 single thread rating should be good enough for me. Since Premiere and most of the Editing software out there haven't utilized all of the multi cores yet. 

I can try some tests when I get home, I don't have much in terms of editing software but I can figure something out. Games mostly use single thread performance and I play most games at 1080p on ultra without any issues. I will do more solid testing later