dual xeon cpu rig

[MicroDotz]

hi there! i need your help please D;!

im wanting to buy a server hardware pc for my daily gaming use and wanted to ask for your advices on these

 

 

one tower is a HP ML350 G5

and the other is HP ML150 G6 

 

are there any big limitations (or advantages) to basing a build on these boards? 

[Evanair]

Don't. Search for, I think it was the 8-core dual CPU video... Im on my phone or I would link it.

 

A cheap Ryzen would work better

[Ashleyyyy]

ML350 G5 doesn't have a full-size PCI-e slot so can't fit a GPU. AVOID!!!

[MicroDotz]

12 minutes ago, Evanair said:

Don't. Search for, I think it was the 8-core dual CPU video... Im on my phone or I would link it.

 

A cheap Ryzen would work better

ok so i should keep looking ? 

 

this one? 

[MicroDotz]

8 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

ML350 G5 doesn't have a full-size PCI-e slot so can't fit a GPU. AVOID!!!

this is deal breaker lol ty for reply, despite any deal on it i will keep lookings ~ 

its sad how much ram costs are , used to be so cheep DX< 

[Ashleyyyy]

yea if it's purely for gaming old dual-socket xeon rigs suck. I had a 12-core X5650 rig (before it broke, press F) and that thing stuttered in Overwatch despite having plenty cpu horsepower because games are not designed to use 12 core's. 

[MicroDotz]

56 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

yea if it's purely for gaming old dual-socket xeon rigs suck. I had a 12-core X5650 rig (before it broke, press F) and that thing stuttered in Overwatch despite having plenty cpu horsepower because games are not designed to use 12 core's. 

i wish i could find a free computer on the side of the road

[Zando_]

57 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

yea if it's purely for gaming old dual-socket xeon rigs suck. I had a 12-core X5650 rig (before it broke, press F) and that thing stuttered in Overwatch despite having plenty cpu horsepower because games are not designed to use 12 core's. 

@WhisperingKnickers Hasn't complained much about bad CPU performance in games and he's been using dual X5690s for quite a while. I'll be testing out dual CPUs as well once I move and get my SR-2 up and running with dual X5675s, but it shouldn't be that bad. Keep in mind the X5650s have a pretty low stock clockspeed and may have a slower QPI link speed so that's probably the reason it would stutter. If you really like Xeons though but don't want to have to deal with dual CPUs, just watch eBay for a good deal on an X58 overclocking motherboard and then get an X5675 for $30 or an X5670 for $16 and OC that sucker to 4.5Ghz. At 4.41GHz my X5675 kept up pretty darn well with my 1080 Ti at 1080p, except in for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, but there frametimes were still solid so it played just fine. If you keep your eye out you can snag some pretty damn good deals. I just scored an EVGA Classified 3-Way SLI board with an i7 920 for $89, the other 3 boards of the same model are $235, $350, and $385 on eBay. 

[NoxiousOdor]

2 hours ago, firelighter487 said:

yea if it's purely for gaming old dual-socket xeon rigs suck. I had a 12-core X5650 rig (before it broke, press F) and that thing stuttered in Overwatch despite having plenty cpu horsepower because games are not designed to use 12 core's. 

That sounds like a problem with your build in particular. I have used several dual socket board builds specifically on that same platform and I have never had issues.

 

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

@WhisperingKnickers Hasn't complained much about bad CPU performance in games and he's been using dual X5690s for quite a while. I'll be testing out dual CPUs as well once I move and get my SR-2 up and running with dual X5675s, but it shouldn't be that bad. Keep in mind the X5650s have a pretty low stock clockspeed and may have a slower QPI link speed so that's probably the reason it would stutter. If you really like Xeons though but don't want to have to deal with dual CPUs, just watch eBay for a good deal on an X58 overclocking motherboard and then get an X5675 for $30 or an X5670 for $16 and OC that sucker to 4.5Ghz. At 4.41GHz my X5675 kept up pretty darn well with my 1080 Ti at 1080p, except in for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, but there frametimes were still solid so it played just fine. If you keep your eye out you can snag some pretty damn good deals. I just scored an EVGA Classified 3-Way SLI board with an i7 920 for $89, the other 3 boards of the same model are $235, $350, and $385 on eBay.