X79 LGA 2011 board OK for gaming?

[ManWithaMug]

I have an ASRock X79 Extreme6.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/x79 extreme6/

 

And I have access to a enough non-ECC DDR3 memory for whatever I need. Board has 8 DIMM slots, so I could slot in cheap 4GB sticks all day.

With the appropriate LGA 2011 CPU, could this be a decent gaming PC (I'm not looking for 4K here, just local FPS)?

The answer will allow me to allocate the funds for the right GFX - maybe up to $300 USD.

 

Power supply is no problem either; I take Linus' recommendations to heart.

Good power is a good thing.

[TheGlenlivet]

Yup.  Those are quad channel systems so you would only need 4 RAM DIMMS.  Finding a CPU for cheap is a challenge for those boards, but they are getting cheaper lately.  

It would be a good base for a gaming/workstation.

[Turtle Rig]

21 minutes ago, ManWithaMug said:

I have an ASRock X79 Extreme6.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/x79 extreme6/

 

And I have access to a enough non-ECC DDR3 memory for whatever I need. Board has 8 DIMM slots, so I could slot in cheap 4GB sticks all day.

With the appropriate LGA 2011 CPU, could this be a decent gaming PC (I'm not looking for 4K here, just local FPS)?

The answer will allow me to allocate the funds for the right GFX - maybe up to $300 USD.

 

Power supply is no problem either; I take Linus' recommendations to heart.

Good power is a good thing.

They still sell my motherboard on ebay for 220 dollars lol.  It is a HEDT platform.

[porina]

Have a look on your local ebay site for Xeon CPUs to fit. I recently go an E5 2667 to play with. 6 cores, 2.9 base clock, 3.5 turbo for equivalent of $80, but it would probably be less than that in US. No overclocking. Good enough to maintain 60+ fps if the GPU is also good enough. Not recommended if you're after very high fps, but it sounds like you're doing things on a budget. You might be able to find other cheap but faster quad cores.

[ManWithaMug]

This is great news!  Thanks for the quick replies.

 

I'm kind of wary about Ebay for CPUs, but everything involves some sort of risk.

NewEgg, while awesome, does not actually have every thing under the sun.

Porina, Those are some niiiiice systems.   Great feedback.

Turtle Rig, I have the same Samsung 850 Pro.  Got it for $120 when they were still $200 elsewhere and it's been one of the best tech purchases I ever made.

 

Still running in this HP ProBook 4530s /  i7-2630QM (dedicated Radeon pooped out, but it's a real trooper)

Maybe there's a reason the product page doesn't even list dedicated gfx for this anymore. 

Maybe HP knew that running Dishonored could stealth-kill it?