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Gaming on 2x xeon E5 2640v3

ruffpl
By ruffpl
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I got double socket supermicro mainboard with xeon E5 2640 v3 ( FCLGA 2011, 2,6- 3,4ghz turbo, 8core/16 thread) that will be my workstation. I have option of buying a second cpu for a low price. Is it going to be a good option of buying it or it will not going to stand 1440p or 4k gaming in the future (when there are going to be better gpus than rtx, etc)?

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If you have use cases that can use all those cores, go for it. Gaming is not that use case. It'll probably be fine for 60fps gaming, but might have difficulties if you want to maintain higher framerates at any resolution. If anything, higher resolution puts the limiting factor more at the GPU so is less of a concern. 

Main system: i9-7980XE, Asus X299 TUF mark 2, Noctua D15, Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200 3x 16GB 2R, RTX 3070, NZXT E850, GameMax Abyss, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, Acer Predator XB241YU 24" 1440p 144Hz G-Sync + HP LP2475w 24" 1200p 60Hz wide gamut
Gaming laptop: Lenovo Legion 5, 5800H, RTX 3070, Kingston DDR4 3200C22 2x16GB 2Rx8, Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB + Crucial P1 1TB SSD, 165 Hz IPS 1080p G-Sync Compatible

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I bought it (cost only around 90 usd). One cpu will be in use for win 10, second one as "spare" for virtual machines. I found some russian video on Youtube how is he doing in games and it is actually not so bad. I will not be able to overclock it but I heard there is some "bios hack" to set cpu turbo boost always on. Maybe after some years when prices go down I will just exchange it on e5 2697 v3 or similar

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That website is a fraud. If that cpu could handle the card, no new hardware would be selling. 

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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