Xeon X5460 or E5450?

[Haytham]

Hi guys I know it's old hardware but I'm trying to play some games, I have a 775 socket Board (Asus P5QL Pro) paired with a C2Q Q8400 2.66Ghz overclocked to 3.3Ghz and RX 570 4Gb. It runs a few titles like R6S, GTA V... but I want to upgrade a little bit. so I'm confused between Xeon X5460 or Xeon E5450 which one to buy? My motherboard has potentials to Overclock and I have a 400W PSU but I can replace it with a 500W if it's needed.

So I hope you can help me to chose. btw The CPUs cost the same, around 20$ on Aliexpress and run on 775 sockets with a mod.

[cobalt77]

Would this be helpful to you? http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5460-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5450

[Haytham]

1 minute ago, cobalt77 said:

Would this be helpful to you? http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5460-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5450

Thank you. but I've already saw it and all other comparison sites, it didn't help much. I need users opinions, but Thank you 

[Donut Dan]

Just having a look at the raw specs on Intel's Ark, the only difference is really a little clock speed difference. A CPU that old, in a game as new as GTA V, you won't notice a difference. Also, I don't think R6S will be that pleasant to play on this setup. In fact, I've read online about some users unable to play with old CPUs such as core 2 quad models.

[Haytham]

2 minutes ago, Donut Dan said:

Just having a look at the raw specs on Intel's Ark, the only difference is really a little clock speed difference. A CPU that old, in a game as new as GTA V, you won't notice a difference. Also, I don't think R6S will be that pleasant to play on this setup. In fact, I've read online about some users unable to play with old CPUs such as core 2 quad models.

I have my self a Core 2 Quad Q8400 overclocked to 3.33Ghz. I play R6S on 60 FPS competitive settings, GTA V around 45 FPS avg on High.

I'm upgrading to this just to wait a little longer for a descent build I have in mind. 

[Donut Dan]

3 minutes ago, Haytham said:

I have my self a Core 2 Quad Q8400 overclocked to 3.33Ghz. I play R6S on 60 FPS competitive settings, GTA V around 45 FPS avg on High.

I'm upgrading to this just to wait a little longer for a descent build I have in mind. 

If you already have an overclocked 4 core, I don't think either of these would really be an upgrade

[Haytham]

Just now, Donut Dan said:

If you already have an overclocked 4 core, I don't think either of these would really be an upgrade

Idk... Maybe, I just want users experience with them

[svmlegacy]

6 hours ago, Haytham said:

Hi guys I know it's old hardware but I'm trying to play some games, I have a 775 socket Board (Asus P5QL Pro) paired with a C2Q Q8400 2.66Ghz overclocked to 3.3Ghz and RX 570 4Gb. It runs a few titles like R6S, GTA V... but I want to upgrade a little bit. so I'm confused between Xeon X5460 or Xeon E5450 which one to buy? My motherboard has potentials to Overclock and I have a 400W PSU but I can replace it with a 500W if it's needed.

So I hope you can help me to chose. btw The CPUs cost the same, around 20$ on Aliexpress and run on 775 sockets with a mod.

All you're really upgrading here is the L2 Cache. It's really not worth the effort, especially if you have faster DDR2 memory. You're not going to see much of a change in average framerate, but it will clean up some of your 1% lows. Generally not worth the effort.