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Just like the title says, what would be the cheapest CPU that i could buy that will have enough power to be able to run a pair of 295x2 cards? Will I have to go i7? Or will somthing like an i5 work? @Whaler_99 can you help out here?

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Just like the title says, what would be the cheapest CPU that i could buy that will have enough power to be able to run a pair of 295x2 cards? Will I have to go i7? Or will somthing like an i5 work? @Whaler_99 can you help out here?

I think a cheap dual core will work according to a guide.

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I think a cheap dual core will work according to a guide.

 

Well i was told that for each GPU I will need a core. with dual 295x2 ill have a total of 4 cores, so i think ill need a quad core CPU.. i think

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I would have said an i3 would have worked, but I've never tested anything, so there's a big possibility that I'm wrong

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Xeon 2699V3. just kidding. i7 5960X is what I would use.

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Xeon 2699V3. just kidding. i7 5960X is what I would use.

 

Lol, Xeon? I cant afford a Xeon... i spent too much on the GPUs.. lol, now i just want to get the cheapest CPU i can for the build. It will be strictly folding, so keep that in mind. but yeah, i dont think i need an extreme edition. I wont be folding on the CPU just the GPU will have active folding slots

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Just get an I5.

An AMD cpu has no place in a solely gaming build, end of.

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There are xeons that will be priced similarly to the i5s.

 

I'd look at one of those Xeons or a 4690

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There are xeons that will be priced similarly to the i5s.

 

I'd look at one of those Xeons or a 4690

 

Hmm if only they made mATX boards for the Xeons.. what would be the benefit of a xeon? just more cores?

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Hmm if only they made mATX boards for the Xeons.. what would be the benefit of a xeon? just more cores?

More cores and from personal experience they're more reliable / have better up time over i5s.

 

They make Xeon CPUs that fit the Z97 chipset. So you could find a board that would work

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For folding an athlon II x4 is perfectly fine.

 

so somthing like a 4440 would be good?

 

Sure, but by far not the cheapest option.

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For folding an athlon II x4 is perfectly fine.

 

 

Sure, but by far not the cheapest option.

 

Well i want to go intel, because of reliability and the fact that i trust them more. plus ive always used intel, i havent ever used AMD and for a build like this i really dont wanna make it harder then it has to be,

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Well i want to go intel, because of reliability and the fact that i trust them more. plus ive always used intel, i havent ever used AMD and for a build like this i really dont wanna make it harder then it has to be,

 

It's really not that different, the only thing that changes is that the pins are on the cpu. If you must have a core per cpu, intel only offers that in i5s and up. But I suspect an i3 (which has hyperthreading) would do the job just fine. It's 50 bucks more though. Your call, but there's nothing wrong with athlons.

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So @Whaler_99 and everyone else too.. how about this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fhbJXL

 

I dont really know AMD stuff, but it does seem to be cheaper overall for sure. Not sure wether i should go with AMD or Intel for this build, and i have no idea which one will be better for reliability options. the CPU is what im worried about. what even is this CPU? Should i go AMD or Intel?

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Just like the title says, what would be the cheapest CPU that i could buy that will have enough power to be able to run a pair of 295x2 cards? Will I have to go i7? Or will somthing like an i5 work? @Whaler_99 can you help out here?

get a n i5 a dual core is a bit underpowered for dua 295x2s

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get a n i5 a dual core is a bit underpowered for dua 295x2s

 

yeah I think ill be getting an i5 4440, just want to make sure Whaler thinks its okay, i kinda trust him. but yeah everyone else seems to think an i5 will be fine

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Why would you buy the 2nd best card on the market and cheap out on the cpu? I would go for an i7-4790k.

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