What's the deal with Xeon E5-2608LV3 2.00GHz CPU's

[Synners]

Hey folks, its my first post please be gentle

 

 

I currently have 2 Intel Xeon E5-2608LV3 2.00GHz CPU's. I'm not an expert by any means and I was wondering if it was worth my time and money to build a system around these CPU's.

My needs are fairly basic I currently run a simple home server for shares/storage and Plex. However I have recently gotten in to experimenting with Virtual machines and these CPU's do support virtual set-ups.

 

I am currently running a Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8300 @ 2.50GHz socket 775 4 gigs or ram, somewhat dated I know

 

so again I ask should I take the dive and build something up? or just hold off and get a i7 CPU down the road...

 

 

Also it would be great if anyone could suggest a motherboard as well, I'm open minded, either dual CPU or single.

 

 

Cheers

[H4X3R]

Definitely build something. The motherboard will probably be the only part you will need to acquire (assuming you use your old HDD/SSDs and GPU/s as well as add on parts if you have any), oh and you'll need 2 cpu coolers.

In terms of buying a motherboard i would suggest a ASUS Z10PA-D8.

[FAQBytes]

This setup will be more than fine for home servers. For much more than that, mehhh...

 

For gaming they might be a wee bit weak.

[Synners]

Thanks for the quick response guys, much appreciated. Could anyone suggest a single CPU mother board as well  ? ?

[NumLock21]

Any x99 board will do for single cpu setup. That cpu you got is a haswell-ep chip. But get a dual socket board.