Old CPUs with new GPUs

[Ekstrabartek]

I was looking what Linus did in his "Buget Gaming CPU" video, and I decided I would like to try this method of cheap CPU. I was looking for a motherboard that would work with Intel Xeon X5450 and have a slot for a GPU, and I found that: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-p-n-CPU-S5000SL-A-Dual-Xeon-CPU-LGA771-Server-Motherboard-E11025-302-/281811738032?hash=item419d49ddb0:g:BfkAAOSw37tWCIuV . The price is atractive, but couldn't find any information about those PCIE slots, and if it would work with someting like AMD R9 290/290x. 

 

If anyone knows anything about those components, it would be nice to suggest best option. 

[Glenwing]

I was looking what Linus did in his "Buget Gaming CPU" video, and I decided I would like to try this method of cheap CPU. I was looking for a motherboard that would work with Intel Xeon X5450 and have a slot for a GPU, and I found that: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-p-n-CPU-S5000SL-A-Dual-Xeon-CPU-LGA771-Server-Motherboard-E11025-302-/281811738032?hash=item419d49ddb0:g:BfkAAOSw37tWCIuV . The price is atractive, but couldn't find any information about those PCIE slots, and if it would work with someting like AMD R9 290/290x. 

 

If anyone knows anything about those components, it would be nice to suggest best option. 

 

It will work fine, there is no such thing as PCI Express incompatibility.

[Starelementpoke]

I was looking what Linus did in his "Buget Gaming CPU" video, and I decided I would like to try this method of cheap CPU. I was looking for a motherboard that would work with Intel Xeon X5450 and have a slot for a GPU, and I found that: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-p-n-CPU-S5000SL-A-Dual-Xeon-CPU-LGA771-Server-Motherboard-E11025-302-/281811738032?hash=item419d49ddb0:g:BfkAAOSw37tWCIuV . The price is atractive, but couldn't find any information about those PCIE slots, and if it would work with someting like AMD R9 290/290x. 

 

If anyone knows anything about those components, it would be nice to suggest best option. 

Just get a Q6600.

[Gio Perez]

Haven't looked into the xeons, server hardware is risky but I did put together a build with a core 2 Q9400 and a gtx 760. Overclocked a couple a mhz and maxed out valley benchmark @ 1080 with the lowest fps being at 17 fps and avg of around 40. I can post the full specs, in my opinion this is a great budget option. 

[Jumper118]

Just get a Q6600.

why would he do that when it's slower, older and hotter

[FAQBytes]

It will work fine, there is no such thing as PCI Express incompatibility.

I wouldn't necessarily say that. While the PCI-E slot is not the incompatibility (Acutally, my top x16 slot is interfering with the R9 290x, so I can't put it there.), there can be problems with the compatibility elsewhere. My r9 290x did not work on my father's computer.

[Ekstrabartek]

Thanks for help .

[Starelementpoke]

why would he do that when it's slower, older and hotter

Because it's going to be hell to find all the right parts.

[FAQBytes]

I was looking what Linus did in his "Buget Gaming CPU" video, and I decided I would like to try this method of cheap CPU. I was looking for a motherboard that would work with Intel Xeon X5450 and have a slot for a GPU, and I found that: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-p-n-CPU-S5000SL-A-Dual-Xeon-CPU-LGA771-Server-Motherboard-E11025-302-/281811738032?hash=item419d49ddb0:g:BfkAAOSw37tWCIuV . The price is atractive, but couldn't find any information about those PCIE slots, and if it would work with someting like AMD R9 290/290x. 

 

If anyone knows anything about those components, it would be nice to suggest best option. 

My only worry is the speed of the chips, just go higher-tiered chips in the 771 series xeons, as the Instructions per clock cycle are much worse in that series than in the modern ones. 

 

It should work, but I am worried about the X5450. It should work fine, just not what I would go with.

[FAQBytes]

Because it's going to be hell to find all the right parts.

Not really.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC2.A0.H0.Xlga+771+xeon.TRS0&_nkw=lga+771+xeon&_sacat=0

[LabRat]

you realize the 290 is utter overkill don't you?

 

there have been instances where a pci-e 1.0 won't work with some cards.

[Trey222]

It will work just fine. I was going to do something like this but I decided to get a single X5650 on an X58 motherboard because those old hex core Xeons can overclock to well over 4GHz.

[i_build_nanosuits]

none of the CPU's mentioned in this thread so far is up to the task of feeding an R9 290 in games.

For such a powerful, and an AMD GPU at that...you need a good strong modern intel quad-core CPU sandy-bridge or newer.

[LabRat]

none of the CPU's mentioned in this thread so far is up to the task of feeding an R9 290 in games.

For such a powerful, and an AMD GPU at that...you need a good strong modern intel quad-core CPU sandy-bridge or newer.

some people are stubborn. i can't stand my 775. it underperfroms so bad. can't even push a 6950. you can run those old processors at 5ghz. not going tohelp. the architecture and the demands on the processors change over the years.

[Jumper118]

Because it's going to be hell to find all the right parts.

no its not, he already found a motherboard and the cpu is easy to find. 

none of the CPU's mentioned in this thread so far is up to the task of feeding an R9 290 in games.

For such a powerful, and an AMD GPU at that...you need a good strong modern intel quad-core CPU sandy-bridge or newer.

it doesn't matter though because even if its not performing at full speed, its still not going to perform worse than a slower card.