Budget Server to Gaming PC

[HappyDude96]

Hello everyone, 

 

Though I have built PC's in the past, this is a wholly new challenge for me.  After seeing the Under $150 Gaming Build video, I have decided to take on the task of making a gaming PC out of a server mobo.  

 

Current build is,

-www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-2-Intel-Xeon-L5420-2-5GHz-12MB-1333MHz-SLARP-LGA771-CPU-Server-Processor-/272078237534?hash=item3f59206f5e:g:vkAAAOSwuYVWn6td

-www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-p-n-CPU-S5000SL-A-Dual-Xeon-CPU-LGA771-Server-Motherboard-E11025-302-/281811738032?hash=item419d49ddb0:g:BfkAAOSw37tWCIuV

-www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-GeForce-GTX-770-DirectCU-II-OC-Edition-1-GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5-/272185591637?hash=item3f5f868755:g:CyQAAOSwoudW6KbH

-www.ebay.com/itm/16GB-4x4GB-PC2-5300P-DDR2-RAM-SERVER-MEMORY-667MHz-5300-ECC-/131761643161?hash=item1ead9b1e99:g:YmAAAOSwtlhWFaUi

 

Full disclaimer, I will not even begin to understand how server tech works, so I could use all of the help I can get.

Thanks Guys!

[don_svetlio]

My advice is don't. The CPUs Linus used are HORRIBLE - talking 1/4th of the performance of the AMD 8350 for a single Xeon. You are wasting money.

[HappyDude96]

The thing is the "Budget" part.  I get that the performance isn't all there compared to say the cpu you mentioned, but for my current budget as a college student, spending the same on a cpu as I could on two, a mobo, and ram, dosn't make sense for my needs.

[Mohenjo]

the 770 is overkill tbh, go for a 660 and get an i5 2500 instead

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, HappyDude96 said:

The thing is the "Budget" part.  I get that the performance isn't all there compared to say the cpu you mentioned, but for my current budget as a college student, spending the same on a cpu as I could on two, a mobo, and ram, dosn't make sense for my needs.

Like @Mohenjo said, go for an i5 2500 and a 660 Ti. Trust me, it will perform better.

[Mohenjo]

4 minutes ago, HappyDude96 said:

The thing is the "Budget" part.  I get that the performance isn't all there compared to say the cpu you mentioned, but for my current budget as a college student, spending the same on a cpu as I could on two, a mobo, and ram, dosn't make sense for my needs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-660-Ti-/201550779712?hash=item2eed5cd540:g:wWIAAOSwdU1W-YwK

 

I would pick this up ASAP. seems like a good deal