deul xeon setup questions

[SoloRaptonic]

hey guys, i was wondering what everyone thought about this idea. i sourced some intel xeon x5450 quad cores on ebay for about $20 each and i was thinking about throwing 2 of them in a compatible motherboard along with a gtx 750 ti (or something similar) and using that as a backup rig, temporary game server, or general workhorse whenever the challenge arises. what do you guys think about this. i know they are about 9 years old but i believe they could still be useful should my main rig ever break down or i simply need another computer for the task. thanks in advance for the feedback!!

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, SoloRaptonic said:

hey guys, i was wondering what everyone thought about this idea. i sourced some intel xeon x5450 quad cores on ebay for about $20 each and i was thinking about throwing 2 of them in a compatible motherboard along with a gtx 750 ti (or something similar) and using that as a backup rig, temporary game server, or general workhorse whenever the challenge arises. what do you guys think about this. i know they are about 9 years old but i believe they could still be useful should my main rig ever break down of i simply need another computer for the task. thanks in advance for the feedback!!

What is your bugdet for the motherboard? 

[SoloRaptonic]

no budget in mind really. nothing to crazy just thought an 8 core system would be nice to have when i need it. i sourced the cpus for $20 and i found a motherboard for 60 and im sure you could get an idea from the rest

 

[Sir Asvald]

27 minutes ago, SoloRaptonic said:

no budget in mind really. nothing to crazy just thought an 8 core system would be nice to have when i need it. i sourced the cpus for $20 and i found a motherboard for 60 and im sure you could get an idea from the rest

 

$60? Hmm. Which motherboard did you look at? 

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, SoloRaptonic said:

hey guys, i was wondering what everyone thought about this idea. i sourced some intel xeon x5450 quad cores on ebay for about $20 each and i was thinking about throwing 2 of them in a compatible motherboard along with a gtx 750 ti (or something similar) and using that as a backup rig, temporary game server, or general workhorse whenever the challenge arises. what do you guys think about this. i know they are about 9 years old but i believe they could still be useful should my main rig ever break down or i simply need another computer for the task. thanks in advance for the feedback!!

Linus did do a video on this called something like budget eight core system a while back.

 

One issue is that if you want windows on it you will need a pro edition to support the dual cpus. And the cpus generally will perform like an i5 in multithreaded tasks, but they do lack in single threaded performance. 

[SoloRaptonic]

thanks for the info, i had know idea the base version didnt support duel cpus. i saw that video but he never said anything about that

 

[SoloRaptonic]

but back to the question, what do you guys think. and idk what motherboard it was i just did a quick search