Old Server Hardware into Gaming PC

[lplover]

So I lost access to my PC for a couple of years and was thinking of getting some old server hardware to fashion into a gaming PC. 

 

| still have all my periferals and my old GPU, which is a Sapphire HD7950. 

 

For the CPU I was thinking of getting a dual slot motherboard and two Xeon E5620 processors, since I believe those were pretty high value, and I believe it shouldn't bottleneck the 7950 THAT much, otherwise I was thinking of getting my old processor, a Xeon 1230-v2 used for around $200, which would be a lot more expensive.

 

Motherboard wise, not really well versed about that, but I did see some dual slot motherboard for $25.

 

RAM wise I'll get whatever cheapest 8GB kit I can find.

 

Another way would be getting a cheap gaming MB with an AMD FX-9590 used for ~$200 or a cheap-ish intel chip.

 

Rest of the stuff would be cheapest I can get in all regards.

 

 

Any problems or suggestions?

[TheGamingBarrel]

Or you could go dual socket 2670.

[SLAYR]

That $25 motherboard is lga 771 the 5620 is lga 1366, and the 9590 has to have a compatible motherboard with vrms that would burn your house down. I would suggest an i5 6400, or i3 6100 with a h110 board, with dual cpus the threads will not be used.

[SLAYR]

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/rK4NnQ/intel-cpu-bx80662i56400

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hMvZxr/gigabyte-motherboard-gah110ma

 

$230 for i5 6400, and h110 board.

[lplover]

3 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

That $25 motherboard is lga 771 the 5620 is lga 1366, and the 9590 has to have a compatible motherboard with vrms that would burn your house down. I would suggest an i5 6400, or i3 6100 with a h110 board, with dual cpus the threads will not be used.

Fair enough, would it be worth spending more and getting a higher end setup with crossfire 7950s?