These Xeons for Gaming???

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

Would two Intel Xeon E5345 processors good for gaming?

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/28032/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5345-8M-Cache-2_33-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB?q=xeon E5345

 

EDIT

 

How about this:

http://ark.intel.com/products/27091/64-bit-Intel-Xeon-Processor-3_80-GHz-2M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

[samcool55]

The clock speeds are too low and compared to modern cpu's the IPC is quite low.

You might get ok performance depending which game and gpu you have but the cpu is not great for gaming in general.

[samiscool51]

no just no,

watch this vid this guy did about trying to game with a $7 CPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAtbBolHtAw

[Lotus]

No, the clock speed is too low.

 

There are only a few Xeons that are actually decent for gaming. The first are the X58 xeons  like the X5650 because they can actually be overclocked, although they're getting a bit old. Second are the more modern xeons that already come with a high clock speed like the Xeon E3 1231 V3, or 1230 V5.

 

Most Xeons are not good for gaming. They're built for power efficiency and multi-threaded performance, not strong single-threaded performance.

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

@samiscool51

I see your point, but it is lower end.

 

@Lotus

I can upgrade the Xeons in my computer.

[samiscool51]

still it applies...

gameing on older CPUs is a bad idea unless you are playing realy old Games, like winXP games

[Belgarathian]

2 minutes ago, IBM_THINKPAD_R51 said:

@samiscool51

I see your point, but it is lower end.

It's also 9 years old....

[RezidentSeagull]

4 minutes ago, samiscool51 said:

no just no,

watch this vid this guy did about trying to game with a $7 CPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAtbBolHtAw

Now hold on here a second.

 

Just so we're clear, the Xeon in this video (Xeon 5140) is a dual core without hyperthreading, so it naturally would be pretty bad.

 

But anyway, everyone here is harping on the Xeon choice, but I just want to see both sides of the argument here.

 

Yes, the Xeon 5345 will be SLOW compared to modern stuff, no doubt. I mean, who didn't see this coming? And it probably will hold back most higher-end graphics cards due to CPU limits.

 

But for a really lean, budget gaming system, it's not the WORST choice.

 

Really though, while you CAN use it if you really had no other option, I'd go instead with a LGA 775 CPU at the very least, like the magical Q6600 for example, so you can overclock it. Or better yet, scrounge for something even more modern on the used market, like a 2xxx Sandy Bridge.

 

Also, extra note, LGA 771 Xeon's need either a LGA 771 motherboard to go with them (which are basically server-only as far as I know), or they have to be modded (albeit in a not too difficult way) to fit in a LGA 775 motherboard

[Lotus]

11 minutes ago, IBM_THINKPAD_R51 said:

@Lotus

I can upgrade the Xeons in my computer.

Those are older architecture than the X5650 Xeons I mentioned, and will not clock nearly as high. The X5650 Xeons in an X58 are only good becacuse you can OC them to 4.0 GHz+ on the newer architecture. There's no way any LGA771 CPU is going to get anywhere near that. It's not a good setup. You'll get worse performance than a stock clocked FX-6300.

 

If you must get something cheap and decent, get this:

 

P55 LGA1156 Motherboard

Xeon X3460 / X3470 / X3480

OC the Xeon

 

That's about the cheapest decent gaming setup I can think of, but even that will be a fairly expensive ($60+) used motherboard. What you're talking about won't be good for gaming. Nothing on that socket is. You can get playable in certain titles, but not CPU demanding titles.

[Heavygun1450]

For gaming, Games Prefer and perform better on less cores with a higher clock speed. So most Xeons will not cut it as most have many cores but slow clock speeds.

[samiscool51]

i used this for a while:

http://ark.intel.com/products/38512/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q8400-4M-Cache-2_66-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB

held it's value for a LONG time, you can buy one online for $70-$100

[alexhelvetica]

If you mod them for an LGA 775 motherboard it should be fine after you overclock them with a low end graphics card. As they are, they would be outperformed by a mobile Celeron.

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

How about This:

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/27091/64-bit-Intel-Xeon-Processor-3_80-GHz-2M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

[007agentHP]

Just now, IBM_THINKPAD_R51 said:

How about This:

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/27091/64-bit-Intel-Xeon-Processor-3_80-GHz-2M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

single core? nope. modern games have a problem of not running on DUAL CORES

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, IBM_THINKPAD_R51 said:

How about This:

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/27091/64-bit-Intel-Xeon-Processor-3_80-GHz-2M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

The minimum xeon I would recommend is an lga 771 5450 (dual if you can) since it will perform like an overclocked q6600, but it will lack in current games, save up for something like an amd 845, or an i3 if you can.