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Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3 for gaming

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I was wondering if the Intel Xeon E5-2658 would be suitable for gaming. I need a heavier processor for workstation capabilities, and I also found this processor very cheap on eBay for around $200 which I'm very confused about. So my question is, are these listings on eBay scams and will it be capable of gaming with two GTX 980ti's.

 

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Yeah, it would be "suitable", however you might find single-threaded performance lacking and it might be a limiting factor in some games. 2,2gHz with Turbo to 2,9gHz isn't impressive, considering it's Haswell.

 

 

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Just now, Morgan MLGman said:

Yeah, it would be "suitable", however you might find single-threaded performance lacking and it might be a limiting factor in some games. 2,2gHz with Turbo to 2,9gHz isn't impressive, considering it's Haswell.

 

 

 

Right now I have an Intel i7 5820k. Will I see a degrading difference with this change?

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Just now, Joe11221 said:

Right now I have an Intel i7 5820k. Will I see a degrading difference with this change?

In gaming? Yeah. If you need more multithreaded performance, I suggest you look into i7-5960X or better i7-6900K, as they're both 8-cores. 6950X is not worth it, as it's too expensive, even for a 10core.

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Those listings aren't scams usually . Just server gear getting replaced ( though this seems very early ) . Just make sure you aren't getting an ES processor . 

Gaming performance should be worse than on a 5820k , but multi threaded performance will be better

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OP, if the ebay listing has "ES" or "Engineering Sample" the CPU isn't guaranteed to meet the full specs of the actual CPU.

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1 minute ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

OP, if the ebay listing has "ES" or "Engineering Sample" the CPU isn't guaranteed to meet the full specs of the actual CPU.

 

Oh Thanks for telling me.

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41 minutes ago, Joe11221 said:

Oh Thanks for telling me.

The xeon will get about 1600 in cinebench r15 multithreaded and the 5820k @4.5GHz will get 1300, sbout an 18% increase, but the low clockspeed on the xeon will most likely bottleneck the 980tis. 

 

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5 hours ago, SLAYR said:

The xeon will get about 1600 in cinebench r15 multithreaded and the 5820k @4.5GHz will get 1300, sbout an 18% increase, but the low clockspeed on the xeon will most likely bottleneck the 980tis. 

 

Do you think 3.1 ghz will bottleneck them?

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