Have a processor need suggestions for use

[wayland64]

I recently received for free an Xeon e5430 and am not really sure what to do with since I already have a 6700k in my current rig. Any suggestions for uses would be very helpful I'm willing to spend money to put it to good use.

[Lurick]

Well its a socket 771 so you could maybe build a portable LAN rig with it or make a small file/Plex server with it as well.

[SBMous]

If your internet is good enough you could use it to host servers for you and friends if you play games.

[wayland64]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Well its a socket 771 so you could maybe build a portable LAN rig with it or make a small file/Plex server with it as well.

I was considering using for a Plex server but I have other chips that would be more suited for that use. Would it be any good for folding at home?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, wayland64 said:

I was considering using for a Plex server but I other chip that would be more suited for that use. Would it be any good for folding at home?

Not really, it's an older CPU and only has a passmark score of around 4,000 so you wouldn't get much out of it with folding. You can if you really want to sure, toss in a cheap mobo and some RAM etc. into a small case and you're good to go.

[wayland64]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Not really, it's an older CPU and only has a passmark score of around 4,000 so you wouldn't get much out of it with folding. You can if you really want to sure, toss in a cheap mobo and some RAM etc. into a small case and you're good to go.

OK thanks

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, wayland64 said:

OK thanks

Another option is maybe make a ESXi server out of it and host a couple VMs, or pfSense router.