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KeylinK
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26 minutes ago, sethy55 said:

what about E5-2650 v1 

The issue with those chips, is that the motherboards are way too expensive. X79 boards are pretty expensive, and hard to come by. I've already tried a build around this chip. However, I realized that a i5 6400 was much better at gaming and other workloads, and cost much less.

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2 minutes ago, KeylinK said:

Well. I might just go with the Xeon/RX 480 and use it for 1 year or so, then buy a new PC without the graphics card.

This seems to me the best way to go.

If you want a great deal on a RX480 or R9 Nano, go to Visionteks website. They sell referbished GPUs at amazing prices and pretty good warrenties.

 

Heres the link:

https://www.visiontek.com/graphics-cards.html

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2 minutes ago, Aw_Ginger_Snapz said:

The issue with those chips, is that the motherboards are way too expensive. X79 boards are pretty expensive, and hard to come by. I've already tried a build around this chip. However, I realized that a i5 6400 was much better at gaming and other workloads, and cost much less.

 

still an i5 is not a good deal

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@Aw_Ginger_Snapz What about the Xeon e5420? I've seen some people running AAA titles with a GTX 750Ti and manages to play them in decent FPS, so with the RX 480 I'm thinking I will be much better. Later on, I can buy a new PC with a much better CPU for gaming and use the RX 480 from the old pc

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Just now, sethy55 said:

still an i5 is not a good deal

I was just saying that it was a better deal than the E5-2650 v1. You have to take into account not just the CPU, but also the motherboard. X79 boards are way too expensive and outdated to justify their hefty price tag. The only other option to X79 boards would be dual socket boards, which can cost upwards of $400.

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Just now, Aw_Ginger_Snapz said:

I was just saying that it was a better deal than the E5-2650 v1. You have to take into account not just the CPU, but also the motherboard. X79 boards are way too expensive and outdated to justify their hefty price tag. The only other option to X79 boards would be dual socket boards, which can cost upwards of $400.

 

no a single socket for little oc 

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Just now, KeylinK said:

@Aw_Ginger_Snapz What about the Xeon e5420? I've seen some people running AAA titles with a GTX 750Ti and manages to play them in decent FPS, so with the RX 480 I'm thinking I will be much better. Later on, I can buy a new PC with a much better CPU for gaming and use the RX 480 from the old pc

I used to have the higher clocked version of that chip, the X5450 (3.00 Ghz). I also started with a 750ti. It was my first "Gaming computer". The issue with the 5400 series is that they dont have much longevity. Not to mention horribly out dated. For example, they only support ddr2 ram, they are on a obscure socket (LGA 771) which also causes more headache than it should. Socket 771 motherboards are often very proprietary and don't offer many options to customize or upgrade. For example, don't expect to be able to slap on a liquid cooler, or air cooler on the CPUs. The back plate entirely depends on what the manufacture designed it to be. Small things like case fans can also be dependent on what board you have. For example, I had an HP xw8600 motherboard that didn't have 4 pin or 3 pin fan connectors... It had a proprietary 5 pin fan connectors that required me to use the crappy loudHP case fans.

 

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@Aw_Ginger_Snapz Those workstations are old. The Dell T5500 looks decent for me

 

@sethy55 Like I said, these are the only options available for me in my country.

5 minutes ago, sethy55 said:

oh a dell prebuilt you might want to get a new pc

That's why I've been saying I will get a new PC and put the RX 480 in it.

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Just now, KeylinK said:

@Aw_Ginger_Snapz Those workstations are old. The Dell T5500 looks decent for me

 

@sethy55 Like I said, these are the only options available for me in my country.

That's why I've been saying I will get a new PC and put the RX 480 in it.

 

eaby ?

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Another slap in the face was how much of a bottle neck the chips were. Not to mention how they stacked up against low end current gen products. My friend had a Skylake i3 paired with an identical GPU as mine (a GTX 1070), that would absolutely destroy my X5450 Xeons that had 4 times as many physical cores, consumed a crap ton more power, and ran extremely hot.

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