Should I upgrade CPU?

[Zacm101]

I recently bought a PC that was sitting in someones closet for 60$, it would have been 50$ but i paid the dude an extra 10$ to drive it to me.

 

Intel i7 950

Nvidia GTX 670 (Msi power edition)

corsair gs800 psu

12 gb corsiar dominator ram

2hdds

evga x58 classified e770

enermax uber chakra case

 

No ssd, stock cooler, and a case with very little fan mounts. I just ordered a Lepa AIO on ebay for 60$ as the temps are terrible at stock speeds with a stock cooler.

Question is should i upgrade to a xeon X5680 and overclock, or just overclock this i7 950. Lastly should I also just wait a few months till i can afford and get a Xeon x5690 instead (extra 120$ vs 5680)?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

What are you doing on your computer? Do you really need that upgrade?

[Trustadz]

That awkward moment someone buys a better pc then your main pc for 50 bucks. *cries in 550ti*

[Zacm101]

3 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

What are you doing on your computer? Do you really need that upgrade?

Gaming, streaming, and plan on video editing. I do plan on upgrading gpu (maybe 960 or if i can find deal on 970), also getting an ssd in a month. Considering the cpu is only 3.07 stock, I'm not sure how far I can overclock.

[Zacm101]

11 minutes ago, Trustadz said:

That awkward moment someone buys a better pc then your main pc for 50 bucks. *cries in 550ti*

It was an amazing deal, it was very neglected I spent 3 days cleaning dust, dirt, and bugs out of this thing.

 

I was also very inspired by scrapyard wars.

Edited June 29, 2017 by Zacm101

[asand1]

I posted some videos with an x5680 and gtx 960 a few days ago. Look through my profile and you should find them. 

I can't speak for the 950, but at $70 the X5680 kicks ass. 

[asand1]

The X5690 is only 130Mhz faster, not worth the $120 you claim (only $44USD difference on ebay).

X5680 is 270Mhs faster than the i7.

Both Xeons offer 288GB RAM support VS 24 for the i7.

Both Xeons offer 2 more cores and 8 more threads.

All three CPUs are 130 TDP, with both Xeons drawing .25v less than the i7. 

 

[He_162]

3 hours ago, asand1 said:

I posted some videos with an x5680 and gtx 960 a few days ago. Look through my profile and you should find them. 

I can't speak for the 950, but at $70 the X5680 kicks ass. 

Indeed, I'd say it's better than my Ryzen processor for games at the moment. (Gotta bring Ryzen into the convo )

I'd say go with whatever your budget can get, or save some bucks by putting that towards a better GPU, especially if it's for gaming, if not, and you need an upgrade for the CPU, by all means get what you can.

[asand1]

@He_162

Ill just drop this here.

[Zacm101]

10 hours ago, asand1 said:

The X5690 is only 130Mhz faster, not worth the $120 you claim (only $44USD difference on ebay).

X5680 is 270Mhs faster than the i7.

Both Xeons offer 288GB RAM support VS 24 for the i7.

Both Xeons offer 2 more cores and 8 more threads.

All three CPUs are 130 TDP, with both Xeons drawing .25v less than the i7. 

 

Thank you very much for all the videos and help. after you mentioned price difference and went an looked again and found a cheaper x5690 for only the 44$ difference. Looks like ill be getting a x5690.

[JacobFW]

I don't know how long you plan on keeping that, but take decent care of it.  Looking on ebay you could probably sell that motherboard alone for a minimum of $100.  This is definitely one of those cases where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.  So don't bend any pins

[asand1]

6 hours ago, JacobFW said:

I don't know how long you plan on keeping that, but take decent care of it.  Looking on ebay you could probably sell that motherboard alone for a minimum of $100.  This is definitely one of those cases where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.  So don't bend any pins

 I will keep my current PC until it is no longer useful. It my become a 2nd machine but as long as it runs current programs I will hang on to it and treat it well.

[He_162]

19 hours ago, asand1 said:

@He_162

Ill just drop this here.

 

I run all my games at 60FPS locked with Vsync, or ingame settings, so it doesn't matter to me which one is "better" overall, as no matter what, provided the CPU is not a bottleneck for the game (My Ryzen won't be for any game I can play today.) Then my GPU will be the #1 limiting factor in framerate, running 80 - 90 frames max in battlefield 1 for example, on either latest intel or AMD atm.

 

The OP would benefit from the Xeon's, as I assume they are cheaper than Ryzen, without the upgrade-ability, or "New" factor. Which aren't too worrysome for those who can wait 4+ years and save for a new system anyway.

[yathis]

How much you buy the X5690 for?

[Zacm101]

1 minute ago, yathis said:

How much you buy the X5690 for?

114$

On ebay from keystone

[Zacm101]

Also i found a deal on ram, which i could sell mine and upgrade to this, what do you all think? Its ecc but that should be fine right?
Ebay Listing here

[asand1]

50 minutes ago, Zacm101 said:

Also i found a deal on ram, which i could sell mine and upgrade to this, what do you all think? Its ecc but that should be fine right?
Ebay Listing here

This RAM won't work unfortunately. I bought the same RAM for my Sabertooth. The Sabertooth supports unbuffered/unregistered ECC RAM, but not the registered/buffered ECC. I'm sure your mobo is the same case.

[asand1]

1 hour ago, He_162 said:

I run all my games at 60FPS locked with Vsync, or ingame settings, so it doesn't matter to me which one is "better" overall, as no matter what, provided the CPU is not a bottleneck for the game (My Ryzen won't be for any game I can play today.) Then my GPU will be the #1 limiting factor in framerate, running 80 - 90 frames max in battlefield 1 for example, on either latest intel or AMD atm.

 

The OP would benefit from the Xeon's, as I assume they are cheaper than Ryzen, without the upgrade-ability, or "New" factor. Which aren't too worrysome for those who can wait 4+ years and save for a new system anyway.

I Run VSYNC on a 60hz 1080p monitor normally, but I had access to a 1440p 144Hz monitor for this test.