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12 minutes ago, Pachuca said:

anything specific?

xeon e5 1603  v3 or e5 2603 v3

 

that way you get all the lanes and ites even cheaper.

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I have a spare x99 mobo laying around and want to know what's a cheap cpu to get that would be able to be under clocked to conserve power and at the same time handle mining for 4 gpus?

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The cheapest X99 CPU 

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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1 minute ago, Billy_Mays said:

The cheapest X99 CPU 

anything specific?

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Just now, Pachuca said:

anything specific?

5820K

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

xeon e5 1603  v3 or e5 2603 v3

 

that way you get all the lanes and ites even cheaper.

thank you, I was thinking of xeon, but wasn't sure which model to look for.

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