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Xeon E5-2670 Gaming PC

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Hi All,

 

My i5 3470 is great and all, but sometimes when I'm running games at Ultra it absolutely kills the CPU at 100% (which usually means I can't have Plex transcoding in the background either).

 

I've looked at used chips, but don't know really what usability is like on used stuff (especially ex-server hardware).

 

I've seen a lot of very cheap Xeon chips floating around on Amazon, and the buyers make no qualms about them being used with cosmetic scratches and what not.

 

What are your guys thoughts on this E5-2670 here?

 

Coupled, with an LGA2011 mobo and 16gb of RAM, it's a new system (for me) at around £270 all in. I've already got an EVO 212 which should cool it nicely, as well as ample storage, and a nice BeQuiet Case and 650W Coolermaster PSU (Could do with updating too if I'm honest), and a 1060 6GB too.

 

Any thoughts?

 

EDIT: Just saw on Amazon that an 8GB Ryzen 1600 bundle (CPU, Mobo and RAM) is only, £80 more than this. and another 8GB RAM would only be around £30-40...

DAEDALUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 - 1600 @ 3.7Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo Black Edition // Motherboard: Asus RoG Strix B350-F Gaming // Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce 6GB GDDR5 // Memory: 2 x 8GB DDR4 Corsair LPX Vengeance 3000Mhz // Storage: WD Green - 250GB M.2 SATA SSD (Boot Drive and Programs), SanDisk Ultra II 120GB (GTA V), WD Elements 1TB External Drive (Steam Library) // Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W // Case: BeQuiet Silentbase 600 with SilentWings Mk.2 Internal Fans // Peripherals: VicTop Mechanical Gaming Keyboard & VicTsing 7200 DPI Wired Gaming Mouse

 

PROMETHEUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO // Motherboard: Foxconn 2ABF // Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5450 (For Diagnostic Testing Only) // Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 Mushkin Memory // Storage: 10TB of Various Storage Drives // Power Supply: Corsair 600W // Case: Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower - Black

 

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3 minutes ago, Ezzy-525 said:

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E5-2670 is kinda slow for gaming. 3.0GHz only. You gain threads but lose on cpu bound games that loves high frequencies.

 

I would go cheap 6cores ryzen instead. 1700 ryzen if you need even more cores. You'll need new brackets for this platform.

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1 minute ago, raphidy said:

E5-2670 is kinda slow for gaming. 3.0GHz only. You gain threads but lose on cpu bound games that loves high frequencies.

 

I would go cheap 6cores ryzen instead. 1700 ryzen if you need even more cores. You'll need new brackets for this platform.

Yeah, I just looked at Ryzen bundles on Amazon. I hadn't realised they were so cheap!

 

Would an E5-2670 build be decent for transcoding though? Maybe as a spare system?

DAEDALUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 - 1600 @ 3.7Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo Black Edition // Motherboard: Asus RoG Strix B350-F Gaming // Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce 6GB GDDR5 // Memory: 2 x 8GB DDR4 Corsair LPX Vengeance 3000Mhz // Storage: WD Green - 250GB M.2 SATA SSD (Boot Drive and Programs), SanDisk Ultra II 120GB (GTA V), WD Elements 1TB External Drive (Steam Library) // Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W // Case: BeQuiet Silentbase 600 with SilentWings Mk.2 Internal Fans // Peripherals: VicTop Mechanical Gaming Keyboard & VicTsing 7200 DPI Wired Gaming Mouse

 

PROMETHEUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO // Motherboard: Foxconn 2ABF // Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5450 (For Diagnostic Testing Only) // Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 Mushkin Memory // Storage: 10TB of Various Storage Drives // Power Supply: Corsair 600W // Case: Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower - Black

 

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If you can stretch to Ryzen, go for it over the Xeon for most uses.

 

The problem with those old Xeons is finding an affordable mobo to go with them. You can get a dual E5-2650 system for under £300 from ebay (search for foxconn cloud server) if you want a load of CPU power, but it can't be used for gaming as no GPU expansion possibility. I got one myself, and have replaced the cooling with a pair of Evo 212s to make the noise sane for home use. Other sound improving modifications were necessary also.

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4 minutes ago, Ezzy-525 said:

Yeah, I just looked at Ryzen bundles on Amazon. I hadn't realised they were so cheap!

 

Would an E5-2670 build be decent for transcoding though? Maybe as a spare system?

Yes, if you need cheap threads and low frequency. I guess you could use a 2670 build. Could you not reuse the i5 for a transcoding server? Since you will be changing platform anyway.

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56 minutes ago, raphidy said:

Yes, if you need cheap threads and low frequency. I guess you could use a 2670 build. Could you not reuse the i5 for a transcoding server? Since you will be changing platform anyway.

That's more than likely what I'll do. I'm just one of those people where I see a system I can build, and I want it even though I have little use for it xD

DAEDALUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 - 1600 @ 3.7Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo Black Edition // Motherboard: Asus RoG Strix B350-F Gaming // Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce 6GB GDDR5 // Memory: 2 x 8GB DDR4 Corsair LPX Vengeance 3000Mhz // Storage: WD Green - 250GB M.2 SATA SSD (Boot Drive and Programs), SanDisk Ultra II 120GB (GTA V), WD Elements 1TB External Drive (Steam Library) // Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W // Case: BeQuiet Silentbase 600 with SilentWings Mk.2 Internal Fans // Peripherals: VicTop Mechanical Gaming Keyboard & VicTsing 7200 DPI Wired Gaming Mouse

 

PROMETHEUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO // Motherboard: Foxconn 2ABF // Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5450 (For Diagnostic Testing Only) // Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 Mushkin Memory // Storage: 10TB of Various Storage Drives // Power Supply: Corsair 600W // Case: Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower - Black

 

SpeedTest Results - Having Trouble Finding a Decent PSU? - Check the PSU Tier List!

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