Dual Xeon X5687 vs X5690 for Streaming

[ellisif]

Hello. I am moving forward relatively soon with my concept for a budget dual LGA 1366 streaming machine and I am wondering if anyone has experience streaming and possibly gaming on X5687s or X5690s. 

 

More specifically, is the higher clockrate on the X5687 more desirable than the increased threads of the X5690s? I have found only minimal information on multi CPU stream encoding and I am not sure that h264 would take full advantage of 24 lower clocked threads vs 16 higher clocked threads. 

 

Of course, in the situation where I would be gaming on the same machine, I am sure that the X5687s would help maintain higher FPS on the game itself, but I am more likely to be using a different machine to play the games, and use the dual CPU system just to encode the stream from a capture card, which is where the decision comes into play.

 

X5687s are also significantly cheaper than X5690s, and will likely put out somewhat less heat and use less power. 

 

Thanks for any input.

[flibberdipper]

If it's purely going to be a streaming machine more threads would be useful, but if you're gaming on it more clocks would be useful.

 

Either way, both configs are totally overkill (tho pretty awesome).

[ellisif]

I hope they'd be overkill, I would like to be able to do 1080@30 at a good encoding speed if possible. I guess I am torn because the X5687s would definitely be superior to the FX4100 I am running right now, which means that gaming on the streaming machine itself would be straight up faster, but that'd hurt the encoding. But if I can also upgrade my FX4100 at the same time, and keep the machines separate, then it's moot, and the 5690s would be far superior.

 

I am just worried that h264 will not use both CPUs properly, or wont scale beyond 16 threads properly either.

 

Of course, the next quandary is whether to cheap out and try to get a Dell/HP OEM board working (or use a really budget Tyan SSI EEB board) or save up for something better, more compatible/stable...

[Jumper118]

Just now, ellisif said:

Hello. I am moving forward relatively soon with my concept for a budget dual LGA 1366 streaming machine and I am wondering if anyone has experience streaming and possibly gaming on X5687s or X5690s. 

 

More specifically, is the higher clockrate on the X5687 more desirable than the increased threads of the X5690s? I have found only minimal information on multi CPU stream encoding and I am not sure that h264 would take full advantage of 24 lower clocked threads vs 16 higher clocked threads. 

 

Of course, in the situation where I would be gaming on the same machine, I am sure that the X5687s would help maintain higher FPS on the game itself, but I am more likely to be using a different machine to play the games, and use the dual CPU system just to encode the stream from a capture card, which is where the decision comes into play.

 

X5687s are also significantly cheaper than X5690s, and will likely put out somewhat less heat and use less power. 

 

Thanks for any input.

i am quite sure a ryzen 7 1700 would be cheaper? 

[ellisif]

1 hour ago, Jumper118 said:

i am quite sure a ryzen 7 1700 would be cheaper? 

Sadly, no, I already have a few 1366 compatible coolers hanging around and spare DDR3, where I do not have any DDR4 or AM4 compatible coolers. A Tyan, HP, or Dell mobo is only ~$60 and there a few better boards at $80. X5687s are coming in at $50 each, $100 for two, and X5690s are coming in at $100 each, or $200 for two (I can buy one now and save up for another later). The only real extra cost is finding a solid PSU with 2 8pin EPS connectors.

 

1700 would be $300 for the CPU itself, another $50-80 for the RAM depending on the config, and $80-120 for a meh board, plus a few $$ for a cooler

 

If I could, I would, but alas...

[fearlessss8]

Hello, i am from Bulgaria , from aliexpress motherboard 1366 +xeon x5690+ram 32gb is arount 160-180 euro.With  water cooler can clock around 4700-5000 mhz. Is this good for gaming and streaming or e5 1650 v2/v3 or xeon x2680 v2 or dual xeon x2680 v2 or ryzen 1700x ???

[fearlessss8]

WHERE CAN FIND Dual Xeon X5687 ?