Thinking about upgrading to lga 1366

[CyberTater]

I have been thinking of upgrading to an lga 1366 processor from my current core 2 duo e4700 but I don’t know what processor and motherboard would be the best value for my money. I’m obviously looking at this old hardware because I don’t have much to spend

[tikker]

Why buy old hardware. Unless you desperately need an upgrade, I'd suggest saving up until you can buy something decent. Old hardware can even turn out more expensive. What's your current budget?

[Swealteek]

first buget and how is the secend hand market. your look for the 6 core Xeons . OMG WHAT A BEAST THE ARE, your looking for X5650 or if you can spair it X5675 

netherlands its like this

Motherbord; 75 - 100 euros / for a basic / oke X58 motherbord

CPU: 25-50 / for a X5650 

ram: ? (here its a bout 20 euros voor 4GBs)

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, CyberTater said:

 

Anything you buy unless it's free is pretty much a waste of money

What's your GPU anyways?
 

 

[Swealteek]

7 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Anything you buy unless it's free is pretty much a waste of money

What's your GPU anyways?

Yes dont look at FFing qaudcores in socket 1366 butt 6 cores. Also those cpus ar new 350 USD than a motherbord for around 100 USD than 8GB of ram for 60 USD or a secendhand X5675 16GB + motherbord for around 250USD ?

7 hours ago, tikker said:

 

LOL

 

[Sergifq]

X58 is definitely the way to go, I would recommend getting an x58 board from eBay/used and pair it with an x5675 watch a video about it here it is definitely a bang for the buck cpu 

 

[bimmerman]

How much do you have to spend, and if you don't spend it, how much can you save in a year?

 

If you can save enough to buy a newer platform, do that instead. X58 is great (it's what I have), but it is not going to continue aging well for long. The biggest impediment is that used motherboard prices in the US are not far off of what they cost when new, so even though the i7 or Xeon processors are cheap, the motherboard+cooling+psu+ram is NOT.

 

7 hours ago, Swealteek said:

LOL

How expensive are the motherboards though? That's usually my experience. The Xeons are dead cheap, but the motherboards aren't.

 

It's still better not to buy into a dead platform in my opinion, if you can.

[Swealteek]

Just now, tikker said:

How expensive are the motherboards though? That's usually my experience. The Xeons are dead cheap, but the motherboards aren't.

 

12 minutes ago, Swealteek said:

first buget and how is the secend hand market. your look for the 6 core Xeons . OMG WHAT A BEAST THE ARE, your looking for X5650 or if you can spair it X5675 

netherlands its like this

Motherbord; 75 - 100 euros / for a basic / oke X58 motherbord

CPU: 25-50 / for a X5650 

ram: ? (here its a bout 20 euros voor 4GBs)

 

[bimmerman]

Ebay US has the going rate for quality X58 boards in the $150-250 range.

 

X58 can be fun as an enthusiast. You can get better budget gaming for cheaper-- R5 + B350, for example.

[tikker]

4 minutes ago, Swealteek said:

 

 

Decent deal then indeed if you can get it for the right price.

[CyberTater]

I currently have an EVGA GTX 750 graphics card. My current budget is around 200 usd. So that's not enough to buy a current system.

[Sergifq]

Just now, CyberTater said:

I currently have an EVGA GTX 750 graphics card. My current budget is around 200 usd. So that's not enough to buy a current system.

One question do you have a stable power supply and ddr3?

[GrockleTD]

1 hour ago, CyberTater said:

I currently have an EVGA GTX 750 graphics card. My current budget is around 200 usd. So that's not enough to buy a current system.

what about one of these? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Build-HP-Elite-8300-SFF-i5-3470-3-20GHz-Desktop-Computer-PC/192401877661?epid=9008501874&hash=item2ccc0baa9d:m:myuUVq7Mcwn8xGdIBJXaGjg

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, CyberTater said:

I currently have an EVGA GTX 750 graphics card. My current budget is around 200 usd. So that's not enough to buy a current system.

Well you're basically there if you find a deal on this B350 board and find a deal on 8GBs of 2800mhz minimum DDR4

Or deal with used hardware, but I'd probably just go for the simple/easy APU build. the iGPU will be a slight upgrade, basically as fast as the 750ti/GT 1030
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vxVxFt
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vxVxFt/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $255.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Sergifq]

1 minute ago, Grockle88 said:

what about one of these? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Build-HP-Elite-8300-SFF-i5-3470-3-20GHz-Desktop-Computer-PC/192401877661?epid=9008501874&hash=item2ccc0baa9d:m:myuUVq7Mcwn8xGdIBJXaGjg

Although this is a good choice the Xeon x5675 provides about the preformance of a 6700k and is only 30$ on aliexpress and I’ve seen some x58 boards go for 125-150 and op would still have money left over to buy a better psu Incase the one he has rn is old unless he has upgraded it.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

28 minutes ago, tikker said:

Why buy old hardware. 

For the same reason you would buy new hardware: you get something that gives you enough performance and a good price to performance ratio.

You may be better served by either new or old hardware, depending on what you want to achieve and what your market looks like.

[panther420]

3 minutes ago, CyberTater said:

I currently have an EVGA GTX 750 graphics card. My current budget is around 200 usd. So that's not enough to buy a current system.

If you can look local (Craigslist or LetGo for selling sites, FreeGeek, any other local computer store in the US), then I'd recommend going for X58. Just don't purchase a board off the eBay because those are overpriced. You can get board + cpu combos for $100 or less if you look local, and then you can throw on a W3670 or X5660.

[CyberTater]

1 minute ago, Sergifq said:

Although this is a good choice the Xeon x5675 provides about the preformance of a 6700k and is only 30$ on aliexpress and I’ve seen some x58 boards go for 125-150 and op would still have money left over to buy a better psu Incase the one he has rn is old unless he has upgraded it.

Would a 330w psu be enough. Thats what i have already

[Sergifq]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Well you're basically there if you find a deal on this B350 board and find a deal on 8GBs of 2800mhz minimum DDR4

Or deal with used hardware, but I'd probably just go for the simple/easy APU build. the iGPU will be a slight upgrade, basically as fast as the 750ti/GT 1030
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vxVxFt
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vxVxFt/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $255.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-09 14:28 EDT-0400

Although this is a good idea it is not ideal for op unless he sells his gpu which will be hard, I would still reccomend an x58 Xeon build since he already has a graphics card.

[Sergifq]

1 minute ago, CyberTater said:

Would a 330w psu be enough. Thats what i have already

Yes it would be enough but what brand and how old is it?

[CyberTater]

 

Just now, Sergifq said:

Yes it would be enough but what brand and how old is it?

Its an EVGA. i'm not sure how old

 

[Sergifq]

1 minute ago, CyberTater said:

 

Its an EVGA. i'm not sure how old

 

Yea I would recommend buying the parts first and then with the money left over you can buy a new psu.

[CyberTater]

My dad works in IT so i might be able to check and see if he has any x58 xeons and server motherboards.

[Sergifq]

Just now, CyberTater said:

My dad works in IT so i might be able to check and see if he has any x58 xeons and server motherboards.

Also do you have ddr3 from your past build?

[CyberTater]

I only have DDR2 ram