Is this even worth?

[Auberdine]

Hi, I have a chance to get this motherboard https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z9PAD8/ for less than $200.

 

I was thinking about pairing it with 2 x E5-2650 v2 and 32 GB ECC Reg 1600 MHz RAM and add my pre-owned GTX 1060 6 GB.

 

My question is: Is this worth if my intention is to edit videos/photos and play games? Is there any better (and cheaper) option with the same performace?

 

What about bottlenecks in games?

 

Thanks.

[Princess Luna]

Only if you already own both CPU and the memory.

 

if you don't and this mean buying all then making yourself a Ryzen/Coffee Lake build is more likely a better deal.

[Ashleyyyy]

i've got 2 X5650's which are quite a bit older than those. in older games yes it will bottleneck, but in newer games that are better optimized for multi-threading you'll have less issues. 

 

do note however that i've only ever seen one game take advantage of the 2 cpu's. most games use just one. 

 

also, i'm talking about my system bottlenecking a 1050, i don't have experience with a 1060. i'll be upgrading soon to a 780ti, so maybe i can give you more information then. 

 

and as @Princess Cadence said, this would only be a decent deal if you already have the cpu's and ram, or if you can get a REALLY good deal on those...