Would it be worth it to get a Intel Xeon X5650 or not

[michaelcg23]

Im in the market for a new cpu but I dont wnat to spend too much money so I heard about getting the Intel Xeon X5650 cpu and getting a X58 motherboard because the performance is almost the same as a ryzen 5 1600.

[kelvinhall05]

Don't buy an X58 motherboard unless you get lucky and find one cheap locally. They usually go for $200-300 on sites like eBay and aren't worth buying.

[Ashleyyyy]

if you can find a board for cheap go for it. i bought a dual socket board for mine with a broken socket for €50, and i managed to fix the socket. so that was a decent deal. 

 

be cautious with that cpu though. games that aren't optimized for 6 cores and 12 threads won't run very well.

[Ashleyyyy]

11 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Don't buy an X58 motherboard unless you get lucky and find one cheap locally. They usually go for $200-300 on sites like eBay and aren't worth buying.

unless you have the knowledge to repair broken one's. my dual socket board came with a few bent socket pins that i managed to fix. 

[michaelcg23]

48 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Don't buy an X58 motherboard unless you get lucky and find one cheap locally. They usually go for $200-300 on sites like eBay and aren't worth buying.

I found asrock motherboard h97m pro4 on ebay for $70

[kelvinhall05]

6 hours ago, michaelcg23 said:

I found asrock motherboard h97m pro4 on ebay for $70

That's not an X58 board...

[SupremeGOAT]

2 hours ago, michaelcg23 said:

Im in the market for a new cpu but I dont wnat to spend too much money so I heard about getting the Intel Xeon X5650 cpu and getting a X58 motherboard because the performance is almost the same as a ryzen 5 1600.

sounds like a bad plan made with misinformation 

[michaelcg23]

2 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

That's not an X58 board...

 

[asand1]

4 hours ago, michaelcg23 said:

 

Wrong socket. X58 is lga1366.

[asand1]

5 hours ago, SupremeGOAT said:

sounds like a bad plan made with misinformation 

My X58 CPU scored higher than a Ryzen 1500 rendering 4k video. X58 is still a potent platform, however the price of working motherboards is the biggest problem.

[SupremeGOAT]

14 hours ago, asand1 said:

My X58 CPU scored higher than a Ryzen 1500 rendering 4k video. X58 is still a potent platform, however the price of working motherboards is the biggest problem.

what about the 1600?

[asand1]

4 hours ago, SupremeGOAT said:

what about the 1600?

https://nwgat.ninja/thefireescape/

 

My X5680 scored 208 vs the 221 of the 1500x. 1600 scored 151.