Switching from AMD to Intel

[Fehya]

Hi, I finally decided to sign up for this forum so I can hopefully get a broader source of help with something iv'e been debating for a few months now.

 

I currently have an AMD Athlon x4 845, and it does its job for the most part, but I wanted to switch over to and intel board and cpu. I'm asking because nothing, anywhere, gives me a good answer. I don't mind spending a smooth 100$ for a cpu, but I need something that can perform heavy multitasking and some light gaming. and i'm kinda stuck using ddr3 memory since that's all I got and i'm too stubborn to upgrade. I could really use some suggestions as to what would be my best bet. And if this is the wrong area to ask this i'm sorry ;-;

[Fluffy Zyox]

Well Welcome to the forum Fehya!

And intel has allot of good older cpu's for under 100$
a Xeon x5670 or x5680 can be found for well under 100$ (I got my x5670 for 43$) and those old x58 motherboards are solid overclockers, and being a 6 core 12 thread server cpu they can handle a load very well,
But to keep up with the latest games and resolutions overclocking them is a good choice. these cpu's use the lga1366 socket and usually run ddr3 ram @1333mhz 

Even some older i7 cpu's can be really good. but its hard to beat a xeons price
PS: I love the profile pic :3

[Crunchy Dragon]

Haswell Core i5 or i7 is gonna be your best option. You can usually find a motherboard and CPU bundle for around 100 USD.

[Fehya]

4 minutes ago, Fluffy Zyox said:

Well Welcome to the forum Fehya!

And intel has allot of good older cpu's for under 100$
a Xeon x5670 or x5680 can be found for well under 100$ (I got my x5670 for 43$) and those old x58 motherboards are solid overclockers, and being a 6 core 12 thread server cpu they can handle a load very well,
But to keep up with the latest games and resolutions overclocking them is a good choice. these cpu's use the lga1366 socket and usually run ddr3 ram @1333mhz 

Even some older i7 cpu's can be really good. but its hard to beat a xeons price
PS: I love the profile pic :3

ah ok, I was assuming a xeon would be the next viable option. and thx, it's an adopt I bought recently, her name is Sonyea ^w^

[Fasauceome]

13 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Haswell Core i5 or i7 is gonna be your best option. You can usually find a motherboard and CPU bundle for around 100 USD.

Man I hear about these deals all the time, I would love to find one someday.

[Crunchy Dragon]

49 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Man I hear about these deals all the time, I would love to find one someday.

I see them somewhat often on my Craigslist.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I see them somewhat often on my Craigslist.

Craigslist must be dead in my area then, I never see any good tech stuff

[Fehya]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I see them somewhat often on my Craigslist.

I unfortunately do not have access to craigslist. and after looking through budget cpu's a pentium g5400 is what seems to be my best bet unless someone has a surprise 100$ cpu in the next hour

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Fehya said:

I unfortunately do not have access to craigslist. and after looking through budget cpu's a pentium g5400 is what seems to be my best bet unless someone has a surprise 100$ cpu in the next hour

Ah, that would be a problem.

 

I would look for a used server at that point. If you can get one on the LGA 1366 socket, you can reuse your current drives and memory(assuming it'll run without ECC memory).

 

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Craigslist must be dead in my area then, I never see any good tech stuff

I've found some surprisingly good deals, such as a Titan X Pascal for $750. The GPUs were really reasonably priced, even during the height of the mining craze.

[Fehya]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Ah, that would be a problem.

 

I would look for a used server at that point. If you can get one on the LGA 1366 socket, you can reuse your current drives and memory(assuming it'll run without ECC memory).

 

I've found some surprisingly good deals, such as a Titan X Pascal for $750. The GPUs were really reasonably priced, even during the height of the mining craze.

i run ballistix ddr3 at 2133mhz if that means anything at all

[Fluffy Zyox]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/INTEL-DX580G-ATX-Motherboard-LGA1366-SATA-6-0-USB-3-0-DDR3-I-O-Shield/273470286198?hash=item3fac196976:g:EJwAAOSwtYBbol12

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5650-SLBV3-2-66GHz-Six-Core-LGA-1366-CPU-Processor/172955062495?epid=82160987&hash=item2844ecd0df:g:MLkAAOSw7e5bOwxx

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Fehya said:

i run ballistix ddr3 at 2133mhz if that means anything at all

That's fine. As long as it'll take DDR3, it'll physically work. Some boards are picky about ECC memory though, since they rely on thermal sensors that are only present on ECC memory sticks.

[Fehya]

7 minutes ago, Fluffy Zyox said:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/INTEL-DX580G-ATX-Motherboard-LGA1366-SATA-6-0-USB-3-0-DDR3-I-O-Shield/273470286198?hash=item3fac196976:g:EJwAAOSwtYBbol12

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5650-SLBV3-2-66GHz-Six-Core-LGA-1366-CPU-Processor/172955062495?epid=82160987&hash=item2844ecd0df:g:MLkAAOSw7e5bOwxx

 

and that motherboard is just standard atx? like i can just order an atx sized case for it?

[Fluffy Zyox]

3 minutes ago, Fehya said:

and that motherboard is just standard atx? like i can just order an atx sized case for it?

It should just be your standard Atx motherboard, its a very common size, so allot of cases accept it! ^,...,^

[Fehya]

i also need a heatsink/fan cooler too...

[Fluffy Zyox]

Hyper 212, its the cheapest and best option for lga1366... it fits nearly everything

[SHROUD]

Purchase something like this....

 

1. Xeon X5690 - Probably the best Xeon processor in the x58 lineup. With 6c/12t as an added bonus. It can be had fr around $100

https://www.ebay.com/bhp/xeon-x5690

 

2. X58 motherboard - They go around fr about $100. 

https://www.ebay.com/bhp/lga-1366

 

3. Cpu cooler - Purchase something like a cryorig h7, thermalright macho

 

[Fehya]

7 minutes ago, SHROUD said:

Purchase something like this....

 

1. Xeon X5690 - Probably the best Xeon processor in the x58 lineup. With 6c/12t as an added bonus. It can be had fr around $100

https://www.ebay.com/bhp/xeon-x5690

 

2. X58 motherboard - They go around fr about $100. 

https://www.ebay.com/bhp/lga-1366

 

3. Cpu cooler - Purchase something like a cryorig h7, thermalright macho

 

this already puts me over 200$, no thanks

[SHROUD]

11 minutes ago, Fehya said:

this already puts me over 200$, no thanks

Didn't u ask fr a cpu fr about $100??

[Fehya]

Just now, SHROUD said:

Didn't u ask fr a cpu fr about $100??

and motherboard, all together, about 100-150$ not 100 for each, something super budget

[Herman Mcpootis]

try these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E3-1240-SR00K-3-30GHz-8MB-Socket-1155-Sandy-Bridge-Processor/352466629442?hash=item5210a5f342:g:3LoAAOSwoW1bpN3z

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-H61MU-E35-B3-Motherboard/292738270923?epid=127398470&hash=item44288f86cb:g:xIoAAOSw4LJbpZzo

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0177GTTB0/?tag=pcpapi-20&pldnSite=1 cryorig M9i, $20

[Fehya]

iv'e been able to really narrow down my results, but most of the "budget" cpu's are only ddr4 compatible, and I might end up dealing with an amd ryzen 3 2200g. but i need ddr4 memory for that, and i don't have the ability to spend an extra 80$ on 8gb