Well, I need some help here. I have a choice between having a computer "Workstation" with two Xeon 5050's, and 16GB of DDR2 Ram, or having a standard desktop with a Pentium E5300 and 4GB of DDR2 Ram.
I play a lot of online games, and I figure having two processors is better than one, even if they are older. But then again.. I'm not sure.
Since I'm not exactly too knowledgeable about this kind of stuff.. and I attempted to do some research, it only made me a bit more confounded.
Here's what I know so far about the Xeon 5050 Processors, thanks to the Ark Intel site:
ARK Intel Source
And now the Pentium E5300:
ARK Intel Source.
According to the information in those two screenshots, even though the xeon 5050's are at "End of life" they are still considerably more expensive, and have a higher clock speed. Although, they are quite a bit older than the E5300. They both support 64-Bit operating systems, which I need.
The reason I'm hesitating, is because I'm worried about the Xeon 5050's age. I've used an old Dell with a Pentium 4 before, and it wasn't exactly my cup of tea... these Xeon processors are roughly the same age as a Prescott 2M Extreme Edition Pentium 4 processor.
Which is why I'm here, asking the people of Tom's Hardware. What would you guys do, and why?
I really would appreciate any feedback that I can get. Remember, it's a choice of two Xeon Dual-Core processors at 3.0GHz, and 16GB of DDR2 Ram, or one Intel Pentium E5300 Dual-Core processor at 2.6GHz, with 4GB of DDR2 Ram.
I'll be using the setup for gaming.
I have a Nvidia GTX 550 Ti that I'll be using with my setup, when I get this figured out.
Thank you in advance for your help. =)
I play a lot of online games, and I figure having two processors is better than one, even if they are older. But then again.. I'm not sure.
Since I'm not exactly too knowledgeable about this kind of stuff.. and I attempted to do some research, it only made me a bit more confounded.
Here's what I know so far about the Xeon 5050 Processors, thanks to the Ark Intel site:
ARK Intel Source
And now the Pentium E5300:
ARK Intel Source.
According to the information in those two screenshots, even though the xeon 5050's are at "End of life" they are still considerably more expensive, and have a higher clock speed. Although, they are quite a bit older than the E5300. They both support 64-Bit operating systems, which I need.
The reason I'm hesitating, is because I'm worried about the Xeon 5050's age. I've used an old Dell with a Pentium 4 before, and it wasn't exactly my cup of tea... these Xeon processors are roughly the same age as a Prescott 2M Extreme Edition Pentium 4 processor.
Which is why I'm here, asking the people of Tom's Hardware. What would you guys do, and why?
I really would appreciate any feedback that I can get. Remember, it's a choice of two Xeon Dual-Core processors at 3.0GHz, and 16GB of DDR2 Ram, or one Intel Pentium E5300 Dual-Core processor at 2.6GHz, with 4GB of DDR2 Ram.
I'll be using the setup for gaming.
I have a Nvidia GTX 550 Ti that I'll be using with my setup, when I get this figured out.
Thank you in advance for your help. =)