- Jan 1, 2006
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I'm really stumped here!
I purchased an LGA2011 Xeon E5-2620 CPU for $140, so really cheap and was going to use it, but I have an LGA1155 mothboard atm. Well, when I searched for a new processor, I just went by Sandbridge. Not thinking of server sockets. Well, impulse buy it was, lol. Anyhow, I use an xeon x3440 now for gaming. So yes, I only game and that is it. So I already have an Dell xps 8100 in which is upgraded to x3440, 16gb mem, SSD, Radeon R9 280x. I have an LGA1155 motherboard to upgrade the xps 8100's board with. So is why I bought the processor.
My question is, should I just buy a LGA2011 motherboard for this processor?
Or can upgrade my R9 280x to R9 290 for $80 bucks since the place I bought the 280x from will upgrade me because of fan issues on the 280x? Enough of diff from 280x to 290 for $80
Or get a LGA1155 processor like an 2500k?
I'm stumped because of the processor only being 2.0ghz boosts to 2.5 to other 3ghz. 3.5ghz boost, but yet still good ratings on the 2.0ghz. 2 times of that of the x3440. Shown here,
copy whole link here;
=1&cmp[]=1214&cmp[]=1288]http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1&cmp[]=1214&cmp[]=1288
Thanks for all your help guys!!
I purchased an LGA2011 Xeon E5-2620 CPU for $140, so really cheap and was going to use it, but I have an LGA1155 mothboard atm. Well, when I searched for a new processor, I just went by Sandbridge. Not thinking of server sockets. Well, impulse buy it was, lol. Anyhow, I use an xeon x3440 now for gaming. So yes, I only game and that is it. So I already have an Dell xps 8100 in which is upgraded to x3440, 16gb mem, SSD, Radeon R9 280x. I have an LGA1155 motherboard to upgrade the xps 8100's board with. So is why I bought the processor.
My question is, should I just buy a LGA2011 motherboard for this processor?
Or can upgrade my R9 280x to R9 290 for $80 bucks since the place I bought the 280x from will upgrade me because of fan issues on the 280x? Enough of diff from 280x to 290 for $80
Or get a LGA1155 processor like an 2500k?
I'm stumped because of the processor only being 2.0ghz boosts to 2.5 to other 3ghz. 3.5ghz boost, but yet still good ratings on the 2.0ghz. 2 times of that of the x3440. Shown here,
copy whole link here;
=1&cmp[]=1214&cmp[]=1288]http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1&cmp[]=1214&cmp[]=1288
Thanks for all your help guys!!
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