Fares_1 :
THIS IS NOT A TRADE OFF NOR A COMPARISON. the question at hand is the following, if given the chance to get 2 x5670 core xeon ( hex core 2.93 stock frequency) and 8 gigs of ram(DDR3) for FREE. would it be worth it to build a DUAL PROCESSOR rig based on the setup,? AND HOW WOULD IT FARE against current gaming rigs, a skylake i5 for instance(a stretch i know but still realistic enough not to compare it to an i7 XD)?
is it cost effective to get a motherboard and gpu for it?(got the rest laying around , ssd, psu and casis).
i'm not currently planning to make a desktop, but if this proves to be cost effective, i would look into it,
other possible Dual setups are with xeon E5620 and xeon E5420 .
what do you suggest fine citizens of the pc masterrace?
It happens that the Xeon X5670 is a really good dual CPU Xeon. For some reason, that particular Xeon can have higher scores than other CPU's of the same speed.
However, the 6-cores @ 2.93 /3.33GHz is going off the mark for gaming. For gaming the single-threaded is the key and on Passmark the X5670 single- threaded scores 1355, while a Skylake i5-6600 is 2121.
Much of the equation though depends on the budget. I suggest taking the budget for total expenditure and subtraact the possible value the X5670 system is worth. If that's a Dell Precision T7500 with two 6-cores, it might be worth quite a bit- perhaps $500-700 depending on the other parts.
That may be enough to fund the new CPU and motherboard, but there will still be a good amount that needs to be added.
You might do some searches on Ebay by CPU- which I suggest might be 4th generation i7. How about:
NEW!! Dell OptiPlex 7020 (500 GB, Intel Core i7-4790, 3.6 GHz, 8 GB) PC Desktop sold for $402 on 1.28.16
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Dell-OptiPlex-7020-500-GB-Intel-Core-i7-4790-3-6-GHz-8-GB-PC-Desktop-/371537892433?hash=item5681625451%3Ag%3A%7Eq8AAOSwuYVWoTNi&nma=true&si=v3IfjTqZP5jN5Xvss6NiUrTyw38%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
In my view, the i7-4790 is an extremely good CPU that should be up to speed with the right GPU. the single threaded performance is 2073 as compared to the i5-6600 at 2121. That's not an important difference and buying all new stuff is going to cost a lot more.
If the free Dual Xeon is worth $400, than the Optiplex is more or less free and you can add a used GTX 760, SSD- $60-80 and whatever, and have very competent gaming system. And, there's no assembly required- just a couple of plug in components. The one in that listing might even be under warranty.
I've been buying used workstations and upgrading them the last several years and find that I can have a
very good performing 12-core system with a lot of RAM for about $50/year or less. The key is careful shopping.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15
The following system was purchased for $171 + about $800 upgrading- $1,000 total and is still worth that amount or perhaps a bit more:
2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6 -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3500 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)
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