Dual Xeon / best value

[BlueMihai]

Hey Tomshardware! Going to use these cpu´s for gaming, that is the only goal. Aiming to play all of the recent AAA titles such as StarWars battlefront and rainbow six siege at ultra settings 1080p 60+fps Everything will be bought second hand, most likely from ebay.de (even tho I live in Finland)
there is no limit on the budget, altough what I am looking for here is the best VALUE possible.
So my top candinates at the moment are 2x Xeon x5450´s, this is because I can find them for 20(ish) euros on ebay.de (and they seem to be good enough for even the newest games?

 

[BlueMihai]

So basically, what I have planned so far is
2x (X or E) 5450´s (~40€ total), 16gb DDR2 ECC (~30€), Mobo (~50€- €70)
=~140€
290 or 780 =~+200€
So total atm = ~+340€

do you have any suggestions for these+rest of the required parts?

 

[Benab3]

Think that looks pretty good, just the PSU might be an issue, and the limited documentation on these boards.

 

[BlueMihai]

Think that looks pretty good, just the PSU might be an issue, and the limited documentation on these boards.

Also half of the websites with info on these mobos are down or 404. *sigh*

 

[Benab3]

Yep... annoying

 

[BlueMihai]

A board that is compatible with the 2 xeons: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Server-Mainboard-FSC-Primergy-TX200-S4-S26361-D2509-A11-GS1-DUAL-Xeon-771-/111294382322?hash=item19e9a980f2:g:Wl4AAOxy4dNSxJMf

And the manual for the board states that: FDB 533/PC2-5300F and FBD533/PC2-4200F RAM can be used.

That motherboard does not have PCI-E 2.0 or even PCI-E 1 16x. This is going to be a problem or am I mistaken?

 

[Benab3]

You will really want one with a 16x

 

[BlueMihai]

You will really want one with a 16x

I know, but I couldnt find one anywhere,

 

[BlueMihai]

UPDATE: I have built the system now, and seem to be having issues with it, I created a new thread just for that, link is here --> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2918546/low-gpu-cpu-utilization-leading-low-performance.html