Gaming and working on Xeon x5650 X2. Is it worth it?

[gregariivanov]

Hello, i wanned a new gaming pc so i decided to get a ryzen 3 but it has only 4 Cores 4 Threads.
Thats not a problem for me but i also wanned to do some Blender stuff (and CPU/RAM intensive stuff). I found a x5650 on cheap and a dual socket 1366 Motherboard on cheap. My question is, is it worth it. I know that most games arent optimized for dual CPU but if the games run smooth im ok with it. Plus the build comes out cheaper than the one that i planend with ruzen. I already got a GPU.

MOBO 50€ https://www.servershop24.de/komponenten/mainboard/hp/hp-proliant-dl370-g6-mainboard-system-board-491835-001/a-112317/?ReferrerID=7.00&gclid=CjwKCAiA5OrTBRBlEiwAXXhT6NZLU2N2rV8bT5GV6ZfIYgzY3_NTqZ23_NQFCvWjPgn6kOyO0xKDKxoC1vEQAvD_BwE

CPU 40€ https://www.servershop24.de/komponenten/cpu-kuehler/intel/intel-xeon-six-core-cpu-x5650-2-66-ghz-12-mb-6-4gt-s-slbv3-socket-1366/a-110426/?ReferrerID=7.00&gclid=CjwKCAiA5OrTBRBlEiwAXXhT6JiZDhIZr2wzHYUjvicScM2MSBogI4BA9uB1MS4JTIdeP_my28_6txoCe7AQAvD_BwE

I also found a cheap ECC 16GB RAM stick in Ebay but i already got some RAM.

 

[dylanveghead]

The 5650 is more than worth it, I've been running it with an ASUS Rampage board for about a year now with minimal issues, my one suggestion however, would be to spend a little more on the board and swap the dual socket board for a single socket that is overclockable. I have mine with a Hyper 612 running at 4.8GHz and I haven't seen it throttle me on anything so far.
(I use it for Gaming, Maya, and literally all my other general use shit.)

 

[gregariivanov]

The 5650 is more than worth it, I've been running it with an ASUS Rampage board for about a year now with minimal issues, my one suggestion however, would be to spend a little more on the board and swap the dual socket board for a single socket that is overclockable. I have mine with a Hyper 612 running at 4.8GHz and I haven't seen it throttle me on anything so far.
(I use it for Gaming, Maya, and literally all my other general use shit.)

Thank you for the suggestion. I found an overclockable motherboard (MSI x58 Pro) but im not sure if it supports ECC Memory.
Does your board support ECC memory?

 

[dylanveghead]

The 5650 is more than worth it, I've been running it with an ASUS Rampage board for about a year now with minimal issues, my one suggestion however, would be to spend a little more on the board and swap the dual socket board for a single socket that is overclockable. I have mine with a Hyper 612 running at 4.8GHz and I haven't seen it throttle me on anything so far.
(I use it for Gaming, Maya, and literally all my other general use shit.)

Thank you for the suggestion. I found an overclockable motherboard (MSI x58 Pro) but im not sure if it supports ECC Memory.
Does your board support ECC memory?

 

[dylanveghead]

As long as it's DDR3 you should be fine