This is NOT my main rig so no “I suggest better cpu X” please on this thread. I just need to know between the two which is better for gaming
I7 950 quad core or x5650 hexacore Xeon???
Lga1366 isn't that hard to find in decent shape, especially considering it wasn't mainstream like 775 or 1156, so very few Dell, HP, knockoff low grade boards.
I'd stick with the Xeon. It'll do everything even an OC 950 can do, and have threads to spare. For a work/play secondary pc, it's kinda hard to beat for the price.
Well the i7 950 has a higher single thread count so in games that aren't multi threaded well it should do better in older games however games that can use more core the Xeon would be better.
Guessing a Xeon would be murder trying to find a good board.
If you OC the hell out of the i7 I’d expect that to come out on top. Especially older games because I doubt the 6 core will make enough of a difference for modern CPU intensive games as they’re both so old.
Well the i7 950 has a higher single thread count so in games that aren't multi threaded well it should do better in older games however games that can use more core the Xeon would be better.
LordVile :
Guessing a Xeon would be murder trying to find a good board.
If you OC the hell out of the i7 I’d expect that to come out on top. Especially older games because I doubt the 6 core will make enough of a difference for modern CPU intensive games as they’re both so old.
I agree,
Neither one of these CPU's are going to run modern games without struggling / stuttering taking place. If you were to play games from around the same era that these CPU's were born I would say the i7 would be the way to go. Games back then relied on single threaded speed to achieve the highest frame rate.
Lga1366 isn't that hard to find in decent shape, especially considering it wasn't mainstream like 775 or 1156, so very few Dell, HP, knockoff low grade boards.
I'd stick with the Xeon. It'll do everything even an OC 950 can do, and have threads to spare. For a work/play secondary pc, it's kinda hard to beat for the price.
im using the asus p6td deluxe with a x5650 overclocked to 4.4ghz running on air still and seems better in gaming the i7 920 overclocked to 4.2ghz i had