Question LGA 1366 (X58) & LGA 2066 (X299) Are they still worth buying/using in 2023?

[N1njaDestr0yer]

Hello, Tom's Hardware

I got an oddball question, but could Is the title of this thread still a good option or nah too old?

I'm curious to hear your thoughts,

Thanks, N1nja

 

[Lutfij]

If you want to build a system for showing off tech at that era, maybe a time machine, then yes it's relevant but you can do that in a more economical way by hunting for them off of Ebay.

In 2023, it's moot.

 

[N1njaDestr0yer]

I meant to say if you had one whether you bought it brand new or got it as a "hand me down" from a relative or family member.... Still worth? Or massively outdated relic from when new and easily gets beaten by newer CPUs.

 

[stonecarver]

as a "hand me down

See there's the rub, there is the person who gave it a way and or the person who received it. If we were talking a 600 Mhz Celeron with windows ME wanting to run windows 11 RELICT . But if a person who has at the time nothing OR less, than 1366 system than yes it a great learning and usable system as long as you accept the limitations due to what it can and can't do vs newer parts.

Can it game yes BUT..............there is no AXV so any game that requires that you can't play

The offerings for Graphics card as far as new are almost non available. BUT how many people are still using a Nvidia 3000 series on new CPUs and the 1366 will still work on the 3000 Nvidia's , As far as AMD I tried a RX 580 and its fine. I mostly run Nvidia so I have limited hands on with AMD on 1366.

Memory it runs ddr 3. In all our vintage gaming machines I load them all up with 48Gb's of memory.
I have my older Titan X Pascals in them and not a bit of glitching, no stutter no game crashes, no black screen as the game is still playing. It just works.

For $20.00 bucks off flebay get a Xeon X 5680 or 5690. CPU.


You can pick these systems up for nothing. If money is tight and I mean tight why not.

Most of the used PC's that are out there come with a i7 920 and yes slower it will game in todays world. Don't forget ................NO AVX

SO this old girl still can hang in there to a point. I have nearly 600 Steam games and only two won't play. Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered. I play those on my newer system.

It's a dirt cheap platform. BUT if you know the drawbacks and the pluses and one finds a 1366 computer at a garage sale or given to you free and you have a potato PC at home and money just is not there give it a try.

 

[N1njaDestr0yer]

I bring this up because my dad has an old gaming pre-built from cyberpower that features an i7 920.... That PC has lasted him 15 years, so I am trying to find him an upgrade, but more of a PC that can do general/basic tasks.... Youtube, Email, Word Documents, Spreadsheets, etc.....

He is not much of a "gamer", also is it a good idea to rebuild that old X58 PC or get him a new one? (I will try to get the PC off him when he does upgrade) since it has a plethora of issues, given the PCs age...

 

[Eximo]

X58 is pushing things a little. First generation DDR3, triple channel (they don't make triple channel kits anymore, you would have to take a stab at mixing and matching)
4 cores 4 threads, maybe 4Ghz if you overclock it lightly.

Or you could pick up a late model i3-12100 that is faster in every way, and isn't all that expensive. That platform will still let you drop in an 8P/16E core CPU later on if you wanted to if it started to get a little slow.

LGA2066 is more relevant, but overpriced if you want more than the typical number of cores available on the desktop. Ryzen 5950X or 7950X basically beats anything that fits in that socket for less. X670E motherboard has impressive I/O for a consumer board as well.

 

[stonecarver]

is it good idea to rebuild that old X58 PC

I would say get him something newer. I look at the 1366 as a still strong contender but for hands on learning and that feeling of getting it to purr.

Just wondering what's wrong with your dad's system what issues is it having.

 

[g-unit1111]

The only thing X58 is still good for would be if you wanted a machine to practice learning how to overclock on. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. Mostly for the reasons that have already been listed. But one of the biggest factors too is that a lot of older CPUs - mostly Intel - are being bricked because of the lack of the Trusted Processor Module (TPM) function that's needed to enable Windows 11. You could run older versions of Windows up to Windows 10 but unless you're running 10 specifically, you won't get any current software updates for it.

 

[N1njaDestr0yer]

I would say get him something newer. I look at the 1366 as a still strong contender but for hands on learning and that feeling of getting it to purr.

Just wondering what's wrong with your dad's system what issues is it having.

Failing/Dead GPU (GTX 980), Noisy Fans, Wake Troubles (shake mouse then wait till monitor light goes solid) and Slowness after first boot