Will this Dual-CPU build work?

[EvolveUK]

I just wanted to have someone else check this over to make sure I'm not missing anything.

I currently have an FX-4100 and a GTX 680 which causes a massive bottleneck, I've been looking around and saw that a dual CPU xeon setup could give pretty good performance on a budget.

I'm currently looking at the Supermicro MBD-X8DTH-I-B (http://goo.gl/4v6YWS) and two Xeon X5570 CPU's (http://goo.gl/ETI7I6) along with 16gb of DDR3 RAM (Downclocked to 1333MHz) and my GTX 680.

Will this cause any immediate problems and how could I rectify any that appear?

Thanks for the help,
Austin

 

[Itsbranden97]

It should work but you won't see any gaming improvements with a second Xeon. The first will do mostly everything gaming wise. I don't think there is a game that is capable of utilizing a second CPU.

It should be a huge upgrade from the fx-4100 though.

 

[EvolveUK]

It should work but you won't see any gaming improvements with a second Xeon. The first will do mostly everything gaming wise. I don't think there is a game that is capable of utilizing a second CPU.

It should be a huge upgrade from the fx-4100 though.

Thanks for the reply Will probably go ahead with it.

 

[tiny voices]

This is a horrible idea. Only 1 CPU will be working when gaming. Plus they are old and slow CPUs. You won;t see much if any gaming improvement.

Just get a normal i5 and cheap motherboard.

Or upgrade your CPU to an fx8350 on your same board.

 

[EvolveUK]

This is a horrible idea. Only 1 CPU will be working when gaming. Plus they are old and slow CPUs. You won;t see much if any gaming improvement.

Just get a normal i5 and cheap motherboard.

Or upgrade your CPU to an fx8350 on your same board.

Have you got any suggestions at all? Everything I've looked at was out of my price range.
When I say gaming I mostly mean MMOs' and rhythm games with a few other light games like Counter Strike.

 

[tiny voices]

What is your budget and what is your current motherboard?

 

[EvolveUK]

What is your budget and what is your current motherboard?

Budget it £150~ and my current motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4305#ov)

 

[tiny voices]

Alright here is what you should do.

Buy an fx8320 and stick it in your current setup. Will be a huge performance increase and will fix your bottleneck.