Would the Xeon E5-2650v2 work well for gaming?

[Crix525]

I'm interested on buying a second hand workstation that packs a Xeon E5-2650v2 with 16gb of Ram for 500$ but I will mostly use it for gaming and slight programming. I already own a gaming desktop, though a little dated still does the job, but I think with 500$ that desktop will pack quite the punch and offer a massive upgrade over my desktop which features a Core i5 2310. With 16 threads I doubt it wouldn't bottleneck any top end gpu for atleast one more generation.

 

[Ak74Egy]

Xeons aren't made for gaming they are made to handle heavy work load and are very reliable so they will do a ton of work for projects that include any type of rendering or video production, hence their hefty price tag, as they aren't made for mainstream users but for companies, and that is why they are in workstations btw, they will handle a heavy load but not gaming wise, you see it is not fast but very and I mean VERY efficient, you would be better off getiing an i5 CPU if gaming is as you say your main concern.

 

[Supahos]

Yes it's 3.4ghz ivy bridge (basically an i7 with no igp) would be very similar to my cpu and it doesn't struggle much in any game ive played. Xeon and mainstream are nearly identical anymore

 

[iamacow]

Its an 8core 2.6ghz cpu. the Turbo for 3.4ghz is only for 1 core. Basically you are getting a downclocked i7 4930k minus two cores. It will be okay for gaming but not the best.

 

[k1114]

If anyone ever says xeon aren't made for gaming or are more expensive, they have no idea what they are talking about. There have always been xeon-mainstream equivalents and often times are cheaper than them. More cores/threads doesn't help most games so bottlenecking a gpu is possible and will happen for top end cards. If you do run into performance issues, it's because of the lower speed. You can oc it on the right mobo if you care to do so.