Xeon e5-1620 for gaming, power consumtion?

[Blitz Blitz]

Hi. How good is this cpu for gaming? It's huge power consumption on idle, office works, gaming? Worth to buy hp z420 workstation with that cpu?

 

[TheRacoon]

no just buy a i5 thats way better for performance and power consumption

 

[william p]

That looks like a solid choice for gaming.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/HP-Z420-Workstation/3128

 

[Blitz Blitz]

That was long time ago. I built a pc, and happy that I don't go prebuilt pc way.

 

[william p]

Sorry it was in my tracked threads today. I guess the mods a re cleaning out the old posts.

 

[david.cap]

It depends mainly on the price and intended use. I still run one of my machines on E5-1620 v2. It can be easily beaten by the new CPUs out there, but at the same time, with a decent GPU, it will allow you to play reasonably well on 1080p, maybe even 1440 (depending on the game).

if you are on a tight budget and the Z420 comes cheap, it could be a reasonable choice. I myself bought few older Lenovo ThinkStation D30/S30 workstations and made them a decent gaming machines by simply upgrading a GPU