Xeon to be pair with GTX 760

[bizz_koot]

Hello Guys,

After searching through some forum, did see interesting proc to be pair with my Zotac GTX 760 AMP Edition. I found USED Xeon E5-2670 at around $100. So my question is, is it good pair? I want to replace my existing AM3 mobo with Phenom II 550. My rig already more than 5 years.

& The minimum PSU watt rate is?

Hope your suggestion gonna help me on this. Thanks!

 

[bambiboom]

Hello Guys,

After searching through some forum, did see interesting proc to be pair with my Zotac GTX 760 AMP Edition. I found USED Xeon E5-2670 at around $100. So my question is, is it good pair? I want to replace my existing AM3 mobo with Phenom II 550. My rig already more than 5 years.

& The minimum PSU watt rate is?

Hope your suggestion gonna help me on this. Thanks!

bizz_koot,

There are a lot of Xeon E5-2600 series first version CPU's around, as they are being cycled out of servers and they're fantastic value. I've bought a pair of E5-2690's (8-core @ 2.9 / 3.8GHz) and a used HP z620 to put them in to use as a rendering system. By the way, for $100 these days, it's possible to buy an E5-2680 (2.7 /3.5) and E5-2670's are often $60-75. Amazing really- the E5-2670 cost S1,550 new and an E5-2680 was $1,725. And E5-2690- $2,050.

On Passmark there are only 2 systems using a Pair of Xeon E5-2570's with a GTX 760. The higher rated one:

Rating: 4328
CPU:19659 (M/B is ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16)
2D:564
3D: 4819
Mem:2201 (60GB)
Disk 4655 (Samsung 850 Evo 500GB)

Whether the E5-2670 will be a good match with you GTX 760 depends on the use. The E5- 2670 is 6-core @ 2.6/ 3.3GHz. On Passmark a single has a CPU rating of 12502 and a double is 18459. The important single-thread rating is 1620. The single-thread rating is important to most programs really as there are few that are highly multi-threaded. However, video editing is one kind of program that can use cores of all kinds. The GTX 760 is in a way a boost to a lot of processing- there is a swing towards GPU rendering, for video.

In the end, to take advantage of the 8-cores depends on the use. If you are gaming or 3D modeling, then fewer, but faster cores with a higher single-threaded rating will be preferable. For server, database, scientific, rendering use, the 8-core is preferable. For 3D modeling I use a Xeon E5-1660 v2 6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz as the single-threaded score is 2105, but my current rendering system , a Dell Precision T5500 uses dual Xeon 5680 6-cores @ 3.33 /3.6GHz with a S/T score of 1465 and as that can sit and work on it's own, it's fine.

If you don't have a dual LGA2011 system, I recommend a low specification or "barebones": Dell Precision T7600 or HP z620. If you intend to use two CPU's, watch the cost of the special 2nd CPU riser boards for these systems, I just paid $150 for one for an HP z620 for the system cost was $270.

If you're after 8-cores, here a recommendnation:

HP-Z420-Workstation-2-90GHz-8-Core-E5-2690-16GB-RAM-2TB-HDD-No-OS > Sold for $574

That has the faster, higher single-thread rating E5-2690. I have two z420's and these are high performance, ultra-reliable, and very quiet. this is easier that upgrading an system and changing motherboards.

What are your main uses and programs?

Cheers,

BambiBoom

 

[bizz_koot]

Hello Guys,

After searching through some forum, did see interesting proc to be pair with my Zotac GTX 760 AMP Edition. I found USED Xeon E5-2670 at around $100. So my question is, is it good pair? I want to replace my existing AM3 mobo with Phenom II 550. My rig already more than 5 years.

& The minimum PSU watt rate is?

Hope your suggestion gonna help me on this. Thanks!

bizz_koot,

There are a lot of Xeon E5-2600 series first version CPU's around, as they are being cycled out of servers and they're fantastic value. I've bought a pair of E5-2690's (8-core @ 2.9 / 3.8GHz) and a used HP z620 to put them in to use as a rendering system. By the way, for $100 these days, it's possible to buy an E5-2680 (2.7 /3.5) and E5-2670's are often $60-75. Amazing really- the E5-2670 cost S1,550 new and an E5-2680 was $1,725. And E5-2690- $2,050.

On Passmark there are only 2 systems using a Pair of Xeon E5-2570's with a GTX 760. The higher rated one:

Rating: 4328
CPU:19659 (M/B is ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16)
2D:564
3D: 4819
Mem:2201 (60GB)
Disk 4655 (Samsung 850 Evo 500GB)

Whether the E5-2670 will be a good match with you GTX 760 depends on the use. The E5- 2670 is 6-core @ 2.6/ 3.3GHz. On Passmark a single has a CPU rating of 12502 and a double is 18459. The important single-thread rating is 1620. The single-thread rating is important to most programs really as there are few that are highly multi-threaded. However, video editing is one kind of program that can use cores of all kinds. The GTX 760 is in a way a boost to a lot of processing- there is a swing towards GPU rendering, for video.

In the end, to take advantage of the 8-cores depends on the use. If you are gaming or 3D modeling, then fewer, but faster cores with a higher single-threaded rating will be preferable. For server, database, scientific, rendering use, the 8-core is preferable. For 3D modeling I use a Xeon E5-1660 v2 6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz as the single-threaded score is 2105, but my current rendering system , a Dell Precision T5500 uses dual Xeon 5680 6-cores @ 3.33 /3.6GHz with a S/T score of 1465 and as that can sit and work on it's own, it's fine.

If you don't have a dual LGA2011 system, I recommend a low specification or "barebones": Dell Precision T7600 or HP z620. If you intend to use two CPU's, watch the cost of the special 2nd CPU riser boards for these systems, I just paid $150 for one for an HP z620 for the system cost was $270.

If you're after 8-cores, here a recommendnation:

HP-Z420-Workstation-2-90GHz-8-Core-E5-2690-16GB-RAM-2TB-HDD-No-OS > Sold for $574

That has the faster, higher single-thread rating E5-2690. I have two z420's and these are high performance, ultra-reliable, and very quiet. this is easier that upgrading an system and changing motherboards.

What are your main uses and programs?

Cheers,

BambiBoom

I would like to setup this as Gaming & Video rendering rig. I forget to note that I'm from Malaysia. Those the price is a bit high for me to get server grade CPU (mostly from US / China). The $100 is from Malaysian seller. But it really help on suggesting the CPU + Mobo configuration. It's my first time to setup Xeon base rig. Before, mainly on normal User processor.

Gonna do more research as of now. Your opinion on Single Thread & Multi Thread really help! Thanks!

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Update, just see other option of i3 6100. Base on gaming, it's quite fast. any suggestion sir? Thanks!