xeon x5570 for gaming?

[t99]

I found one of these for about 15$ online and I can't find much information as far as performance. The Userbenchmark website when compared to an I3-3320 shows it as a nice bit better overall. I am using a I-3 3220 as a baseline because my old pc had it and it worked pretty good with the gpu that will be in this build. This is just something basic for a friend who is just getting his feet wet with pc gaming. He is using my old 270x and the i-3 at the time would bottleneck, but for what he is playing this is not an issue.

Good deal or stay away?

 

[lifespill]

The x5570 is 1366 socket,if you already have a x58 motherboard is a good deal,otherwise x58 mobo are hard too find and too expensive.

 

[LunchBox0311]

I gamed for quite a while on an old Xeon chip i picked up off eBay for next to nothing. An x5470, I think? I did the 771/775 mod to put it in an Asus gaming board. If you can find a board for it on eBay you'll be in business for basic computing and gaming. I imagine you'll bottleneck at around 40fps in modern AAA titles on medium to high settings in 1080p. Older games should run fine though. I saw a YouTube video of someone gaming on a Pentium G not long ago, and he was hitting mid 20s on BF1.

 

[t99]

I ordered it and then noticed the mobo is crazy expensive. I guess I can sell it on ebay at least break even, it's only 17$ w/ shipping.

 

[LunchBox0311]

Yeah, like someone else mentioned, they are in short supply and hence expensive. You could use a server board, those are usually cheaper. Plus you could run dual CPUs, although drivers and stuff could be iffy.

 

[t99]

Yeah, like someone else mentioned, they are in short supply and hence expensive. You could use a server board, those are usually cheaper. Plus you could run dual CPUs, although drivers and stuff could be iffy.

whats the difference between a server board that would work and the 1366 socket motherboard?

 

[LunchBox0311]

1366 is just the socket that the cpu fits in, consumer boards like Gigabyte G1 Gaming, Asus Rampage, etc. will have that socket, as well as server boards. As the name suggests, these are for servers and workstations. You can use them for a regular desktop too though, but they aren't going to have many of the features and stuff that are helpful for a desktop gaming rig. As long as you find one with a PCIe slot for a GPU they'll work fine though. You may just have a hard time getting drivers and stuff to work, and there probably won't be many USB ports, etc.