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themadhatterm983

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Jan 4, 2014 13 0 10,510 Hi there I know this is a odd pairing but still Basically I want the best bang for buck CPU I can afford so I was looking at the fx 8350 8 cores that could be overclocked to 5ghz for £120 pretty good however a dig into eBay found me the Xeon x5650 6cores 12 threads and loads of l3 cache for £77 don't mind if I do But the this threw up another problem and Xeon compatible motherboard is £150 which seems a lot to me where as the fx 8350 motherboard would be about £80 but obviously has alot less features So my questions are Which would preform better? And would the Xeon be worth the extra £30? Or is there another option I've missed? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated Oh yeah I do plan of over clocking and you can overclock the xeon Sort by date Sort by votes

JimF_35

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Dec 27, 2010 1,725 0 20,460 What is it that you are trying to do. Are you wanting to over clock and get the best speeds out of them or are you just looking at playing games on your system? Here is a compare of the 2... http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5650-vs-AMD-FX-8350 Upvote 0 Downvote T

themadhatterm983

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Jan 4, 2014 13 0 10,510 JimF_35 : What is it that you are trying to do. Are you wanting to over clock and get the best speeds out of them or are you just looking at playing games on your system? Here is a compare of the 2... http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5650-vs-AMD-FX-8350 I am over clocking to get the best out of my system and I do want to be playing games as well as running game engines and various other programs Upvote 0 Downvote

JimF_35

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Dec 27, 2010 1,725 0 20,460 I would probably go with the AMD then. Just my opinion. Others may think differently. Upvote 0 Downvote T

themadhatterm983

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Jan 4, 2014 13 0 10,510 JimF_35 : I would probably go with the AMD then. Just my opinion. Others may think differently. Thanks for your opinion but why would you choose the amd? Upvote 0 Downvote

JimF_35

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Dec 27, 2010 1,725 0 20,460 Most XEONs are made for servers and huge uptimes, but they are poor overclockers because most have the multiplier locked. You can over clock them by using the BLK/FSB but there are limits on this and if you are BLK overclocking then you need really fast RAM because when you over clock the BLK you also overclock the RAM. That being said XEONs do have multiple QPIs which make them good at working in multi processesor environments so if you are looking at setting up a parallel processor system to crush the bench marks then go with 2 XEONs. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252333-29-overclocking-intel-xeon-x5550 Upvote 0 Downvote T

themadhatterm983

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Jan 4, 2014 13 0 10,510 JimF_35 : Most XEONs are made for servers and huge uptimes, but they are poor overclockers because most have the multiplier locked. You can over clock them by using the BLK/FSB but there are limits on this and if you are BLK overclocking then you need really fast RAM because when you over clock the BLK you also overclock the RAM. That being said XEONs do have multiple QPIs which make them good at working in multi processesor environments so if you are looking at setting up a parallel processor system to crush the bench marks then go with 2 XEONs. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252333-29-overclocking-intel-xeon-x5550 Hmmm that would be nice but I don't think I would need that much power and besides I don't think my budget would be large enough I think I'll see if I could get the Xeon motherboard for cheaper than £150 and if not go for the 8350 thanks very much for you help! Upvote 0 Downvote A

AshyCFC

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Oct 12, 2013 2,514 0 13,460 I'd like to post the fact that, overclocking isn't the be all and end all of the PC world like half of this forum think. Instead of getting the FX-8350 why not get a locked i5 such as the 4430/4440? even these will perform better. I'd take the 4430/4440 in this case as they're modern and have good upgrade opportunities. FX-8320 gets a good mention and if you're looking for budget performance the fx-6300/i3 4130 aren't bad either. Upvote 0 Downvote T

themadhatterm983

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Jan 4, 2014 13 0 10,510 AshyCFC : I'd like to post the fact that, overclocking isn't the be all and end all of the PC world like half of this forum think. Instead of getting the FX-8350 why not get a locked i5 such as the 4430/4440? even these will perform better. I'd take the 4430/4440 in this case as they're modern and have good upgrade opportunities. FX-8320 gets a good mention and if you're looking for budget performance the fx-6300/i3 4130 aren't bad either. Thanks for your opinion and I will now go and google i5's 😉 Upvote 0 Downvote You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Facebook X Bluesky LinkedIn Reddit Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link

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