xjapanese Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Hi Guys, I can have that combo on good price but don't have much information on compatabilities What budget ram,HD,Power supply would I need to get that double xeon 5680 running,..I need some advice on it. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Define the good price. 5680 is 5 years old CPU, and it's (dual) rendering performance is equal to slightly over-clocked single i7 5820k today. Anything more than 300 euros is probably not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjapanese Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Hi Juraj, Yes, 340Euro the combo ..hmm you might be right ..considerig all the drama with compatibility ..just for 15% faster rendering and the ivestment in old machine:p.. will have to find another technical dilema on which to waste my time:) Thanks Edited February 13, 2015 by xjapanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Zero drama with compatibility. Any DDR3, any 24pin PSU with 2x 8-pin pcie aux connectors etc, any case that can accept E-ATX. It is not that much different than current technologies. If you have most of those parts as spare, it is ok, if you have to gear up just for this rig, doesn't really worth it. I would not mind having it as a rendering slave and whanot, but any 4-core 1P i5 today will leave it in the dust for modeling work & general computing / gaming. And you can probably get a used last generation i7 (not i5) and a s1150 mobo for that kind of money too. Edited February 13, 2015 by dtolios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjapanese Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yes Dimitris, thanks...and why " in the dust" when modeling is concerned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Most tasks outside rendering are single threaded, so the number of cores in a system doesn't help. In a single threaded environment, a faster clocked i5 or even i3 would slightly beat the current 5960X flagship just the same. Since in your example you are dealing with architecture that is 3-4 generations old and that also maxes out @ 3.6GHz, the difference is magnified. Each generation adds roughly 10% of efficiency @ calculations per clock, and current CPUs turbo-boost 1-2 cores to almost 25% higher speeds. The combined effect gives a comfortable advantage to Haswell consumer CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjapanese Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ok I see ...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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