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Magic Carpet said:
I would get this one. Price seems to be right as well.
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I have that board with a Core i7 920, but that price is laughable.

He can get a new FX8320 + 990FX AM3+ motherboard for less than $300.

AMD FX8320 = $150
The CPU has a 125W TDP Cooler and it will be able to OC to 4.2GHz. At that clock and price it is faster than any Socket 1366 6-core CPU on default cooler OC or not in x264.

ASROCK Fatal1ty 990FX Killer = $125
The board even has M2 Socket, 6x SATA-III and USB3. All of that are missing from the majority of socket 1366 boards.

Total = $275

If you want cheaper, ASUS M5A97 R2.0 at $90 will get you down to $240 for both the CPU and the Motherboard. Again the CPU can be OCed to 4.2GHz with its default cooler.

Those 1366 boards are way too expensive.
 
I like the debates about PC parts.
@AtenRa: AMD stuffs can be bought only online and this is what I am getting:
FX8320: $200
Mobo ASUS M5A97 R2.0: $143.
Total: $343. But then again, the CPU is new.

edit: fx8350: $204
 
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AtenRa said:
I have that board with a Core i7 920, but that price is laughable.
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It's a nice, compact board that is high on features and low on power consumption. How much did you pay for yours, just curious?

I suppose, for that kind of money, this board with the newer tech is a better buy.
 
Magic Carpet said:
It's a nice, compact board that is high on features and low on power consumption. How much did you pay for yours, just curious?

I suppose, for that kind of money, this board with the newer tech is a better buy.
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I got mine new with the i7 920 4-5 years ago, i believe it was close to 180 Euros + 280 for the CPU if i remember correctly.

Yea for that price the new 2011-v3 is a no brainer but cheapest CPU is $390.

If you can find a cheap 1366 board then yes i would consider it, but used boards at north of $100 is not worth it even if you can find the CPU for that cheap. Plus you really need an aftermarket Heat-Sink to OC those 6-cores above 3.6GHz.
So even with a $150 board + $60-70 for the CPU and you also have to add at least $30-50 for a Heat-sink and you get close to $250-300 for a 3-4 year old hardware.
No thanks.
 
I would consider sandy i7s. The prices are starting to dip below $200 used and the boards are dirt cheap. I would probably skip 1366 if you leave your computer on a lot and pay a decent amount for electricity. Most of those boards suck down alot of power even at idle.
 
That PC will be left 24/7 on probably...Maybe the best option would be to wait new CPUs from AMD or Intel and wait for some price drops again....
 
AtenRa said:
I have that board with a Core i7 920, but that price is laughable.

He can get a new FX8320 + 990FX AM3+ motherboard for less than $300.

AMD FX8320 = $150
The CPU has a 125W TDP Cooler and it will be able to OC to 4.2GHz. At that clock and price it is faster than any Socket 1366 6-core CPU on default cooler OC or not in x264.

ASROCK Fatal1ty 990FX Killer = $125
The board even has M2 Socket, 6x SATA-III and USB3. All of that are missing from the majority of socket 1366 boards.

Total = $275

If you want cheaper, ASUS M5A97 R2.0 at $90 will get you down to $240 for both the CPU and the Motherboard. Again the CPU can be OCed to 4.2GHz with its default cooler.

Those 1366 boards are way too expensive.
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http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1289?vs=444

Let's go one step further, take the FX-9590 vs the 1366 990x. Where is the FX faster? Overclock the x5650 to > 4ghz and it's almost as fast as the latest and greatest Intel chips.
 
To upgrade at the moment, I only need the CPU, mobo and RAM. All my other parts will be reused.

From my casing, PSU, GPU, HDDs, Cooler (Zalman CNPS9500. I'll need a clip kit), monitor, mouse and keyboard 🙂

Given the performance I would probably get from the x5650 and compared to the i5 CPU only price, I'm saving some bucks. If I can get a cheaper board, all the better.
 
any good ivy bridge core i5s is a good upgrade or sandy i7s. if you play RTS games, intel beats the shit out of any AMD cpus out there. else, you can go for AMD for cheaper upgrade.
 
Brekyrself said:
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1289?vs=444

Let's go one step further, take the FX-9590 vs the 1366 990x. Where is the FX faster? Overclock the x5650 to > 4ghz and it's almost as fast as the latest and greatest Intel chips.
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Impressive, I hadn't realized these older chips were still so strong in single-threaded workloads. ~45% better IPC than an FX and 12 threads, with plenty of overclocking headroom to boot.

If motherboards weren't so expensive, I'd be giving these a hard look for a new build.
 
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SuLyMaN said:
Core i7 4790: $415
Core i7 4790 + mobo: $540

x5650 + Mobo (ebay): $~300-325

mobo choices from ebay: NONE available locally....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-P6T-SE...453061084?pt=Motherboards&hash=item1c472aa3dc
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Intel-D...145882028?pt=Motherboards&hash=item51c1ecf1ac
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-P6T-So...453060057?pt=Motherboards&hash=item1c472a9fd9
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-RAMPAG...470243801?pt=Motherboards&hash=item1c4830d3d9
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Which of these mobos would support a x5650? The CPU support list from the official websites do not talk about xeon x5650 support.

ASUS-P6T-SE-Socket-1366
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P6T_SE/HelpDesk_CPU/

Intel-DX58SO
http://processormatch.intel.com/Processors/CompatibleProcessors?componentName=DX58SO

ASUS-RAMPAGE-II-GENE
http://www.asus.com/ROG_ROG/RAMPAGE_II_GENE/HelpDesk_CPU/
 
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This was as high as I could go but not stable at load & throttling due to heat.. Pretty amazing for a 2.66Ghz chip..

 
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Pretty sure that was with his Sabertooth. Which is the board I got for my 5660 on his recommendation. Great board. Great recommendation. So much OC fun!

There's one now for $219 OBO:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-X58-Sa...555611917?pt=Motherboards&hash=item4ade35410d

And a Rampage for $190 OBO
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-Rampag...US_Motherboard_CPU_Combos&hash=item20de730f59

And for your inner cheapskate (and the outer one too):
P6T for $140:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUST-P6T-L...589778038?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3397c7ae76
Check the big Xeon thread. For best OC, some replace the stock bios with the Pro version:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36492308&postcount=1409
 
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Yeah, I got lucky last November & found a New Asus SaberTooth X58 for $159.. Military grade components, FAST & most stable board I have ever used.. Accurate power delivery & never blue screens, no matter how hard it's pushed. 🙂
 
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I'm still running a 775 rig on an E8400@3.6Ghz, these can be had on Ebay for $15 shipped if OP is on a tight budget, IDT anyone is making new 775 MB's these days but tou can probably scrounge up an old Gigabyte for cheap $$, mines 6 years old and no capacitor issues, as long as your not a heavy gamer (or you don't mind turning down the eye candy a bit) this is stil a usable rig, I run a 4850 in it with only 4 gig ram, the addition of a SSD and installing Win7 64 bit pro breathed some more life into the old girl.
 
BUTCH1 said:
I'm still running a 775 rig on an E8400@3.6Ghz, these can be had on Ebay for $15 shipped if OP is on a tight budget, IDT anyone is making new 775 MB's these days but tou can probably scrounge up an old Gigabyte for cheap $$, mines 6 years old and no capacitor issues, as long as your not a heavy gamer (or you don't mind turning down the eye candy a bit) this is stil a usable rig, I run a 4850 in it with only 4 gig ram, the addition of a SSD and installing Win7 64 bit pro breathed some more life into the old girl.
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I think you can still get 775 boards on newegg. There's only a few but they're there. They're G43 chipsets IIRC though. I sold off all my 775 stuff as I transitioned away from DDR2, but there's actually DDR3 supporting boards since the memory controller was still on the chipset back then.
 
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