Is this cheap 6-Core CPU worth it? The Xeon E5 2630V2

[@samtime2711]

Cool to see you using one of those thermal carbon pads

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

How do these pads fare compared to traditional thermal paste

[@tsutsru]

@@adventureoflinkmk2 idk

[@jejejejajaja3966]

-5 °C if is a very good brand, grizzly or s.t else

[@ProtoMario]

I have the intel 8086 annivarsary edition, and I am extremely happy with the hexicore unit.

[@fewik8567]

Very relevant

[@DragonBallNOW]

What are you doing here lol 😂

[@lennoxhunter801]

i know im randomly asking but does anyone know of a method to get back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot my account password. I would love any help you can offer me

[@zaidendeandre5682]

@Lennox Hunter instablaster :)

[@lennoxhunter801]

@Zaiden Deandre Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@batman9592]

Crysis 3 has a really good CPU testing part right at the start, the first grassy area. It would be worth adding this to your regular testing procedure to see real in game CPU performance differences.

[@vgjhlgjhfuyfjhfjkhgyghj]

Yeah man it's evil. Can easily see benefit from 4 cores, 4 cores + ht. And 6 cores/ht Top comment Phil!

[@philscomputerlab]

I believe I have that game. Doesn't it start in some sort of rain environment?

[@vgjhlgjhfuyfjhfjkhgyghj]

@@philscomputerlab that's right Phil. He means the start of the second section. "Welcome to the jungle"

[@batman9592]

​@@philscomputerlabYes it does! I was trying to reduce spoilers: Essentially if you consider the "rain" part a tutorial for silent takedowns, the next part is a tutorial for sneaking. The grassy area where you avoid the sentry tower. It also has a convenient save point where your team mate describes the mission objectives. When i said "right at the start" i didn't want to offend anyone by saying 'x' minutes as some players may enjoy the stalk and move between shadows _very_ slowly. Or go in guns blazing... it's 'your' game. Another by product is that i find i can check any overclock/ volt honestly in a real world situation, especially for summer here in Australia. If you're going to BSOD it will happen here. Lastly, there's a piece of software called TimerResolution. It may be interesting for you to fiddle with while testing CPUs. Once again, Crysis 3 benefits from it. Just Alt+Tab while playing to check it out. Thanks Phil. PS - I will be upgrading to a Xeon X5670 soon.

[@mbe102]

@@philscomputerlab yeah, you'll have to play like.... 15 minutes, and then you're in the Dome, which has all that crazy grass.

[@EruPii93]

Just a minor note: in Project Cars 2 the two tracks are exactly the same (Red Bull Ring in Austria), only the weather and cars are different.

[@UpLateGeek]

You know, sometimes I feel like KZbinrs are making videos just for me! I've been looking at replacing my i5 NUC server with something a bit more powerful, but still reasonably energy efficient, and I've been looking at the LGA 2011 or even the 1150 Xeon low-power processors, which look pretty much like exactly what I'm looking for on paper. It's definitely encouraging to see the processors are compatible with standard motherboards, and that they're still pretty energy efficient even if the motherboards don't have all the bells and whistles of a brand name, so that's another possibility to consider. The low-power Xeons are pretty hard to come by though, and they've been pretty overpriced when I have found them, so I'm thinking I end up having to go for a Ryzen 5 or 7 "E" model, which are 45W. Although main advantage of the Xeon is the cost of the RAM, since you can pick up large capacity DDR3 server DIMMs for pretty cheap compared to DDR4. That's the other limiting factor with my current server, since it's only got 16GB of RAM, so buying more DDR4 RAM is going to get expensive pretty fast. Anyway, great video as always, good food for thought.

[@tubes9181]

I love my 2011 system. So much value...

[@axevich]

Could you please name components of your build?

[@nativenation3296]

LGA 1155 ( ASUS P8Z77-V LK ) my daily driver

[@MrMartin48705]

I love my 2008 pc too.. Oh, you meant socket 2011..... Heh....

[@thealien_ali3382]

@@nativenation3296 I fuck my own ass hole

[@mr.transistor2823]

Thank you for your content. LGA2011 keeps bringing lot of fun for a low price in 2019.

[@niteshkumarpatel]

Also review the cpu coolers available on aliexpress.

[@Ktmzqw]

Snowman. I also like the Darkflash aigo

[@AK-tf3fc]

@Nitesh Patel He don't take requests from Street pooping Currycels.

[@Teksers]

I would like to see a budget build-off between you and Bryan from TechYesCity.

[@andyshtroymish4997]

Scrapyard wars Australia?:)

[@Teksers]

@@andyshtroymish4997 Yes.

[@8ANKIT]

Yes

[@ambigousBarrel]

That thermal Graphite pad looks really useful. Never really thought of looking for them before I seen it on your channel, but it is a really good idea! And re-usable too, might get one of them myself for when I'm messing around with little projects I do. I would of thought they would be useful when using CPU's that don't have IHS :) Much tidier setup :D

[@renanwillian4006]

Good video Phils! I have this processor with a rx 488 and I'm enjoying it, for those who come out of 775 or is low on money the 2630V2 is a balanced choice between consumption and performance. My setup cost $ 296 (R $ 1,200 in Brazil); 2630V2, 16Gb @ 1600mhz, Huananzhi x79, RX 488, Aigo T4. I have not yet tested all the games I wanted but which I have tested, I really liked the result.

[@ilbroken2491]

Seria interessante saber pq quanto tempo usou esse setup,se teve problemas e qual é o setup atual

[@renanwillian4006]

@@ilbroken2491 Usei por quase um ano se não me engano junto com uma placa da Huananzhi, então eu troquei para um 2620v3, a GPU morreu com 1,8 anos de uso (o chip da GPU morreu, era de mineração, embora não tivesse sinais agressivos de bastante uso), logo passei a usar uma R9 270 (mais tarde uma GTX 950) e troquei o 2620v3 por um 2678v3 e uma F8 da Huananzhi que uso agora há mais de um ano com um 2695v3 e uma RX 6600 (uns 4 meses). Único problema era a performance em jogos como CS (que ainda é o mesmo). Se eu fosse escolher algumas opções de processadores da linha V2 para um custo não muito alto, seria o 2630v2 ou o 2650v2. Gostava do consumo dele, frio demais se não me engano nem passava dos 50° em dias quentes com um cooler de 4 heatpipes e não tinha tela azul, já que usava memórias de servidor, atualmente já tive por volta de 6 telas azuis dentro do tempo + de 1 ano.

[@jb678901]

I did manage to buy and excellent ASUS p9X79 Pro which I paired with 32GB of non EEC RAM and an E5-1650V2 plus GTX 980. The motherboard cost me $70 on a local purchase and it was like new. What a deal. Also have a HuananZhi deluxe X79 paired to an E5-4627V2 (costs $96 delivered with 8C/8T that all-core clocks to 3.5Ghz) and RX4708GB. Both do very well in 1080P high settings.

[@georgebadiu]

Good choice, that 1650 v2. And with that mobo, you can overclock it 4.4-4.6GHz easily. I know because I have a X99 Asus Rampage Extreme V - 10 Edition and a 1650 v3 at 4.5GHz. It can go higher, but I would need a better cooling. Any good X79 and X99 will run everything, in the highest settings, with a good Xeon and a good graphics card. No need to upgrade for at least a couple of years (my opinion only).

[@jb678901]

@@georgebadiu Yup, board is excellent. The E5-1650V2 easily clocks to 4.4Ghz and with the CoolerMaster tower (that came with the motherboard along with an i78320 and 32GB of Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, all in for $220) idles cool in the mid 30's and peaks at 100% power to mid 60's. One might even argue the value of each the components purchased means that the ASUS p9X79 Pro was for free!!!! Still pinching myself over this deal.

[@douglab222]

Phil, how is it you don't have more subs man! You content is the best from one retro geek to another. Let me know what more I can do to get you more subs :)

[@tusharsarode4546]

Lga 2011 still rocks

[@kirksteinklauber260]

It will be good to focus your videos not only for Gaming Rigs but also as an opportunity for people to build Home Servers using Virtualization (VMs, and Containers!)

[@lasseberg7317]

Some of the games ran at 2.6ghz, try setting the windows powermanagement to high performance to fix this. Love your content:)

[@kennyj4366]

I've noticed a lot of the Russian sites as re using the LGA2011 with the 2680v2 and 2690v2. They really seem to hold their own in the games. 👍🙂

[@philscomputerlab]

Yes for sure, but those CPUs are not cheap. You can get a Ryzen 2600 for that sort of money.

[@kennyj4366]

@@philscomputerlab you have a point, and with new Ryzen system everything is under warranty for a few years.

[@msana4420]

Would like to see the mainboard on idle and Wireshark capturing the traffic. Can't trust having a backdoor on your pc

[@naws69]

Whats that

[@TheFirestriker101]

@@naws69 a vulnerability due to the way Intels designs is why their is a backdoor. Basically you can get hacked for data.

[@leafninja3020]

He meant to say that Chinese boards could have a backdoor virus that could sniff all your data or communication. Wireshark is a network packet capture tool used for analysing network traffic

[@naws69]

Oh i get it. Thanks

[@NeverGiveUpYo]

My thoughts..

[@anirudhmallikarjun7067]

can you check out the 2011-v3 socket cpus now there becoming pretty cheap now and name brand boards are still available.

[@BlazeElPadrino662]

I'm dying to see proper English reviews of the new HuananZhi X99 AD-3 board! However it seems that these boards only support a pretty shallow selection of CPUs and none of them are unlocked...

[@ingusmant]

Interesting review, does the board's hibernate work tho? Also could you add some non-gaming benchs too? Like compilers and video editing

[@UpLateGeek]

They most likely ripped large chunks of the BIOS code from a similar X79 board from a mainstream manufacturer. They probably couldn't get the S1-4 code working, so they replaced the whole snafu with an S0 trigger.

[@ingusmant]

@@UpLateGeek so no hibernate either?

[@thomasschraubt7497]

hibernate works on these boards, I built several systems using the plexhd and can confirm this

[@thomasschraubt7497]

@@UpLateGeek could it be because of the xeon itself? maybe a server(not workstation) cpu does not support sleep mode at all

[@UpLateGeek]

@@ingusmant that's just my guess. I assume if they're too lazy to figure out S1-3, then they're also too lazy to get S4 working.

[@youzernejm]

It has similar multithreaded performace to my slightly overclocked 3770k (4.2GHz), but both 3770k and Z77 motherboards command a price premium. It would be interesting however to see how it compares to a 2600k, the have dropped a lot in price, and so have the Z68 boards, at least over here.

[@logodedalo]

0:20 If I may, which processor and GPU are you using in your main drive? Do you plan to make a Linux test?

[@philscomputerlab]

I use a 1650V2 overclocked to 4 GHz together with a RX 470 and 32GB RAM.

[@logodedalo]

@@philscomputerlab I am planning to use a 2689 with a RX 590, 32GB RAM, and I will use it with linux. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Brazil.

[@MichaelRogerStDenis]

I LOVE your Aliexpress builds!

[@abdoumenouer7762]

0:44 Man, Thermal Grizzly did something really awesome for us!

[@nickrosetti9224]

A sports game!!!! Yeah buddy!! Why does the PC scene not embrace sports games???? Great vid Phil!!

[@LOOTLORD605]

Cant complain for the price indeed.

[@Masaliantiikeri]

About bios updates google "winraid ubu" . You should find "[Tool Guide+News] "UEFI BIOS Updater" (UBU)" thread. Also Huananzhi x79 gaming has x4 3.0 nvme slot.

[@yakacm]

Just had a look at that and it only has dual channel memory, looks nice thou especially as it's mATX.

[@Masaliantiikeri]

@@yakacm My board is full atx and has 3 orange pcie 3.0 slots. I'm currently running samsung 32gb (4x8gb) ecc ram at 1866/cl9.

[@swampking666]

Masaliantiikeri it depends on the cpu, the 2630v2 accepts at most 1600mhz if im not wrong. The 2650v2 accepts 1866MHz

[@franciscruz5536]

Always look forward to your vids every Friday bro!

[@kruxdt6307]

Nice video I was thinking about this processor

[@thcriticalthinker4025]

I had a test system with this processor for a while, sold it instead of an i5-4590 equivalent Xeon that I was also testing because of instruction sets. If you play with the bios power settings you can get the all core turbo slightly higher but the power consumption is insanely low. The bios on the motherboard I was using was worse but it was ~$60 USD and used a smaller than micro-atx size. I think the model was e5 v3.5b

[@shaziabhutto8642]

did u used the components that are in the description for recording the games

[@bass-dc9175]

Not gonna lie: I love the idea of building new budget Mobos for older Hardware. Keeps older platforms alife for those who simply do not need the highest of the high (In terms of performance, Had to point that out for the grammar nazi below who couldn't discern context from a sentence if his left testicle was on the line), but still giving damn good performance.

[@Lazar-w9u]

engrish

[@bass-dc9175]

@@Lazar-w9u What?

[@Lazar-w9u]

@@bass-dc9175 Your english is as broken as my core 2 duo

[@bass-dc9175]

@@Lazar-w9u Considering that the Core 2 Duo was an excelent chip that held up quite well over the years, with one of the lowest failurerates of all Intel processors on record: Thank you.

[@bass-dc9175]

@@Lazar-w9u But just for you: I "corrected" my grammar. Feel free to miss the point again and I will use all of the crayons in the world and walk you through my comments word by word. Perhaps that way: You would finally graps the hidden english secret of "context clues". : )

[@beckenbauerfranz7773]

watching this video makes me realize that cpu has gone ahead too much vs gpu, for at least 3 years! that's one of many reasons why gpu is the most expensive part in most builds

[@philscomputerlab]

True that. I'm working on a video, a premium-budget build from AliExpress parts. With board and CPU it's easy, but GPU? There are the cheap RX 400 and 500 cards, but the next step up is huge. Used Vega or new RX 5700 and they cost a LOT more. There is no real value with current GPUs IMO. Gone are the days of a cards like 4850 Radeon or GT 8800.

[@beckenbauerfranz7773]

@@philscomputerlab yes, high price and tend to die at younger age. now that I rethink of it, it seems like gaming has developed faster than productivity works. and since gaming experience mostly relies on gpu nowadays, i don't know what to do with my ryzen 3600. cpu is like a hard worker, working 24/7/365 at the same tasks, while gpu is the artist, was born to create beauty.

[@BigBossDLow]

Haven't watched it yet but great video Phil.

[@christopherirvin5960]

How what why? Oh NVM. 😕

[@BodoPoker]

Have 2 server with 4x Xeon E5-4640 each and love it for calculations ♥ As you mentioned, such a system shines especially given the cheap DDR3 RAM (i have 1 TB which is unpayable with DDR4) :)

[@ctsd623]

What "calculations" can one use 16 cores for at home? What's wrong with a TI82?

[@BodoPoker]

@@ctsd623 i take the TI82 for calculations about the universe but poker is a bit more complex :) 64 cores with 100% usage 24 / 7 take up to one month to calculate a poker spot to learn with... and this sentence is not a joke. Have a great week ♥

[@ctsd623]

@@BodoPoker 😂

[@StrapMerf]

Honestly would be curious to see if ANYTHING can run crisis well...

[@azkaghifari8077]

I never get bored watching your videos phil... You should try covering AM2+ platform sometime.. its pretty fun though

[@andyshtroymish4997]

Yeah kinda cool. If you don't mind some critical lags in some modern games and only lookin' 4 mediaPC it can save you a buck or two(made some 775 C2Q 9550/4GB DDR31066/Case_and_stuff for 150₪/40$ last year, similar price on AM2+/AM3 in IL)

[@KadiusFTW]

@@andyshtroymish4997 you can mitigate a large amount of that stutter by using intels instruction emulator software (works on amd processors too)

[@azkaghifari8077]

@@andyshtroymish4997 socket 775 is a nice cost effective platform especially when you pair it with xeon x5450/5460 but it also has a drawback in memory expansion capability and only maxed in quadcore configuration, in socket Am2+ you can use 16gigs of ddr2 memory in any 4slot mainboard, and support up to 6 core phenom.

[@labombaromba]

Hey Phil, I think i've got an interesting suggestion for CPU benchmarking, which I haven't really seen done. You reckon you could try RPCS3, the PS3 emulator? In my experience, I haven't really come across a gaming scenario which is as CPU demanding as it is (on most games; Eg, Skate 3, RDR, Persona).

[@TheJamesKF]

Every time I think of decommissioning my x79 rig (HTPC/couch gaming box ) Phil comes out with another Xeon video. Thanks for setting me straight.😁 Also totally agree that the PCIe to M.2 adapters are great for storage/game drives on any board with available PCIe slots and older boards without native support. As you say depending on your region used Ryzen 1000 series are VERY nice since its possible to get modern features and move to an even better cpu down the road. However, If you can get the board cheap enough, have some ddr3 already or even family /friend /salvage PCs that you can get super cheap or even free?-- x79 is fun as hell still and quite capable. More fun if the board supports overclocking. Thanks the great content.

[@lperezph]

Just got it for only $18 in Lazada PH.. E5 2667 was $10 more and it has 130W tdp vs 2630 v2 80w.

[@ChristopherGray00]

i think it's very important to show the cache size of these CPUs as the supported ram speed is extremely slow, if the cache is bigger, the ram speed won't matter as much, but if it is small it will make a much bigger impact.

[@sophustranquillitastv4468]

Please check out Huanan X99 motherboard. They look decent enough and improve cosmatically so much from their X79 parts.

[@小阳光-q1o]

Hi Phil have you thought about making a video about the VIA C3 cpus?

[@WildBeret]

hi , so fast is the editing of video with this config? and what software you use , I want to build someday machine just for video editing

[@emelyanychcool3715]

Greetings from Russia.Have xeon 2640v1+plex hd+16GB server ram+gtx 980 around a year and very satisfied.2640 is cheaply than 2630v2 and have a same performance(more or less),i think it is a better choice.

[@deepfriedlettuce851]

I actually have a 2630L V2 on the way, with a motherboard that I do believe is a rebrand of the plexHD. Great timing haha

[@duelistt2497]

You put the cpu fan on wrong 2:36

[@Ziebrand]

Hey Phil, it seems that in about half of the games the CPU didn't turbo, for example in Far Cry 4, Hitman, Strange Brigade and Crysis, even though the temperature is quite low. I don't knwo why, but fixing that could make the difference between not enough and just enough performance, since it is an increase of more than 10% of the speed. (Checked it by looking at the CPU speed according to Afterburner, that turbo'ed to 2893 MHz in some games, but stuck at 2594 in others).

[@Escape3000]

Realy cool to see that vid!! I have a old X5650@3.9ghz with a asus strix rog GTX 1080ti with a ssd and 24gb of ram ddr3-2000mhz on a Asus P6T DXL v2 playing in 4k!!!

[@kidShibuya]

14:27 that is a 50% increase in speed...

[@ccleorina]

Nice vid as always... can you review HUANANZHI Gaming X99-TF...

[@andyshtroymish4997]

One russian youtuber made some outlook 4 that one. CPU on DDR3 4 2011-3 are not worthy of all this. Instead find cheaper DDR4-only mobo and buy some modern RAMsticks already:)

[@gkirmathal]

Hey Phil, seen his V3 drop in price by a lot, so I began looking into a build to replace that ancient Conroe865PE of mine. But I have a question if you still have this 2620v3 laying around, have you had time to test bios unlocking the all core turbo and using an undervolted on it? (there are some modded pre-undervolted bioses for X99 v102 boards now) You mention in this review an idle usage of ~50W and load ~95W in R20. I would very much like to know if this can be lowered and if that would make a nice media and office (backup) system build that has 6c/12t.

[@philscomputerlab]

I've reviewed the 2620V3 recently, including the turbo hack and power tests.

[@gkirmathal]

​@@philscomputerlab do'h...forgot about it! I even watched it, I'm ashamed now. Anyway I'll ask about undervolting the comments of that review.

[@colekan2111]

Is there a cheaper mobo? I mean I only need a 3x16 pcie and maybe a nvme to pcie adapter and 3 pcie is too much for me.

[@FFFlockers]

Nice video. May I know from which seller did you get the 16gb Ram for $27 USD?

[@mafyatekin]

4:55 is my favorite second in the history of all the youtube tech content

[@reedbrousseau5884]

With a motherboard name like PlexHD, it makes me wonder how this setup would perform as an inexpensive FreeNAS server running Plex Media Server (as long as ECC actually works on the board, ZFS should be fine), adding some inexpensive NAS drives, a SATA/SAS HBA, and a case with plenty of hard drive bays.

[@GiSWiG]

How about checking out some Opteron setups? On ebay on the US side, you can find 1 and 2 socket boards with CPUs for about $100 USD. Might be fun to play with. Even though used boards from ASUS, MSI, etc. might be expensive they still have downloads for even their oldest boards. I can still download the manual and latest BIOS for my ASUS P2B-F.

[@h2oaddict]

I have done some research into it in the past, they use far to much power for the performance they provide, and don't perform well in tasks that aren't heavily multithreaded. The motherboards are weirdly configured and require specialised power supplies. Waste of money.

[@behindyou64]

I'd have liked to see the results compared to r5 1600 results, also would be cool too if you test 1080p high settings since most of us likely play on that resolution, I know you lower the res to stress the cpu but would like to see the 1080p results too, thanks for all your work brother.

[@НиколаГеоргиев-ш2б]

Dear Phil, I just got an older Xeon - the e5450 (one of your favorites, I believe). It is another CPU rated for 80W TDP just like the one you've shown. Can you tell me what would be the cheapest cooler for it? I've seen you using the Gammaxx Archer (it is quite affordable and has a large fan that blows air onto the VRMs) - can it keep an 80W Xeon stable for prolonged gaming sessions at stock speeds (it is for a friend's kid)? Or any other budget alternatives?

[@philscomputerlab]

A stock Intel cooler, especially if it has a copper core, will work just fine! The Gamma Archer should also work. 80W TDP should be easy for most basic coolers to be honest.

[@НиколаГеоргиев-ш2б]

@@philscomputerlab Danke sehr, you're so awesome! Another idea for your channel - now that you have CPU thermal pads (therefore way easier to swap coolers), it would be great to review CPUs with low-end & high-end coolers and present the results. It will bring huge value to your viewers in the not so prosperous parts of the world, where getting an old Xeon would be way cheaper than a capable cooler.

[@philscomputerlab]

@@НиколаГеоргиев-ш2б That's easy though, just get a tower cooler with heat pipes and 120mm fan, they all work really well. Snowman is a popular model. Top down coolers are more for 80w tdp CPUs.

[@НиколаГеоргиев-ш2б]

@@philscomputerlabYes, I know about the Snowman. It was even discounted by a few bucks last time I checked. However, it is still three times more expensive (with costly delivery as well) than the Gamma Archer and the like (available locally). And friends keep arguing with me that with the GArcher the CPU (albeit 80W) will reach 85 degrees under load. That's why I suggested benching with both low-end and higher-end coolers. Your western viewers may not find that useful, as they would not put a cheapoo cooler in their rigs, but think about a place where every $ counts. Btw, just checked Deepcool offers an upgraded Gamma Archer with copper core for the Russian market - sadly we do not have them in the EU.

[@ChaotiX1]

hey man, have you thought of reviewing the socket G34 AMD Opterons? You can find used mainboards and CPU's for DIRT cheap today. I saw dual socket G34 boards for $45 usd, and 16 core Opterons for as little as $15 USD EACH. You should check them out since youve already reveiwed used Xeons to death

[@kruxdt6307]

The single core preformance is abysmal

[@ChaotiX1]

@@kruxdt6307 Of course it is, its Bulldozer. But its still cheap as hell

[@ChaotiX1]

@@kruxdt6307 But I already got his attention on it so whatever

[@stevenwilliams6638]

Great video. Question, what are you using for a test bench?

[@Rcrdo072]

Can someone tell me where i could find the error code list for this board?🙏

[@BanibrataDutta]

This is a gem. I am looking at these as cheap home-servers (dev lab). Would be nice if you could recommend some: > lower-end (even cheaper) compatible motherboards, perhaps without as many PCI slots > compatible lowest-end non-gaming video-card > low end-fans BTW, do the motherboards ship with enough connectors, or does one need to order those separately ?

[@teloz2779]

xeon 2650v2 when? 🤔 I saw it and would like to buy it

[@thomasschraubt7497]

I picked it for my girlfriends gaming machine, it runs very cool, easy to build a very very silent system with it even when you buy those 20$ noname coolers from ali

[@whitebeartigtig]

I’m putting together a pc with the 2620 v2, 32GB RAM, x79 mini itx and a hd 7870 Edit: Xeon E5-2650 v2, 16GB RAM x79 mini itx and hd 7870

[@fewik8567]

DO NOT use the hd 7870, there are so many more options that are much better rx 580 is much better

[@thesillyhatday]

Watch the video later. This CPU I have it and it's a proper bargin. Stuck an R9 380X with it that I got with a broken fan. Put a spare CPU water cooler on it and runs a cool 50c silently flat out. The Xeon with an Artic cooler tops about 45 - 50c.

[@clipz3266]

i love the vids you do with xeons

[@hksduhksdu]

nice video! What OS and how hard to find drivers?

[@Reflexiony]

In idle the Xeon E5 2630V2 is more efficient than the Ryzen 5 1600 ? This may be due to the lower clock rate. It would be interesting to know which x58/79 motherboards really actively support ECC error correction...

[@PacketWrangler]

Thanks for your great content. I have an old HP workstation laying around that I got for free - it has some very meh processors in it now, but I plan to throw in a E5-1650v2 and perhaps a used RX 580 or 1070. It should be a workhorse for years to come. It wouldn't have occurred to me to look more in to the platform if not for your vids - thanks again.

[@thomasschraubt7497]

for the price of a single 1650v2 you could get two 2650v2 :)

[@philscomputerlab]

I use a 1650V2 in my main machine, overclocked to 4 GHz and with a RX 470 with 32 GB RAM, very happy with that machine.

[@abhroy]

@@philscomputerlab . Hi . New subscriber from India . I am truly interested in your 1650 set up . May I combine your set up with the Antec VP550 , Zotac GTX 1050 TI ? Would that give me a good cost-performance balance ? Need this as my daily bread-butter driver . Thanks for your superb contents . Best Regards .

[@arfatmir7619]

Heyyy! @philscomputerlab plss make a video on pc build for emulation plss!!!!

[@gordan79]

My main workstation is even older, S1366. Xeon X5690 is still perfectly adequate for just about every workstation/desktop/gaming workload you will ever throw at it.

[@sc754donaldn3]

The stutters seem to coincide with the wattage on your gpu dropping considerably. Could the problem be your gpu or power supply?

[@fabianernestopacheco]

Awesome test man!! What about the Xeon 5690? Could you do some tests with it?

[@MirelRC]

RDR 2 on PC. This is one of the best days in my life.

[@nfz4177]

I have used them since a long time. Always prefer server hardware over pc due to stability

[@stephenmorrish]

This type of 2011 build would be a great Linux workstation. For general-purpose, computing as Linux would fly on this hardware but also for someone wanting a second machine for setting up a practice lab. If you want to improve your networking and Linux skills you need a number of inexpensive machines so you don't hose your main PC.

[@nicmonberg5974]

Which lga2011 board have you found to be the best one you have used from China? The boards are bit high price wise if they was around $60 I think that would be much better value (be even more for us people in EU having to pay extra taxes making it 100% not worth it over the Ryzen build) I have that same hibernation issue on z87n board so it's not just Chinese board issue it's suppose to be something to do with psu.

[@philscomputerlab]

I really like the PlaxHD that I'm using in this project!

[@feyntmistral1110]

Nice video. I had my eye on a quad core/8 thread PC for $300 off lease, but this might actually be better. I'd be interested in your opinion for a cheap "server" class computer: Maximum cores for virtual machine hosting (Centos/KVM) to do transcoding and render farming.

[@mihumono]

those boards make a nice home server ;)

[@DannyWilliamH]

I like that you mostly tested 720p. Most reviews would test at 1080/Ultra and claim that it doesn't pass the test or isn't worth it. The truth being that many gamers are like myself and have no issue playing at 720 or 900p. I don't mind it at all. I'd rather have better effects than one step up in resolution. As a 720p machine that's a monster that is VERY well worth it.

[@philscomputerlab]

I have a RX 5700 now, so in future videos we'll be using that and testing at 1080p :)

LGA2011 : instant like!

[@skideric]

Really interested in th Ryzen setup u mentioned.You have a Video on it? Or other links,info? Thanks for the great vids,Luv ur channel!

[@Somkills]

Nothing beats the value of an e5 2689 till now

[@kevmachinexx]

i watched his 2689 vid and the frames dont seem any different then here!

[@JoshuaBoyd]

In the US at least, you can get a Dell Precision T3600 or T3610 (single socket 2011 machines) for about $150 US. That would probably include a CPU you don't really want and not enough RAM and a garbage GPU. I suspect that under many circumstances, starting with one of these Dells would be more cost effect than purchasing a new socket 2011 motherboard plus case plus PSU plus CPU cooler. Additionally, such a machine will often include a license for Windows 10 Pro, which one its own is more expensive than the base machine itself would be. I plan to pair the one I recently purchased with a E5-1650, which has higher clock rate than the 2630v2 you tested. Used Dell Precisions may not be a reasonable price in some markets,

[@philscomputerlab]

Yea that's a good tip! Like you say, here in Australia I looked at these options and prices just don't check out...

[@dcikaruga]

Why are you sticking to 720p so often in games????

[@jonathanellis6097]

Because he's testing the platform not the graphics card. If he was to test at a higher resolution with an RX 580 he would be completely graphics card bound, and would not show the performance of the platform.

[@dcikaruga]

@@jonathanellis6097 Not sure about that, 1080p would still demand more from the CPU than 720p, and it's more closer to what people play these days.

[@philscomputerlab]

I have a RX 5700 now, so in future videos we will be testing at 1080p. But the RX 580 is holding back the system at 1080p.

[@jonathanellis6097]

@@dcikaruga if you are graphics card bound you are only seeing the amount of frames the graphics card is capable of producing. By lowering the load on the graphics card (i.e. lowering the resolution) it can now produce more frames, so you can also see if the CPU and platform are capable of producing more frames as well.

[@dcikaruga]

@@philscomputerlab A 580 struggling with max settings at 1080p? Crazy how GPU's are going out of date so quickly,

[@reznor2684]

hi! where I can get a benchbed like yours? I don't know the real name but it's that support where you install the motherboard and the other components. thanks!

[@philscomputerlab]

Look for High Speed PC!

[@viewstar89]

The ram prices from your link are more like 150$ for 32gb ddr3 ecc 1333mhz and 72$ for 16gb.

[@AndrewTJackson]

This CPU is newer by 2 or three years than the 4C8T Xeon in my workstation at work....

[@DaRealBzzz]

A bus station is where the bus stops. A train station is where the train stops. My "workstation" runs an FX-4300 and Windows 7, go figure. For my (free!) Supermicro ZFS home server, I just purchased the 2630V2 upgrade for less than 20 bucks including shipping...and I threw in 128 gigs of RAM for another 90, just for good measure. At work, I get paid to wait. At home my time is precious...

[@dennisdickey2267]

This was the first Xeon I bought along with and AliExpress MB. $20 for the chip and $56 for the board. Got 16gb server ram for $18. SSD was $31. Cheap and easy. Since bought a 2650v2 and then a 2686v2. Cheap and easy.

[@linkinstreet]

Both "F1" track and "non F1 but raining" track are the same track :V

[@brianmajarocon282]

how would the xeon fare if you under clock it to save electricity? asking for a future server build

[@kruxdt6307]

If you want low power consumption look for the 2630lv2

[@msana4420]

I wouldn't go that route but rather get one of them mini-itx with just about the same cost and maybe even better processing power but less power consumption. Or look for a cpu that is low power ("L" comes up on the cpu name)

[@brianmajarocon282]

@@msana4420 well, its for an internet cafe server and i need a lot of ram for data caching and it can be found cheap here in the Philippines especially ecc ram the mini itx idea would be good for a wifi server(wifi ticketing service) thanks for the advice

[@KadiusFTW]

Curious about how this compares to the E5-2667, as it can be had for about the same

[@ervanzulkarnain1519]

Hi. That's great . What about the cheaper Sandy bridge variant (e5 2630) it's good for 18ish $ CPU. And how it's compared to this?

[@ThomasSiebenhofer]

I ordered a e5-2630Lv2 for 22€ with one of those cheap X79 Boards that only cost me 35€ - can't wait for it top arrive

[@jb678901]

Would like to see a review of this "new" HuananZhi X99 TF Gamer that can handle both DDR3 OR DDR4. Coupled with an E5-1650V3 which is similar in price to its V2 variant...interesting. Dual NVME m.2 plus an extra NVME slot for wifi adaptation. Excellent VRM power feeds. Hmmm....updated and modernized look with shrouds and heatsinks and integrated white back plate...black with white accents....$130 price is a bit salivating too. Yikes...makes we want to build a PC I do not even need...right now.

[@wegsdsadas2161]

Man, where are you from? you sound like your from Australian but also sound like your from Austra

[@thomasschraubt7497]

I would like to see more 1080p tests due to practical relevance. There are other good ways to test the cpu instead of running so many games at 720p.

[@CHICKENmcNUGGIESMydude]

Stfu noob 720p way better who tf games on high rez lower rez better fps wby tf u think e sport pro perfer 420p TN pannels

[@mbrj3idi830]

I own p9x79 pro motherboard from 2013 (nowadays there is much cheaper MB than this). Lately I bought (3.5 to 3.9 GHz E5-1650 V2 and GTX 1060), And it really works good at 1080p and some games at 1440p 60Hz between High and Ultra settings. I plan to upgrade after playstation 5 launching to (E5-2687w V2 and RTX 2060 or 2070-if founded used on budget-). But i suffer sometime with CPU heating because I don't have a proper cooling fan (I am at really hot area (middle east). And I just put a small duct from my room Air condition to my case and the problem solved :) ).

[@DragonBallNOW]

I own a Xeon E3 1245 V2 and damn It's good and you wouldn't think it's an 8 year old cpu based of the performance. Highly recommend if you can't afford a modern new CPU such as Ryzen 5 3500 as it can often be found for significantly cheaper and offers almost the same performance. Only downside is no integrated graphics and no overclocking but if you don't care about them anyway then you should go with it over the other 2 i7s.

[@akurenda1985]

I'd be interested to see spectre and meltdown updates disabled and performance after.