Top 5 USED Gaming CPUs for the MONEY in 2016

What is the best CPU for Gaming and Workstations in 2016? Well if that is your question then you certainly clicked on the right video, as today I present 5 kick ass CPUs that will blow anything else out of the water for price / performance, and most of these CPUs will do a great job for work station purposes too!
#5 - i3-550 (dual core / four threads, 32nm cpu) - $20~ goo.gl/ss0kL2
#4 - X5460 (four cores / four threads, 45nm cpu) - $15~ goo.gl/gPWQWR
#3 - X5650 - (six cores / twelve threads, 32nm cpu) - $50~ goo.gl/NgKWcu
#2 - E5640 - (four cores / eight threads, 32nm cpu) - $20~ goo.gl/iAMdhh
#1 - E5-2670 - (eight cores / sixteen threads) - $70~ goo.gl/ORWhBO
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[@Ray-dx2pf]

i LOVE used hardware videos please NEVER stop making these.

[@FightCollective]

+raven still I buy used all the time and have had some good results from it too. Used is all I can afford if I want a kick ass pc and this day and age hard ware has caught up with software, there's nothing my used 3930K doesn't run

[@Ray-dx2pf]

yep same thing with my i5 750.

[@dont.1464]

+raven still lool same, OC'd mines to 4ghz

[@Ray-dx2pf]

Man i wish but my old DP55WB cant push it up that high.

[@rjvanling9175]

nice profile picture

[@OzTalksHW]

My only issue with these CPUs is that their motherboards are expensive. Half-decent X58 ones start at $100 on eBay and they're lacking a lot of features on newer ones.

[@OzTalksHW]

***** I agree somewhat. If the price of the motherboards in your area is doable, then I would do it, because it will still be cheaper than purchasing a current gen i7 or i5 and you can OC it to current gen speeds. In your case, where the motherboards are very expensive, then I wouldn't do it. Haha

[@SrizyGaming]

the e5450 motherboard are cheap in US should be around $30 i think and uk but and you can get 2 or even 3 pcie slots for the price but for a shitty on around £17 lol and the cpu is a beast.

[@wincats1973]

+OzTalksHW I think your spot on. The MB prices are still anywhere form 400-700 new and over $300 used.

[@ian1064]

In my country even a 2004 socket 478 cost around usd 100 I will never pay more than 5 dollar for a 12 year old mobo and the worst thing is I wanted to pick up a used Pentium 4 desktop and they start at 200 euros which is 230 usd ! People really don't know what there old electronics are worth here in europe

[@SrizyGaming]

+Ian Witten order from the us then

[@jaredblount1818]

I recently upgraded my i7 920 to a x5660 about a month ago. The 920 I could only get to about 3.2 GHz on a rampage 3 formula and ran that for 4 years. I was wanting to upgrade my CPU but just couldn't justify a 1151 price tag for the little improvement. So I got the x5660 for 50$ and couldn't be happier. I immediately over clocked it to 4.6 GHz and its stable. single core performance is a bit better than a 3770k and multi core is coming close to stock 5820k. Not bad for 50$ especially for just gaming.

[@techyescity]

Yeah its a beast man, what is the max multiplier you can get from the xeon on the board you have?

[@jaredblount1818]

+Tech City I believe 23 is my max multiplier on my rampage 3. I remember trying 24 and it wouldn't accept it.

[@jaredblount1818]

+Jared Blount That's my ratio. my BCLK is 198 and volts are 1.32. There's nothing in my Asus bios that says multiplier but I'm pretty sure your asking about my bclk or ratio settings hopefully.

[@lazycarper7925]

hi whats a good but budget board to overclock the xeons please, ebay second hand is good,thanks

[@Antares-dw9iv]

The MSi X58 Pro was the cheapest I could find picked a new board for 70$. It overclocks surprisingly well, if you can live with SATA 2 and USB 2.0 that is, also the IOH is a little on the toasty side, however I managed to get it to run a lot cooler with a small 40mm fan on it. I have a Xeon X5650@4,3ghz sitting in it, multiplier of 20 and my BLCK is 215.

[@TheSoulFallen]

Where were you 3 years ago when I was just getting into this stuff and broke as shit? lol

[@elijahdunwoody5091]

he really likes amd...

[@rdmz135]

amd cpus are aids

[@depralexcrimson]

x6 1090t is good used.

[@Stikkzz]

it is

[@bruhman1906]

ZeR0 Evolve mad?

[@0divide136]

im 3 years late but ryzen...

[@NavJack27gaming]

you are really putting in the work this year. good shit m8

[@OrjonZ]

Motherboards are a problem. Getting old MB you miss a lot of features and they have problems.

[@arrivedknight7632]

Hey, lga 1155 intel dell motherboards are decent for gaming. Right? It is from an optiplex 3010 DT.

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Now there are Chinese cheap mobo for those processors

[@boratsmagadijev940]

Love videos about used hardware

[@iCeMaNtHeBeSt]

fuck yeah another sick vid love this kind of footage \m/

[@ThisGameIsTopNotch]

Do some more high end 2nd hand cpus. Like the 3930k, 2600k

[@yellowpeaches6040]

170$ on eBay.. just OEM boards saidly

[@mtunayucer]

lol I got 3930k and p9x79 deluxe for 300$.

[@StaelTek]

here is my top 5 CPU's (with future gaming support in mind) 1: i7-2600K 2: i5-2500K (usually you can get a 2500K with a decent Z68/Z77 mobo for well under $100 and maybe even bundle with a GTX 560/560 Ti/570 or Radeon HD 6950) 3: Q6600 (i dont recommend it for newer games, therefore it is not #1 - but it can play games just fine, and i own one myself so i can confirm that!) 4: FX-6100 5: i7-920 honorable mentions: AMD Athlon X4 750K, AMD A10-5800K, Intel Core i3 3220, Intel Core i5 750. thsi is just my opinion since i really dont care about the Xeon CPU's.

[@trajanaugustus8783]

+DeadNullermand 2nd that on the Q6600, I still use mine for gaming and production.

[@StaelTek]

Trajan Augustus that is great to know and i do like my own "lulz machine" with a Q6600 @3GHz with an HD 7850 on, but not all games can use the Q6600 (many can, not all) and the 2500K and 2600K will do it much better. and because of the Skylake launch last year, there was a ton of those for cheap.

[@titanclaw2488]

i have a i3 3220,it can handle dota 2 at lowest settings without any gpu! I get 45-50 fps but still,it makes my job done ;)

[@Koshmar-13]

where in the world are you finding a 2500k and mobo for under 100???

[@cee128d]

Would love to see how well a dual E5-2670 would perform at rendering video.

[@techyescity]

+cee128d That's exactly what I have in mind :).

[@FightCollective]

+cee128d Same here, especially as it's a dual processor. Two 8 core sixteen threaded cpus on one board?!? I have no idea how dual cpu's perform with gaming and rendering.

[@cee128d]

+HitManHey For gaming it would depend more on the clock speed than the number of cores once you get over 4 (notice how an equally clocked 4 core compared to a 4 core with hyperthreading of the same architecture isn't that significant) for gaming. When I disable HT on my 2600k I only lose about 1 or 2 fps. That and how PCI-E lanes available. But I will be watching this closely to see if I need to build one of these setups.

[@FightCollective]

cee128d To be honest I am more interested in it's rendering performance. I shoot a lot of video of fight events that, when edited down, still leaves me with a 2-3 hour end edit that needs rendering... you can imagine rendering that file. Though my i7 3930k, 32gig ram and gtx 690 does a great job at rendering at 24fps in 1080. My older i7 2600, 16gig ram, gtx 760 is still rocking! Though I have given that to my son to use as a gaming pc. Was thinking of building a new editing pc (with used parts) next year (after Pascal gpu's has come out) so very interested in a dual cpu. I don't mind being a generation or two behind as hardware seems to be out pacing software and a five year old i7 seems just as capable today as it was five years ago (the i7 2600K being a point in case).

[@techyescity]

Yeah the only reason I jumped the gun is 4k editing is stupid.... i had to wait 5 hours to render that westmere PC build.... 5 hours... so ill take anything i can get, or better yet just have two rigs set up, so I can hit render and jump onto the other one and start editing arnie styles.

[@fedor3000]

i5 2500k easily OCs to 4,5Ghz, some 4,7 and even 5,0 (air) !

[@Tuonon3n]

fedor3000 i5 2500 non-k oc to 4,5...

[@james2042]

just to let you guys know, an amd phenom ii x4 820/910 will run about 30-40 dollars. I got mine for 33 dollars, the mobo was another 35, and the 8gb of ddr2 (I got a am2+ mobo) was 15. for 85 dollars it's worked wonders. these old intel server mobos will cost a pretty penny lol.

[@GhostvaperYT]

yes i got amd phenom ii x4 965 + mobo + 8gb ddr3 all for £80

[@Cryofax]

I picked up a Phenom II x4 960 Black recently + MB + 8BG memory to upgrade a machine I had for

[@james2042]

Cryofax See there ya go

[@Cryofax]

James Mastroianni I'd like to point out especially if you've got a family, and everyone, wife, kids, all want a machine, this sort of thing helps everyone get a solid PC without killing your bank account. But ... you know, the dad still MIGHT have to have the 6700k with GTX1080... just saying lol ;)

[@james2042]

Cryofax like mine?

[@TheSpiderMANek]

You forgot about LGA 1156 - Xeon X3440... ;)

[@matthewjv123567]

Got a x5460 for my old 775(C2D) system... love it best upgrade i could have gotten..performance is great

[@BruDavaloredgeBenchmarks]

what did i just watch?

[@Bardia323]

HEY, you're the guy who plays on PC with a controller! Nice to see you again, buddy.

[@CrackaSlapYa]

i do the same on a samsung 4k . it's sick

[@bruhman1906]

BruDavaloredge AMD fanboy mad??

[@SkullAbyssGaming]

The AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition was a great CPU as well!

[@Stikkzz]

+Skull Abyss Gaming got a 1090t BE 90bugs .its good for the moment

[@mustangmech1350]

Price for performance you still cant beat some of the micro center combo deals compared to these cpus. Video Suggestions: *Best budget video cards *A video going more in depth on where and how to find good deals on used hardware. Everything I see on eBay and Reddit are almost full price for used components. Keep up the good work!!

[@TheCarrotMaster]

The Xeon E5 2670 is a neat cpu, 8-cores 2.6GHz which can turbo up to 3.3GHz, you can find them for around $200 AUD, only problem is the motherboard is a bit harder to find and not very cheap but for 8 cores intel cpu it still pretty good for $200, im glad you noticed how good it is, Great video.

[@LawrenceTimme]

Is it just me or did he say he was getting dual 8 core cpus!! :O

[@Lukeschedel]

Yo Brian (or do you pronounce it Bryan? omg) I have an Asus P9X79 Deluxe do you know if it would support the E5-2670? On Asus's website it says it supports the E5-2670 v2 but that's a 10-core CPU and it's Ivy bridge. I don't see why it wouldn't support the regular E5-2670 but it's not on the support list and i'm not having much luck finding any info. Great vid as always mate. Thanks!

[@techyescity]

+Joe Dirt It should support it. And its Bryan :p

[@Lukeschedel]

+Tech YES City Thanks bud! I went ahead and ordered one before i got your response so it's nice to see that you think it'll work but if it doesn't i'll just sell it =)

[@techyescity]

It should work though, dont see why it wouldnt, Intel charged a heap for those CPUs on release, I am sure they wouldnt care what they work on

[@littlejln213]

+Joe Dirt my neighbor has one working right now.

[@Lukeschedel]

Cartridge Head It works great been using it for 2 weeks with no issues.

[@archechme]

Dude the problem with most of these is that the motherboards are extremely rare. LGA 1156 & 1366 pretty much do not exist on the used market. They're insanely expensive, outdated and old.

[@circletech7745]

It's absolutely incredible how cheap you can buy used computer hardware on ebay that still kicks ass today. I just don't know why people don't do it more often. The only reason I'm on x99 right now is because I can boot from NVME SSDs (can't do that with x79)

[@techyescity]

+Dylan 873 lol I will be getting off X99 when this 16c/32t build gets underway.

[@circletech7745]

would too. But my samsung 950 pro can't boot from it.

[@EHliveFin]

+Tech YES City X99 with E5-1650v3 would be awesome, as it can be overclocked quite a lot. And thanks for the E5-2670 tip, had no idea it was that cheap. Will it work with any X79 board or does it have to be certain model? As Westmere CPU's that have 6.4GT/s QPI need certain model of motherboard to work.

[@circletech7745]

the xeon e5-2670 will work with any x79 motherboard (even if the board partner does not explicitly mention support for it) . Just make sure to update your bios before installing the CPU ;)

[@techyescity]

Dylan beat me to it, another big reason for jumping on this deal is the 64gb of ddr3 memory that I got for $110.... stupidly cheap for that amount of ram, ddr4 would cost me at least $350 for that amount. And I can pawn all the rest of the stuff off.

[@panos1b]

i got 2 x5660 overclocked to 4.3 ghz and they are crazy fast

[@IAmCjcj11]

Wait do u got the Sr-2 motherboard

[@justinoneil6971]

What mobo?

[@panos1b]

@Justin O'Neil Supermicro X8DTN+ Rev 2.00

[@IAmCjcj11]

+panos daskalopoulos wait how did you overlock them, I was under the impression that the evga sr-2 was the only dual 1366 board that could overclock

[@panos1b]

i used the base clock in the bios

[@kranzx]

How about Xeon W3520? Half the price of the equivalent i7-920 or under $20 on ebay. Needs a X58 board too.

[@techyescity]

Yeah thats a really nice CPU as well!

[@nathanhamman418]

I got a xeon e5 1650 v1 for about $120 on ebay, what is a decent overclock for a processor like this, im getting about 4.5ghz without really touching the voltage much

[@IAmCjcj11]

Definitely a unbeatable price to performance but damn they use a lot of power, but yeah I'm pretty sure when I bought my x58 motherboard they sent me one in the socket I'm assuming to protect the pins lol. I never got the chance to see if it actually worked since I was getting really low on thermal paste and needed it for the x5650 I ordered. There's some great hardware out there for cheap nowadays

[@techyescity]

Nathan Hamman yeah 4.5 is great, I think mine maxed out at 4.6 but with problems, 4.5 is solid.

[@nathanhamman418]

+Tech YES City if i push the voltage a bit i can hit 5ghz stable but i cut it back to extend the life of it

[@MarkJYule]

I have the X5460 in a Dell Optiplex 380 (the desktop variant). Made a big difference to the Core2duo that was in it - the only issue is heat. It tops out in the high 70s when stress tested. It was a "proof of concept" shits and giggles experiment that has turned into a sweet GNS3 study PC. Delidded is a great resource - iirc that's where I got the link for a bios w/microcode to enable SSE4. Also have an E5540 running at 3.6. I'm tempted to try the E5650 or higher speed six core but I'm still running a Gtx750... So a better graphics card is the more sensible upgrade. :)

[@canny8228]

Thanks for the recommendation. I was able to get an off-lease Dell Precision T3500 for about $100 on eBay. I replaced the included Xeon W3503 CPU with a Xeon X5650 ($79 shipped) and loaded it up with 12 gigs of ECC memory (about $38 shipped) and now I have a very nice workstation. The Dell even came with a Win7 Pro COA attached.

[@NoviceExpert]

What do you think of the Q6600 for $20?

[@NoviceExpert]

There's tons of these on ebay from top rated sellers for that price...

[@jasonjack89]

www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000LRMR26/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1472267576&sr=8-1&keywords=core2quad+q6600&condition=used

[@rictus9626]

will q6600 perform same with some cpu on the video?(if i oveclock up to 3.0ghz)

[@JoaoVitor-cw2vg]

Buy it and do BSEL mod, will work on 3.0 ghz

[@rictus9626]

I bought this q6600 and bottlenecks the sapphire hd 7770(my grapics card)

[@IONindustries627]

And their gone...

[@RCTestKid]

+John Sheppard they're

[@IONindustries627]

RCTestKid Fuck off with your political correctness Thank ( ' v ')

[@doomedalphaplayer7973]

+John Sheppard that isn't political correctness it's just grammar bruh

[@dragonfruitboss3508]

+John Sheppard FULL STOPS. DO YOU SPEAK IT.

[@RCTestKid]

Elliot Lockett No

[@snipezz2806]

Good list but the problem with the xeons is that the mobo is twice as expensive as the cpu itself

[@andrewleister-frazier8703]

For the i3 550 the cheapest I've been able to find CPU on Ebay is a little over $15 dollars shipped, and that is an as-is untested CPU. For a tested and working CPU it costs about $18 delivered.

[@PandaPandaFullify]

core 2 quad will always be my favorite Used CPU :D! hell i got a core 2 quad complete system (XPS 420) for $25 on Craiglist 4gb ram, 375w psu. GT 9800 no HDD. Slapped in my spare drive it made a fairly beefy pc! i since then added a old ATI radeon 6770 graphics card and it runs Fallout 4 on 1366x768 not shabby for $25 for me lol

[@techyescity]

+Ray Win Yeah they are beast for the money.

[@PandaPandaFullify]

+Ayeayeron I play on low to mediumish setting honestly. it stays around 30fps-35fps 40 at max. but it does dip. it's not perfect on my end that's for sure.

[@PandaPandaFullify]

what about resolution? keep in mind i am on 1366 x 768 i am using a relatively small monitor with my core 2 quad rig i also do turn down some extra setting like AA and shadows god rays and etc. and damn nice! dont get me wrong that amd card of yours is still a beast!

[@PandaPandaFullify]

again dude so strange sorry i dont have answer for you at this point :(

[@techyescity]

7950 will be too heavy for a q6600, will give you a shitty gaming experience. How much ram do you have also? I would think about an upgrade on the CPU / mobo and ram, x58 / e5640 / 8gb ddr3 all the way.

[@aldao1981]

AMD Zen near... Intel´s end ;)

[@depralexcrimson]

well, we still have to see, i'm buying a g4400 or an used i7-950 next year if amd zen is no good.

[@aldao1981]

Check this fanboy

[@aldao1981]

You talk about not losing power, but you know to take that power to 100% I doubt it

[@aldao1981]

Sorry i dont speak english

[@aldao1981]

And put a photo or dont know noob?

[@Clearanceman2]

The 771 to 775 thing has really breathed new life into the 775 platform. Love that kind of stuff. Instead of having to recycle or re-purpose a platform, it get a little more life. One kid has an E5450 on 775 and GTX960 and he's doing pretty well on 1080P games. He can run fallout 4 on ultra at 1080P for example. Not bad for a motherboard from 2007.

[@Clearanceman2]

Robin Vekety It's better than you might think. He had a HD7850 2GB and ran Fallout 4 at 1080. It choked on medium. With the 960, as mentioned it runs on ultra. Some games are a lot more CPU dependent. But it's way better than it should be considering the CPU is from 2007.

[@keithjones5568]

Just picked up an Intel DX58S) LGA 1366 x58 board from eBay for $100 and a 5650 for $75, pretty excited to see how this works.

[@MysticalKitty71]

nothing but Intels... dafuq :P

[@fusionfallmaina]

Intel is more powerful

[@MysticalKitty71]

Intel also runs hotter but i see what you mean :)

[@hj-mr5gg]

"Intel also runs alot hotter"

[@dacaveman4372]

+MysticalKitty71 amds viscera line. that is all

[@yallahhabibi7467]

runs hotter? from my experience amd is the ones you can cook scramble eggs on. jk but they are both awesome dont see why ppl get upset when theres more of one or the other

[@seekter-kafa]

best value for money is FX 8300 overclocked @ 4.5Ghz only ~100USD -no arguing there!

[@803084006]

Nah. The Xeon E5-2670 Blows it out of the water. Heck it can even beat the Intel core i7 6700k. And it's only $75~ish.

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

+Nadeem Shariff E5-2670 is in same performance league.... The tricky part is mobo. ECC only works in servermobo and these can be expensive, can have no audio or only 3v pci... He can slap unbuffered ecc in any asus desktop board. In route without ecc (regular unbuffered) in desktop board its again price factor of mb. Power consumption is about same, also when overclockin. AMD chip is officially unlocked.

[@803084006]

That's true. Mobo's are expensive especially dual socket mobos. But if you find a cheap lag 2011 mono it certainly is worth it.

[@IAmCjcj11]

Ehh, x5650 definitely is a much better value, surprisingly you can go for the Intel x58 board, now it definitely isn't the absolute best overclocking platform but I was able to get it to over 4ghz, now completely stable around 4ghz, the board was 130 the cpu was 60 and the thing was pulling around 10 in cinebench and 950 in the other cinebench, I can't remember which version is which lol, but anyway yeah you can't really beat that when an overclocked 6700k can barely beat that

[@kasperalstein3452]

I have a fx 4300 oc'd to 4.7 for 30 euros (~33 usd) how about that ;)

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

I cannot believe i hadn't subscribed to your channel ... done. I really enjoy your videos and the no bs aspect is great. The other guys seem to be more carried away. Keep at it.

[@spire107]

I actually had no clue about the E5-2670. What an incredible value. I had the option to buy a refurbished MSI X79MA-GD45 for $50 at my local PC shop a couple years back and I never did. Much regret :( now they are quite expensive again.

[@pieterrossouw8596]

Server components are not user friendly, lack consumer features and are typically more expensive. To use these xeons you need a server board and ECC memory... in effect reversing the "value" argument...

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

+Pieter Rossouw Looks down at the x5647 in x8sti with 12 gb ecc for 150$ total. No.

[@TechnoBabble]

You do not need ECC memory to use Xeons, nor do you even really need server boards. So none of your components are going to be "for servers" except for the CPU, which will work the same as any other CPU anyway.

[@a64738]

Xeon in socket 1150 and 1151 runs just fine on normal motherboards with or without ECC RAM... I am running one myself :) I also have a 11 year old Xeon 3060 that have been running overclocked at 3,2Ghz pretty much 24/7 for about 8 years also on gaming motherboard with normal ram. Not all Xeon`s need server boards...

[@AnimosityGamers]

Big thanks for this video, I just swapped my current rig over to a new case with a new psu so now I got this HAF 932 case with a 750watt psu in it just laying around. Figured i'd probably complete a build and sell it to get some cash back towards a new gpu upgrade + I love building pc's. This guide will help me pick a decent cpu to sell it with but on the cheap.

[@khaledalhamdan2627]

Thank you, this is one of the best videos I have ever seen in regards to used CPU choosing.

[@GeekinDad]

Ah, 1366. It was my first platform to build with, and I still look around for a decent X58 board from time to time to build with again, it was just so damn awesome. But you're right, it sure is expensive, almost more than some of the top boards today, or at least as much.

[@dunxy]

I got the slightly faster e5-2680 about 8 months ago, still loving it! 3,1 on all cores and up to 3.5 on less multi threaded apps. Great for gaming and encoding as well as being the cheapest (by a long way) cpu i have ever purchased for actual use!

[@manaphyonfire]

Thank you so much for making this video. I was already going to do an ebay pc build and now you made it that much easier! XD

[@AngelLuisTrinidad]

At 3:07, I think I heard you say X78 motherboard, You mean X79 motherboard for socket LGA 2011. Every day I like this channel more. I love the use PC Part builds.

[@techyescity]

+Angel Luis Trinidad Yeah lol I realized that in post, too hard to remake the whole clip for that one mistake (I just don't have time). Thanks for the compliments too!

[@darksidelead]

E5-2670 and X5650 makes sense if your going for a cheap dual socket workstation with a butt load of cores and ram. Otherwise I'd just go with new modern retail CPUs and motherboards for the warranty, support, upgrade paths etc. While I was looking into this, entire rackmount dual socket 771 systems can be had for $200-$300. So that includes ram, motherboard, psu, some type of chassis, etc. I guess the only good thing about Intel not being able to push the performance of next gen cpu is that used older ones still crash in price.

[@lnstall_Wizard]

can't wait for that server build man. want to do something like that for only gaming lol. on the cheap

[@micheal6898]

Old i5 for 10$ when you can get an i7 920k for 0.99$ lol

[@timlaw9250]

The 1055T just dropped in price on Ebay can get one for 49 bucks used.I have a duel boot system win XP 32 for all my older games and apps and win7 64bit for new games and apps.I like the 1055T because while it is native 6 cores at 2.8GHZ on older games using 1 to 3 cores it will turbo boost and stay at 3.3GHZ for 3 cores under load as it was intended to do.The price for the features such as turbo boost for older games and 6 true cores for future games and apps for 49 dollars cant be beat.This CPU is very good and easy to OC also..It work perfect for me.The MB for this CPU can be bought for as little as 20 bucks at times on eBay used.Thanks for another great video and good info....

[@MeistGamingChannel]

Just bought a 4690k overclocked to 4.7ghz @ 1.280v for $205 on Amazon including shipping. It was "Used" but in an unopened box, new condition. SCORE

[@K_GHOST225]

The X5650 is going for under 30$ and as low as 10$ in some places like Ebay right now, check it out.

[@SkylordDuck]

Can you make a similar video about gpus? Keep on making these videos, I just found your channel and really like it!

[@deletedgamer111]

i was working and gaming on a C2D E6750 for fucking YEARS. picked up an old C2Q Q9400 for 28 dollars on ebay, best deal i've ever done, didn't even have to change the motherboard! PC feels so fucking snappy right now and all the games got going much, much better!

[@MichaelChristoffersen]

I just picked up an eVGA X58 for $30 and a X5550 for FREE. So i'm a happy bunny :)

[@bryce6537]

great video man as always. Completely right about the x-58 motherboards, they are going for around $250 to $300 minimum used is Australia atm, hard to find any relatively cheap ones.

[@jdgaming5122]

you need to be really lucky, I found in France an Asus p6t deluxe for 30€ that's around 45$ AUD

[@techyescity]

+Bdizzle2809 I picked this up the other day - page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h219026862

[@bryce6537]

cheers man thanks for the link much appreciated, had an old x58 ud3r gigabyte board but i broke the vrm on it

[@samby5]

Great videos...I really enjoy your angle to tech and how it relates to most people and what they can afford. Thank you.

[@gavinearls2935]

Would you be able to do a video explaining the differences in the server tech industry and what the line ups and history there is between the motherboard and cpu types

[@cjhawk67]

AMD Phenom ii 1035T is a good bang for your buck cpu ($60-80) aswell as the 960t ($30-50) which unlocks to 6 cores on 99% of motherboards and being am3 you can get a board for as low as $20 to go with it.

[@techyescity]

+cjhawk67 Yeah that would of been 6th place. Pretty good CPU even to this date.

[@cjhawk67]

Tech YES City Yeah its no i7-920 but nudges out the q6600 ever so slightly

[@Ugugu0804]

I'm still going stronK with my old i7 4790K clocked at 4.6ghz on air, with 1.225V not planing on picking up anything else for at least 2-3 years down the line :D ps. when I bought it, I also got good deal on it, for 250eu, while back which at the time was almost 100eu less than cheapest retail price

[@libertyxs5035]

Hey Brian, I really appreciate your videos. Thank you for all the great content!

[@bleed4276]

I was thinking of going with an i5 2400. I'd add it to your list in terms of value. It is like 80 U.S dollars used right now and has 4 cores. IT IS MIIIIINE

[@Dhrazor]

I just changed my X5450 for a 2600k last september(16Gb ram and the CPU can run at 4.6-4.8)... I hope I can use it for at least 3 years if I buy a better GPU(I have a 750Ti)

[@MrInstinctGamer]

+Dhrazer Hard sell, the 2600k is already 5 years old and running behind 20% performance of the 6700k if they're both running at 4.4ghz. You might be able to get another 2 years out of it possibly, but it's kind of iffy and definitely falling behind I would say. Awesomesauce actually did a compartive video of his old 2600k rig at 4.6ghz w/ a 970 and 16gb of ram up against a rig with a 6700k at 4.4ghz with a 970. The consenus is pretty much if the game is cpu intensive you're gonna fall behind the 6700k, whereas if its GPU intensive (or playing at higher resolutions) the video card is far too busy and occupied to be sending out signals and processing faster than the 2600k can use to keep up. Or something like that not really sure. tl;dr depending on the games you're playing you could get 2 more years out of it. The 2600k would fall behind the 6700k at lower resolutions depending on the graphics card and the game since its far too old to be keeping up with how fast something like a 970/980/ti demolishes and renders 1080p outputs, catching up the 6700k when the gpu is being intensely used.

[@Dhrazor]

Bohunk Funk If I have any chance I'm not buying another Intel CPU... period... I also don't plan on buying anything below 8 core 16 thread in a desktop... I'm also not selling my 2600k in the next 3 years(and after it I won't be able to or it will not worth the hassle) ...I have a 750Ti, and I might swap it for an GTX 1170 or a R9 590 in late 2017 or in 2018... so yeah, if I had the money for a 6700k would would spend it on a GPU anyway...

[@heyyou4725]

Here in Germany there's a guy on eBay who had 500 msi boards, with lga1366, for 70€. Still about 10 left. Also you can get a used x5650 for 50€ in Germany. 😁

[@gaiustrollius9920]

The x58 platform has very nice potential if someone can handle the cost of a mainboard.

[@thomasjarvis3608]

love seeing what older hardware can do against today's standard

[@kanaefukuda1864]

Aaaaaaand this list has aged well like wine.

[@deathmatcher69]

it's X79 instead of X78 motherboard for the E5-2670. You said it was a X78 mother in the video.

[@wiesel222]

he forgot the i5"k" and i7"k" sandybridge cpus~ still beasts on OC

[@masikryon]

Thanks man, great video!

[@lagoveride]

these are good for budget kick around/mess around pc's, but i would never utilize older architecture for my main rig. For example the i7 6700k that I got OC'ed to 4.6ghz stable with my corsair ddr4 ram clocked at 3200hz and the minor oc i did on the r9 390x until i add a waterblock to it has a lot more going for it. Yes only 4 cores, but you cannot beat the future proof compatibility/ support they will get as well as the new architecture that provides better speed. That said I guess it really depends on your purposes. my old amd rig is now being used primarily for light video editing , but mostly for my 3d printers and other creative tasks and its aging hd 6870 coupled with a oc'ed 965 black edition and 32gb of ram is more than enough to handle what it needs. The chips you mentioned in your video might be better suited in my opinion towards maybe a server project or something outside of being a main rig. I just always have that preference in terms of a main gaming/daily tasks rig. Granted it did cost a lot more for the latest and greatest, but if you are on a tight budget or building a 2nd or 3rd pc with these budget chipsets I totally agree that a lot of value can be had for the money.

[@techyescity]

+lagoveride I am going to be utilizing #1 as my main rig, two of them together for 16 cores / 32 threads, that thing is going to mince 4k video editing. And gaming at 4k I only need 60fps, which at 3.3ghz (a bit more after bclk oc) should be perfectly fine.

[@soucouyant]

Great vid, !!!!! keep doing a great job !!!

[@cmj20002]

I have two of the e5 2670 in my workstation, but a better choice is the 2690 and 2687w both can be had for about 130.00.

[@frankn.3954]

i love my x5670 on 4,6 GHZ , Ultra High settings wiht 2006 build CPU in 2016

[@relikvija]

Cool video dudekul video dud

[@mattcabrices]

I wish intel didn't lock down sandy bridge and onwards, what makes the x5650 worth it for gaming is that i can take it to 4.2ghz easily - the e5 2670 is stuck at 3.2ghz for the turbo multiplier :(. But that'd be a hell of a server.

[@PaulieVideos]

Got my Q6600 OCed to 3.2 GHz paired with GTX 750 Ti. It's really good for 1080p gaming and whole PC without RAM and PSU cost me $85.

[@VIGONI]

i3-6100 > i5-4460 > i5-6600K 1to3 upgrade or 2to3 upgrade

[@musclesmouse]

Nice. I just got a x58 sabertooth for cheap and was looking at the x5650. Ty Bryan. Just found your channel.

[@Adzuk23]

Got my Xeon 5650 on eBay running on sabertooth x58... Absolutely awesome performance considering I spent £140 on both cpu and motherboard... Highly recommended

[@WAncouvOR]

I got a bundle. it was a x5660 and an Asus sabertooth x58 Mobo. only for $220 cheaper than an i5 k!works flawlessly for at least a month at stock speeds. like 2.6g. will buy a cooler for it soon and see how it does overclocked! :D stay tuned!!!

[@abdullahredwan4585]

as always, GREAT!

[@jdgaming5122]

you can find an i5 2500k and a z68 motherboard for around 130$. this i5 is easier to overclocked than newer one and you can each 4.8 pretty easily

[@freier4845]

Could you link us to where it sells for that much . I mostly see i5 2500k alone going for more than 130$ on eBay.

[@dibs3615]

The only thing is "used"..it's a risk buying. I want old parts for fun, but I hate getting burned.

[@ryanhines293]

I love this content with building PC's with used parts! I personally have a dell optiplex 780 sff I upgraded to 8gb of ddr3, 1tb 2.5 hybrid drive, bluray optical drive, and q6600 with a gtx 750ti low profile from MSI and plays most of my games rather nicely! Still think the q6600 core2quads still do well for gpu heavy games :)

[@techyescity]

+Ryan Hines Yeah the q6600 was a great CPU for its time!

[@ryanhines293]

Have you thought about doing gaming benchmark reviews on some older used laptops like workstations? I think it would be pretty interesting. Here is an example of a laptop that would probably be descent for gaming at $300 bucks on ebay www.ebay.com/itm/HP-EliteBook-8740w-17-Workstation-i5-520M-4GB-250GB-ATI-Firepro-M7820-Graphics-/252271192464?hash=item3abc88e990:g:uO0AAOSw5dNWrALv

[@techyescity]

Not a fan of the laptop, might keep to desktops personally. Though that does look pretty appealing. Interesting buy if you are in the states and at university.

[@cjhawk67]

+Ryan Hines That would actually be pretty cool laptop since it has an expresscard slot on it. I had a Dell Inspiron 1720 back in the day that I used a ExpressCard to PCI-e adapter to run spare GTX 260 with an old 300wat A-OPEN PSU for my guest pc setup from back in the day which is funny seeing as lately companies have been making docks for doing the same basic thing I was doing in 2010 lol. I still have that laptop adapter and card laying around but I haven't used it for a few years.

[@ryanhines293]

cjhawk67 I finally sold one of the laptops I refurbished and was able to score a hp elitebook 8740w with a i5-520m 1920x1200 17inch screen, 8gb of ram, 250gb hard drive has windows 10 already installed and the ati firepro m7820 (hd 5870m equivalent) for like $250 bucks with shipping. I then ordered a i7-720qm for like 30 bucks and need to get the i7 heatpipe for $15. Either take the ssd from my firmware hacked acer chromebook with ubuntu, or get another one. I have a second hdd bay for the optical drive slot i have a 1tb for. Then the portable gaming rig will be complete..

[@goshinbi44]

Thanks for this video. I've been trying to come up with a way to make a cheap server to replace my raspberry pi (need it for a robot project).

[@Matt08719801]

a great non modded option id like to add is the xeon x3220 the q6600s cousin 14 bucks no modding and still packs a punch in gaming with 4 cores pair it with a p5g41tmlx asus mobo ( my favorite matx 775 board )and you have an economy 4 core pushing up to 3ghz lol

[@TheSpecial43004]

Great video, I'm really thinking about x5650, as I do alot of video editing and stuff, yet the old Phenom X4 840 in my system is a big bottleneck. Are you also planning on updating this for 2017, if there are any changes to the list? :)

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

I would inform you that the E5-2640 should be up there. There running for $39~$45 on ebay, and $50 on amazon (used of course & in US Dollars) the difference between them besides a even lover price is that the 2640 is nearly neck to neck with the 2670. Just slightly lower multi-core threading performance, but higher single thread performance. X5650 is nice, but it is really harder to find a x58 at a good price, even harder to find one that is not a server board. So for half (or nearly half) the cost of the X5650 you still get a 6 core 12 thread monster, but you will have a better time finding a Socket 2011 Motherboard (at a fair price even.) If I am wrong about this then please send me some benchmark score and enlighten me. :D

[@billysgeo]

If you don't mind the power drain... i7 960

[@ovalisation5648]

Got my x5687 eBay $45.00 picked up a x5650 eBay $30.00.... Thanks for all your videos...

[@Gazereths1234]

Just got a 5640 for £4.70, it's got be hard to beat at that price.

[@jordangogov5866]

I was going to buy i5 4460 but when i saw X5650 i fall in love and the only question is for the PCI-E. How many Lanes and what generation does it have cuz this CPU with r9 390 will be beast for gaming and video editing and Bryan you get new subscriber :D

[@amirkay]

Would love to see comparison between all those Xeons with max overclock vs Ryzen 8/6/4 cores @ 4GHz

[@tomislavnikolic5778]

Old Xeons are great at overclocking, with a good motherboard, of which there are plenty and for little $. I'm planning to get a 775 motherboard and push my l5420 beyond 3 ghz

[@theHardwareBench]

All of these processors need expensive legacy hardware, even a decent socket 775 board isn't cheap 2nd hand these days that has overclocking capability. I'd say the socket AM3 Athlon II x4 quads are the current best value for money chip. They work on socket AM2+, AM3 & current AM3+ boards and are compatible with DDR2 & DDR3 memory. They are usually about 20 quid on ebay but I got a complete HP PC for £10 that just needed a hard drive with one in. I threw the Athlon II x4 630 (2.8ghz) into my benching rig and had it running at 3.8ghz. A brand new AM3+ mobo is only £40 to put it in and it plays Fallout 4 well at stock speed.

[@AntiFreak321]

A Little tip for those guys looking to buy Xeon processors. Get used workstations !!! alot of for example thinkstations have LGA 2011 or 1366 propriatary boards. That means u cannot buy this board anywhere and there generally fairly cheap with good cpu´s bundlet.

[@jody5661]

What the hell are you talking about you can't overclock a Xeon???? You can adjust the base clock BUT that won't go that far before they become unstable.

[@fakepixilord]

I got a Xeon X5672 for about 65€. Also very good for its price. Use it in a Dell workstation.