Search results

ebay... but I get it

What's a good price to pay for an SR-2 these days? I'm still seeing them in the $800 range

Just in time for me to play X-Wing and TIE Fighter from GOG.com... because there's no kill like overkill

So, I wanted to see what a better processor would do with my GTX680 so I brought it into my new workstation which is a Xeon E5-2665 and was surprised that it didn't really do THAT much better. http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/3092484/fs/3088812

yeah, I'll eventually upgrade my PC... mainly to save some money on my electricity bill. but I do not NEED to upgrade my PC... not this year at least

also, the unfortunate truth that I do NOT, in fact, need a new PC... because these Xeons are still beasts.

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/3088989/fs/3088812 totally worth it.

went to build a new box but did some 3dmark comparisons PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($212.48 @ Micro Center) CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9700 LED Ball Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $40.00) Motherboard: ASRock Z97...

yeah. not even worth selling it. some are selling for $700... some for less than $300. hell, maybe I'll buy these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5660-2-80GHz-Six-Core-SLBV6-Processor-Lot-of-2-/121171254073?pt=US_Server_CPUs_Processors&hash=item1c365e9b39

How much could I sell it for? $1000? Less? It was $6000 new.

Might as well just keep it til it dies at that. It plays BF3 ultra @ 1200p @ 75fps

yeah, I've been trying to sell the Xeons on ebay... but they're not worth much it seems. like $250ea... I'm wondering if it would be worth selling the entire rig with a GTX 570 for like $1000?

the problem is I have TWO X5647s. I'm considering trading one of them for an X58 motherboard. right now it has 12GB on it (3 chips on mainboard. 3 on daughter board.) there's 6 slots on the mainboard and 3 on the daughter (not sure if I can use the other three on the mainboard to be honest)

So, might be worth it to find a good X58 for cheap and go single socket? will still consume less power than two Xeons on the same board. Perhaps I could trade my second processor for an X58 motherboard...

it's actually not all that 'big' but it is heavy (it's about 18"x18"x7")

Yeah, might be a 'not worth it' problem.

I have a Dell T5500 Workstation. at one point I was using it for video processing and some gaming. Here's the specs on it: Dual X5647 Xeons 24GB DDR3 PC3-10600 memory PERC 6i with 4x 10k RPM 160GB HDDs (currently removed and stored while I use a single 512 SSD) Quadro FX3800 video card...

guess I'm asking too much for my X5647... :(

is there any benefit for something as simple as gaming? I mostly do that now. I'm wondering if I should just sell the 2nd processor and use a single processor on an X58 motherboard... I'm more concerned about durability than overclocking and my stock setup is VERY tight for cooling. I also...

Looking at getting an enthusiast motherboard to swap my X5647 on to... Are there any still available? I was looking at the MSI Big Bang XPower X58... but they seem rare to find.

I'm wondering if there's any benefit in finding an enthusiast motherboard (like the EVGA SR-2) and installing my twin X5647s into it. Right now it's in a Dell T5500 workstation and the 2nd processor requires a daughterboard that is susceptible to failure Would an enthusiast motherboard allow...

so, I've had it running some heavy duty stuff (BattleField3 on Ultra) and the only thing I've done is set the fan to run constantly at 100% (it's a bit loud, mind you, but I wear headphones) at worst, I see 82°C (strangely on that 'your team won/lost' screen...) During gameplay, it rarely...

you haven't installed Battlefield 2 lately... 6 CDs, 3 GIANT patches.

good point I have a Dell backup and recovery software too. maybe I'll give that a try on the SSD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133370 just bought one of these... before reading the reviews. (I haven't received it yet, BTW, so only going by stuff online) then I read this (which brought me here today) http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1594813 and mine...

yeah, maybe I'll just bite the bullet... sucks because BF3 and all my Steam games are BIG installs. Maybe I'll dual boot and leave the twin 10ks as the 'family' drive for them to muck up and I'll leave the SSD as the gaming drive... I was afraid there'd be no way to do a pre-boot RAID clone

oh, nice. I used to use Maxtor software until it became 'aware'. But that was during the FAT32 days. Will this recognize the drives sitting on the PERC card?

I've currently got 2 10k RPM SATA drives running in RAID0 on a PERC 6i card and they're not as fast as the single SSD I have in my second desktop. I'm thinking of taking my single SSD and putting it into my main rig and just cloning the drive. First off: is this a good idea? Second: what's...