krafty Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 i've been offered a pc with dual processor motherboard currently fitted with a xeon x5472 3.0ghz are these a processors any good? this is the pc http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/HP-Workstation-xw8600-Quad-Core-Xeon-X5472-3-GHz/1450286.aspx if anyone wanted it i could get it on your behalf for the right money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Xeon are very good processors, obviously Google is your friend You'll see Xeon in servers and some high-end CAD / Gaming systems, for example there's a Mac with two of them. Xeons are not low-end rubbish by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krafty Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 so i should take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpUp Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 yes and no, what are you planning on doing with it? i would steer away on the basis that you would have to get yourself an SBS license to run the machine (or rip one off) then you would have to find software to run on it which begs the question what are you planning on doing with it. you have to consider the support and extras as RAM would be more costly if a module blew, if your sticking in extra cards then your PSU will need to be considered. if it is for personal home use = no if you planning on running dummy machines off of it as your own VPN for home = yes any business use = yes but again licensing, support etc i do know of an out of work specialist who would give you a very good price off the radar for setting it up for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krafty Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 It would be for gaming as I said it not really something I’d look at buying but at the right money...... i thought it was worth a look it was purchased for a designer but unfortunately it never got used and its been hanging around ever since. Does anyone know if dual processors are worth the money ? as it’s currently in a single quad configuration and i was thinking of getting the second processor if it's worth the investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpUp Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 it would be worth getting for the best price you can, breaking the parts down and selling them on ebay and quick! use the money to buy components yourself and build your own machine the xeon processors are worth a lot more to other people than they are you. get yourself a quad core minimum 3ghz and that should future proof you for a good couple of years; only 15% of the PC game market is optimized to use more than 2 cores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribz Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Depends what the right money is? You'd need a better video card for gaming. Given it was discontinued 3 years ago based on that link, you'd probably be better putting your money into something a little newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krafty Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 if anyone wants it im open to offers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribz Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 you would have to get yourself an SBS license to run the machine if you planning on running dummy machines off of it as your own VPN for home = yes Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatdamaged Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Personally i don't think it would be great for gaming. As a SBS server or running VMs, yeah, but much faster and cheaper quad cores (and duals!) for gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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