STILL RELEVANT who here is /CORE2/ and why the fuck is it

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>>59766976
>"light" gaming
Will corelets ever learn

I keep the guts of an old Core 2 Duo system boxed up in storage in case the urban market ever decides to go shopping at my place. Like you said, it would be plenty to get me buy until insurance pays out. I don't even use PCs for video playback anymore so it's not like I need much performance from it at all.

This makes me wonder: which was the year/generation of hardware that gave us systems which to this day are still perfectly serviceable? I'm thinking it was around 2007. Core 2 processors, DDR3 RAM, good hard drives.

>>59767066
>get me by
That was embarrassing.

>>59766976
My old Q6600 build is still happily churning away at my parents' place and handling everything they throw at it admirably. Probably going to be put out to pasture when I next upgrade and hand my current system down to them unless I can find a use for it, but it's had a bloody good run.

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fuck you /g/

E8400 master race reporting in

>shitposting
>torrents
>media server

it just werks

>>59766976
>not buying phenom II
better price, better overclock
same performance, farr better platform which is still being updated today (can have usb 3.1 C and a phenom II these days)
literally retarded if you spent more on both motherboard and cpu on core 2

>>59767008
Except you literally don't need more than 2 cores for the vast majority of things. My 2 duo can even handle The Witcher 3.

>>59767905
what is this 2007

you can snag a shit mobo + core2duo/quad/extreme for like $30, maybe a little more/less

this isnt a phenom thread pal

Q8400 reporting
>HD movies
>SC2
>ripping & torrenting
it werks wery much

>>59766976

E8500 in here. I still use it because AMD64, 8GiB RAM, and it has 6MiB cache.

>>59767066
it was when dual cores came out
quad cores cemented this is the last cpu you need unless you game/professionally do shit

Possibly the 920 or andy i7 cemented itself as the multimedia cpu without the need for hardware decoding.

tfw downgraded to an a10 from an e6750

my macbook pro has a c2d and it just works

>>59768129
>tfw Im on an 8400 and can't play 1080p 60fps youtube videos in firefox without it stuttering or freezing every 5 seconds
Feels bad

x5470 is still relevant for 720p gaming
damn

T2390 here, slow as balls, but enough for shitposting and chink cartoons

Should i get a Q6600 for my optiplex 755 SFF? It has a E4400 or E4500 in it right now but the spec sheet shows it came with the Q6600 as an option.

>>59766976

and why would one not simply buy a g4560?

SLACR, M'ALAY

>>59768364
A big part of what makes Q6600 so good is how well it overclocks, so your board will probably limit it quite a bit. Also it is pretty old at this point, so might be better to just invest that money into something more modern. Still, if you can find one cheap enough I'd say go for it.

>>59767066
Core2 or Athlon 64 x2 and anything later than that pretty much.

>>59768424
>cheap
They are under $20 on eBay. I call that cheap m8.

>>59768364
>flash bios to newer version
>remove old shit cpu
>replace with Q9650
>?????
>profit.jpg


OR


>pull out old shit cpu
>buy old xeon x5450
>mod motherboard to accept 771 xeons
>use based 771 xeon because fuck 775 IPC


thats assuming your motherboard has a P43/P45 chipset though

dont think that xeon mod worked on any other chipset

>>59768321
>one click downloader firefox extension
>play file in MPC-HC with MadVR
werks

>>59768476
alternatively try h.264ify if you use firefox/chrome and see how that works out

Still using my Thinkpad T500 with a T9500, bought new in 2009 for university. Literally the only thing I run into day-to-day that gives me trouble are the 1080p YouTube videos. Seems that the ATI card does not help with those.

Speaking of the ATI card, I quit gaming years ago but it does still make quick work of older titles.

>>59767066
i'd say that is a fair assumption

still see plenty of core2 systems in colleges/high schools alike around here

if not that, then definitely when LGA1366/LGA1156 rolled around. plenty of those systems are still up and running, and provide excellent usage

i mean shit, my x220 has a 2520m and does just about everything i need it to do with no signs of slowing down

1150/1151 is overrated meme shit

I had my C2Q Q6600 until a year ago.

Replaced it with a 5820k that I got from Microcenter for $290.

>>59768065
phenom is just as cheap dumbass
also at the time of release phenom was cheaper as was its platform
not even mentioning the fact that still seeing huge boosts from dx12
something core2 isn't seeing.

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>>59766976
>buying q6600 when chinked low voltage xeons exist

>>59766976
Had a Q9400 as the spare system a couple months ago. I however wanted something a bit newer and sold it to initiate the process of buying parts for an LGA 1366 system. Couple months later I had the 1366 core components ($30 for a NIB DX58SO, $50 for 2 i7s and a bunch of ram for it (one was to flash it from the release bios to the latest bios), and lastly $60 to get a decent Hex-core).

I am gonna miss the 775 system though.

>>59766976
>not using a sticker-modded Xeon
Do you even Penryn?

>>59767863
my nigga.

>>59768769
turn it into a rendering farm

buy an old quadro to throw in there, and just render 3D dicks smacking eachother and upload it to youtube

>>59766976
Q6600 in my bedroom, even does most games alright. if I ever upgrade the i5-3570k in the living room, i might finally get rid of it.

>>59768814
Sadly i ran out of funds. Most of what I had that went into the 1366 system came from selling the C2Q. Adding in a quadro or tesla compute card would require a new case and a new power supply, as the current case is a shitheap and the power supply is only adequate for a 4ghz core overclock and a slightly overclocked GTX 460.

>>59766976

The Q6600 isn't relevant when that same motherboard you're using it on can run a $50 Xeon that's considerably better

>>59768870
need more 12v rails boy
need more amps son

get an XFX psu, fucking love those little bastards

also
>gtx 460


i can smell the fermi housefire from here anon

>>59768814
>buy an old quadro to throw in there

No

Quadros are a waste of money for anything but Hollywood level production. They are not only entirely unneeded for hobbyist/self employment level work, they're a gigantic money sink and actually substantially slower rendering per dollar than a consumer GTX card.

Quadros power comes from scaling, and no hobbyist has 15 $6000 GPUs in a home render farm.

>>59767916
>My 2 duo can even handle The Witcher 3.
being able to boot into the game menu doesnt count as handling it

>>59768902
460 isnt the housefire, 460 was actually the good first gen fermi card. Its everything based off GF100 that were the housefires (GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465).

Besides, if I'm going to make this machine a compute rig, it will either be an OG Titan, or an AMD card based off the Tahiti die, as both have pretty good compute performance.

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>>59766976
I'm still on this workhorse, runs most of my day to day alright, can play most games reasonably. I really cant ask for much more than the 9 years I've got out of it.

>>59767916
K E K
E
K

>>59766976
>not Q6600
The best processor ever made

>>59767008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k4b6Q3uMdo

It also handles relatively heavy gaming too desu.

>>59768814
>render 3D dicks smacking eachother and upload it to youtube
why?

>>59769181
>that stuttering
>GPU probably at 60-70%
It's only good for 4k gaming where you put the whole workload on the GPU and run at something like 30fps

>>59769181
>handles relatively heavy gaming
My Q6600 and R9-290X could barely manage a stable 25fps in Dark souls 3.

>>59768431
there's always better xeons for less, which fit 775 with easy mods

>>59769274
>complaining about stuttering in gamebryo games

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>>59766976
>save up that miniscule amount of money that you'll have to spend anyway due to energy inefficiency of older architectures

You guys are retarded. Within several months you're literally spending more by using one of these old ass CPUs overclocked to house-melting temps.

>>59768618
i just bought an x200 and immediately flashed libreboot

feels good man

>>59766976
>still has better single core performance than Poozen

Really makes you think.

>>59768431
L5420 is better than Q6600 in every way and costs 8 bucks on aliexpress.

>>59769341
6 months of running a Q6600 at full load 24/7 will cost me 20 bucks.

>>59769341
savings don't matter unless it's significant
in most cases I can save more power by just remembering to turn my monitor off than spending $300+ on a upgrade to save 10-20w on idle

>>59769341
This. Also, you are in a tech board and probably spend a good part of your time on your computer, why can't you save some money and get good hardware? Just stop spending everything on McDonald's

>>59766976
I have a q9200 rig laying around that I just dont have the heart to get rid of
It just sits though

the biggest problem with the older processors is finding a motherboard capable of DDR3, and even then you're better off spending money on a system that can do DDR4 because of how expensive DDR3 is in comparison.

I don't know what the fuck happened to the memory market but it makes me realize that the best investments seem to be having motherboards that can accept older Xeons and ECC RAM.

I wish I would have bought an EVGA SR-X or similar board back in 2013 and just upgraded from there knowing what I know now about the CPU market in 2017.

>>59769424
>q9200

Q9300**

>>59769341
At $0.11 per kWh, it just isn't really an issue.

The Q6600 has a TDP of 105w.

105w 24/7 over 1 month is ~78 kWh.

At $0.11 per kWh that's about $8.50 per month of 24/7 use.

And almost no one is running their CPU at full load 24/7 anyway, so this is a retarded extreme circumstance that would be unlikely to occur during actual use.

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>>59769432
>ddr3 is expensive

>>59767905
Second on that. I even upgraded to a six core for the low price of free.

also just sperged out in a uni class while typing this post.

I've done horrible things to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecV58s36sRw&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecV58s36sRw&t=7s

>>59769492
>>>/reddit/

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>>59766976
I bought an i5-6500 a few days ago, I'll soon have to leave the cool club :(

>>59769341
Electricity is cheap as fuck my dude. Are you poor?

>>59769541
Can you post the detailed score? Just for comparison

How much better the system would perform with DDR3 ram over DDR2? Currently I have a LGA 775 Asus P5B-MX motherboard, but can only do up to 4GB DDR2 ram. Although I could put a Core 2 Quad Q6600 in there (currently has a Core 2 Duo E4500).

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>>59769577
Q6600 @ 3.0 GHz
8GB DDR2
SAMSUNG HD753LJ SATA HDD

>>59769601
Lol

>>59769620
2008 baby

>>59769432
Yes 100% the biggest problem about all of this is motherboards

There's a million Xeons sitting out there for super cheap

>>59769601
Thanks anon

>>59769601
>7.2 with DDR2
>while I get 5.9 with DDR3
Shouldn't have cheaped out and bought those gaymen RAM

>>59769595
>How much better the system would perform with DDR3 ram over DDR2?
Not enough to warrant swapping the mainboard. And if you need more than 4 gigs, you should probably consider changing the platform entirely.

>Although I could put a Core 2 Quad Q6600 in there
If you can do a few simple manipulations with your BIOS, don't. See >>59769372

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>>59769481
>$4.40/GB
>not expensive

are you retarded?

>>59769681
*should have bought game RAM

>>59769713
...is it?

I mean, before the flood it was cheaper, but production has mostly moved on to DDR4.

Why would you expect it to be dirt cheap like it was back before the flood?

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>>59769713
that's all new memory
used stuff on ebay is $2-3/gb
cheapest ddr4 is $5.94/gb

>>59769681
I didn't even get gaymen RAM, just the cheapest 4 sticks of 2GB each

>>59769752
Really? What brand and model?

>>59769770
breh just get hynix ram on ebay, cheap as fuck for 8gb 1333mhz

>>59769749
>ECC
why

>>59769752
>4 sticks
Is 4-channel a thing?

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>>59769737
>Why would you expect it to be dirt cheap like it was back before the flood?

I don't, I'm just saying it's too expensive for what it is. If the flood didn't happen then PC sales probably would have stalled even further because DDR3-based systems still have so much life left in them.

It almost makes me think they did it on purpose or something.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-semiconductors-demand-analysis-idUSKBN15B0UM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing

>>59769749
>ECC

are you an idiot? ECC is always cheaper, read my prior post >>59769432

>>59768147
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz here

Have to agree, I updated to this one a few years ago from a weak Core2 Duo. Don't really need more cores as most applications I use are single threaded and IIRC the quads have lower single thread performance.

I plan to upgrade this year but it's mostly because I have money to spend. The 8GB of RAM served me well.

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>>59769770
2 sticks of Aeneon (Infineon) DDR2 from 2008
2 sticks of Corsair XMS2 bought used last year for 20€

>>59769792
2x2 channel I believe

>>59769823
to be precise:
Aeneon aet860ud00-25dc07x
Corsair CM2X2048-6400C5

>>59769792
yes...

My main desktop is a Core2duo E6550 (overclocked to 2.8GHz) and I've used it since the end of 2007. I'm planning on building a new PC with Ryzen this year.

>>59769823
Do the bench please, I think I'll just get a cheap q6600 instead of a i5

>>59767815
Holy shit, Acorn phoebe. I wanted one of those. Too bad they were cancelled

Which core2duo processors where the last that didn't have Intel ME (eg. backdoors which runs on a separate chip, connects your PC to the internet below OS level and can't be disabled)

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>>59769937
They all had ME from what I know

>>59766976
That shit need more watts than a GPU, unless your mom pay for your shit you should get a new processor

>still have core2quad
Who needs central heating when your CPU can do it for you?

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>>59769940
This was why I upgraded to my 5820k

The encoding time on my Q6600, even when OC'd was just getting too fucking long.

>>59769962
Pentium D here, can confirm Sun is for plebs

>>59766976
I was E6400 >master race from about 2006-mid 2011. Now in storage.

Still use my Thinkpad T60 that originally came with a Core Duo but I swapped it out for a Core 2 Duo I picked up for like $15.

>>59766976
Put one in my dad's GNU + Linux Foxnews shitposting machine. I am very happy not to have to hear about the ``fucking slow ass internet'' when he tried to watch all his videos at once.

>>59769940
>that single core
wew, is it enough for 1080p playback?

>>59769970
you could have just got a cheap GTX 960 and used NVENC

>>59770019
your dad's a baby boomer isn't he?

so sick of working with those faggots in my job

>>59770058
yes

>>59770087
... I have a GTX 960 and it's great for encoding things like game capture on the fly

It is NOT good for actual encoding of blurays and DVD's however as NEVNC uses fixed hardware encode options which don't allow you to adjust quality settings and other factors.


CPU encoding is always superior to a hardware encoder because hardware encoders lock in specific settings (since they're made of silicon that can ONLY do that specific function) where as a general purpose CPU can do any functions you tell it to (more complex functions simply add more time to your encoding time) but increase the visual fidelity of the final encode.


Essentially if you have the CPU power, a CPU encode will almost always be superior to a hardware encoder.

>>59766976
While you people play around your core2duos and core2quads

I will be enjoying my Ryzen R5 1400X

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>>59770118
No. He is a red blooded white blue collared American.

>tfw have an X58 mobo
>tfw it APPRECIATED in value
>tfw its actually damaged from lightning surge so its ethernet port and one of the pci-e x 4 ports doesn't work

>>59766976
>2.4 ghz
are you too poor?

>>59770929
Yep, fucking hex cores for cheap all over ebay. At the same time, LGA is fragile as fuck so as each board breaks the remaining supply gets ever more expensive.

Its why I'm fucking happy I lucked out at getting a practically untouched DX58SO for $30

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>tfw still main a Q6660 from 2007
Why even upgrade?

The lack of modded LGA771-Xeons in this thread is disturbing.
I thought this was /g/.

>>59766976
I recently upgraded a shitbox prebuilt from a E4300 to a E6700
That was pretty nice, gonna get a cheap GCN GPU to finally get rid of total shit 945G graphics
>>59768321
My 1.8 Ghz Core Duo T2400 can decode 1080p hi10p at 80 FPS
It's your GPU what's limiting you, and Firefox being shit as always, Chrome wouldn't help though
Try mpv+youtube-dl
>>59769341
>You guys are retarded. Within several months you're literally spending more by using one of these old ass CPUs overclocked to house-melting temps.
Do you live in Germany or somewhere with equally ridiculously expensive electricity?
In most parts of the world a more power efficient CPU won't be cheaper within a lifetime

>>59768443
I've seen a video back in the day of someone cutting tabs out of the socket and putting a xeon in, is this the mod?

1.8 core duo (not even a core 2).

Will never upgrade until we have desktops designed to run passively cooled.

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>>59769970
My 6-core X5650 @ 4.1 ghz on air has a score of around 10k. Not too bad considering the CPU is like 7 years old. Of course, you need a particular socket.

>>59773462
Because of noise? You could get long HDMI cables, USB cables and USB hubs, then move the case to some other room...

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not sure if i have any plans for this but its a regular p5q with an x5460

>>59766976
Best part is you can use it without ME active on the mobo. However I'm still trying to install libreboot on my x200... doesn't seem to work with my Raspi3

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>>59766976
I use a Core2 Duo. It just werks. No need to feed the CPU jews when what I have is still functional.

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still awesome for internet aplications and photo/video editing

>>59774337
By photo and video editing I mean MS Paint and Windows Movie Maker, just to be clear

>>59769356

Let's not get too retarded here, Intel shill

>>59774492
Use Photoshop 7 and Premiere Pro v2.0

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Please, anyone help!
Budget is <$30 usd.

>>59768686
I wanted to buy a c2quad this weekend to swap out a c2duo that I have.

I was going to opt for a c2quad q9400.... do you think this Xeon L5420 will serve me better?

Second question, what would be my absolute best bet for a "new" upgraded processor to replace my c2d e8400?

>>59766976
THREE MEGS OF CACHE PER CORE

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>>59774492
i use sony vegas

I've got a C2D E8335 in my iMac, want to upgrade it to a Core2 Quad but I'm going to hold off till I get around to upgrading the GPU, which I've been putting off because it seems like a bitch to do.

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Q6600 master race here

>>59773427
Along with a sticker on the bottom of the CPU that switches the contacts of 2 of the pads, yes.
I'm running an X5460 on that mod currently, cost me $27. Pretty dope.

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>>59776390
Are you using it in a 775 socket? I'm looking to upgrade a c2d to a c2q... but now that you guys mention this, I am considering it.

Would you say x5460 will be better all around to a q9400?

>>59767008
Kill yourself, you dumb fucking shit stain.

>>59776424
All around better and less expensive, yes.
Using it in a Gigabyte P45 775 board

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>>59776447
Awesome, thanks for the feedback. I'm new to PC building, but have been putting a lot of time into research lately.

I'll make a new thread on this sometime this weekend, but TL;DR... My university got rid of these, I grabbed em. They all still work. So far I moved a 4gb ddr3 stick into the one on the far right, to make a system which is a c2d e8400, win 7 pro, 500 GB 7200 rpm HD, total 8 GB of ddr3... Now I just wanted to upgrade CPU and add a graphics card.

>>59766976
I don't own and never did own a Core 2. But I salute all the poorfags still clinging to it for dear life. Even though I bought a used Thinkcentre with an i3-2130 with 4 GB, OEM 7 pro key and an SSD that runs circles around it for $100.

>tfw still on a q6600 in my desktop

>>59776552
oc'd?

>>59776560
nope, i have the stock intel cooler on it.

>>59776564
What do you primarily do with your pc? How would you say it is holding up?

Intel Xeon E5450 in my hacked LGA775 motherboard. Back in the day, you could get these used off eBay for a lot cheaper than Q9650s, and still install them on a desktop motherboard even though they're LGA771, by going at it with a dremel tool and putting a sticker on the bottom of the processor that swaps a couple pins.

Yeah. I'm never getting rid of this thing.

>>59776547
>poorfags
Avoiding needless upgrades doesn't make you a poorfag.

>>59776588
Dremel tool? Are you fucking insane?
A couple scrapes with an xacto knife is all you need... You're not trying to literally cut the socket out of the board.

>>59766976
My 2007 iMac has a 2ghz core 2 duo and its note than enough for most tasks, I use it for Netflix and shitposting
>inb4 macfag

>>59776621
Hey man... they're little tabs but the plastic was tough. The only thing holding me back from the chainsaw was that I was fucking my wife from behind while this all happened, and I needed both hands to grab her breasts while I attached taped the dremel to my foot and swung it at the motherboard to get my results

>>59776390
>>59776447
>>59776588
>>59776621

About to buy one:

But what the hell is the difference between slanp vs slbba? It says I have to pick one when purchasing one, yet I have no idea what it means.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-INTEL-XEON-L5420-2-5GHz-12M-1333Mhz-CPU-equal-to-LGA775-Core-2-Quad-Q9300/32432851924.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10151_10065_10130_10068_10139_10136_10137_10138_10060_10062_10141_10056_10055_10054_10059_10099_129_10103_10102_10096_10148_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_10143_9987_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10078_10079_10073_10070_10123_10124-10050_9987,searchweb201603_9,afswitch_1,ppcSwitch_3&btsid=b731f308-33f5-4dcf-bae0-c86a2e0ed554&algo_expid=2203fcca-cd92-4211-ad2f-17d48c0398cd-0&algo_pvid=2203fcca-cd92-4211-ad2f-17d48c0398cd

>>59766976
I bought a used 2RU server with dual xeons, 14GB of RAM, 2 power supplies, 2 ethernet NICs and 1 fibre NIC for $110 AUD

Put a new graphics card in there and you can play any modern title and blow the fuck out of any rendering/high core requirement task

>>59776678
SLBBA has an improved architecture so it overclocks better. You can find this info on forums if you google, I remember having this same question

>>59776717
Thanks,I'm reading through a few forums now about it. Was just looking for someone who "knows 100%".

Do you know if that means a cpu with SLBBA will be better in every regard, or are there any trade-offs?

>>59776733
I don't recall, but I don't see why there would be any downsides.

>>59773521
Not to mention I bet you're nearing 200w TDP.

>>59776644
*more than enough

>>59776585
the most intensive thing i used it for was playing warframe up until a few months back and it was able to handle it just fine. i occasionally run some scripts on it, and used to run simulation software, but now i have a lab computer with a i5-7500 that i use for longer simulations.

the biggest bottleneck though is my 3gb of ram and not the q6600. i was going to put together a new computer, but then i stopped playing entirely, and waited since ryzen was around the corner, but ended up getting the lab computer in the mean time and now i can't really justify upgrading.

>>59766976
I still use the phenom 965 @ 4ghz paired with gtx 960
Still able to run witcher 3 flat 60fps except when in novigrad, the frame went down to 45-50

>>59776666
was this supposed to be funny, you dumb faggot?

For anyone using a XEON?

>>59776745
Why did you guys choose the L5420 instead of the E5440... They appear to be interchangeable? Am I missing something guys?

>>59776871
Defensively playing off using a dremel on a motherboard

>>59776885
>>59776745

Same for the X5460! Seems to be >3.1 ghz for only 6 bucks more or so.

Someone please tell me if I'm missing something!

>>59776909
Please, Any insight for me? Is anyone using a xeon in a lga775 board that is not a L5420?

>>59776985
Did you not read the thread?

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>>59777406
I did read the thread... Maybe you misread my last post. I asked if anyone was using a Xeon that was NOT the l5420, as that appears to be the only one discussed. I was wondering about the compatibility of other lga771 socket xeon quad core chips. I've since been doing some research and assembling a spreadsheet for comparison sake to see which chip will grant me the best /most reliable computing experience.

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Everyone on C2Q in any iteration is a poor fuck.

I moved on to using this as a media server and VM host for three screens around the house.

Get a real fucking job.

>>59777717
Did it ever cross your mind that people have multiple pc's, faggot.

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>>59777730
I will fuck your mouth until the only thing you taste is salt and all you can see is a stinging haze of milky white.

98% of people in this thread are poor nigger fucks trying to feel better about their lack of success.

seven is the most powerful number

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>>59777777
I've been watching you through the database.

Why do you think you've been following me?

>>59777777
FUCK YOU BOT FAGGOT SCRIPT KIDDIES

>>59777788
assoluto cosmico, regolare realtà
respiro di un immagine, sintonia di civiltà
confusa progenia di cellule ribelli
volo verso l'universo, l'attraverserò
se sei stella fatti vedere, io mi fermerò
shadilay shadilay la mia libertà
shadilay shadilea oh nooo
shadilay shadilay oh sogno o realtà
shadilay shadilay oh nooo
vola nella mia vita, no non è finita
io mi fermerò
sciogli le mie vele, nel cielo e in fondo al mare
io ti crederò

>>59777777
S E V E N S

>>59777802

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8MJ7wlPE2E

You'll always be one step behind.

>>59777763
>unironically thinks success is accurately gauged by the amount of money people choose to allocate to a computer
>not understanding people have different computing needs that can be satisfied with different systems. Not realizing that some people have swell systems that are magnitudes more than adequate for any of their computing needs, but like and enjoy tinkering as a hobby.

I'm sorry, but you need to be 18+ to post here.

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>>59777777

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>>59777893
>I have loadsa money yet I'm willing to waste away a junk outdated machine that uses 3 times the power for the same general tasks as modern equipment

Yeah, kid,
That's definitely the mentality smart people with good money have.
Lot's of sense there. Brimming with it, even.

>I couldn't possibly be implying that people with decent jobs aren't necessarily intelligent or caring of how their money actually gets used

My father has made 55+k a year pretty much since I was 3 years old. He still uses an athlon 64x2 5600+ to browse the web and play Flight Sim/Xplane 10, paired with a fucking Radeon 470 now.
Is he smart? Sure. Is he intelligent with how he uses his funds+free hobby time?
Fuck no.
And neither are the people in your example.

>>59778089
Wow, that is truly some narrow sighted autism.
I can't speak for everyone, but this hobby of mine is by far my cheapest. Putting time and money into a building track car and bike is certainly more expensive than tossing a few hundred bucks into some budget pc builds for fun. To each their own I suppose, but when you get older, maybe you will learn to see things differently.

>>59778180
Ah well, so sorry I haven't hit the age that a love and hobby of mine has turned into a throwaway.

For what it's worth I'm using a 7 year old (1366 xeon) platform with a GPU that was midrange circa 2012.
FWIW I've been waiting since 2014 to put together a Zen platform computer - and have now decided to wait until "Zen2" and further, the 7nm GPU cards much after that.
FWIW my daily driver is an 8 year old Prius
FWIW my track car is a highly modified '93 3000GT VR-4, and my Ninja 350EX needs a complete overhaul in about 4000 miles.

For what it's worth I'm enjoying what I've been able to reasonably afford before, not after, I get so old as to see it all as a waste of time. Maybe in fifteen years I'll put a bit of my investment money into my house before it starts falling apart.
For what it's worth, there's a limit to the absolute usability of computer technology, beyond which it was in fact much more worth it to replace with something faster.

But hey what do I know. I've only turned $1500 of bitcoin into $45,000 and put myself through school. I've only turned $25,000 cash into $150,000 of stock in AMD alone. I've only just started working for myself last year. I've only just become so profitable that my five year outlook makes me a multi millionaire.

And I'm still riding a Prius to get groceries, driving a 25 year old car against new corvettes, and typing this reply on a 6 year old processor.
For what it's worth.

>>59766976
Agreed up until 'light gaming'

>>59766976
Recently upgraded my dads pc with a q8800 for 30 or so bucks.These things are a fuckin steal.

>>59778668
shit i met 8400

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>>59777777

this really makes me think

>>59776365
only 2gb? how do you even live with that?

>>59777777
Nice!

>>59766976
Had a q8300 and after 7 years I modded the mainboard and put in xeon x5450. Life is good in the 775/771 socket

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>>59777777
>>59777777
OH MY What is this

>>59766976
E6550 @~4GHz and I can run every game with GTX 1050 Ti.
Now, I'm waiting for AMD Ryzen 5 to see if it's worth to finally upgrade.

>>59779466
cpu temp? what cooler?

>>59777777
Fuck me daddy

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>>59766976
I have a latop with a Core2Duo. Idles below 40 and doesn't even need its coolers while playing 720p videos.

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>>59777777
Ikr

>>59766976

Not really. 2 years ago even heavier webpages were bringing my q6600 to its knees. At this point I'd say Sandy Bridge is the baseline for reasonable performance on day to day tasks.

>>59779466
delided
voltage:1,5V
idle: nearly 30-40° (depends on season)
full load: nearly 80-90° (depends on season)
cooler: Prolimatech Basic 81 (2 fans mode)
paste: Gelid GC-Extreme TC-GC03-A

>>59779477
meant to reply to this >>59779661

>>59766976
[email protected] GHz, 16 GB DDR3 (was cheap as fuck)

GTA5 and Dark Souls III run just fine

>>59778257
Yes, sure.
For what it's worth, you are poor as any college student - money is worthless if you don't fucking use it.

>>59776909
x5460 is best if you want to OC it, e5450 is best if you just want stock perf without too much heat.

Using L* xeons is really just wanking, if you're worried about power-consumptions, get a ULV core i

>>59776588
>cutting tabs out of the cpu-socket instead of dremeling notches on the cpu

which is easier to get: a good 775 mobo after you killed yours, or a new xeon after you killed it?

I notched my xeon, first time I used dremel, works 100%, ezpz.

Here's the site with isntructions for the microcode-updating of the BIOS and a list of compatible mobo/Xeon-combinatons.

http://www.delidded.com/

>>59766976
I use a Xeon E5450 and no games yet, including Project Cars, RE7, BF3 makes it go higher than 55-60% of use per core. 45$ Well invested.

Need a new PSU and upgrade to X5492 soon with a DDR3 MoBo.

I use a R7 260X and only GPU limited since then. GTX Titan 12 GB soon

>>59766976
I still have my q9550. I only use my skylake zenbook now because my work involves travelling a lot.

>>59766976
>STILL RELEVANT
unlike you and your stupid fucking threads

>>59768321
>Firefox
Well there's your problem

>>59777777
OwO what's this?

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OP here, quit bumping my old ass thread

dont you faggots have some DEs to be fighting over or some shit

>>59776287
post a picture of your anus plz

>>59780550
bump

>>59776287
and plz add my number on kik

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>>59776885
>>59776909
If your board supports 1333 MHz FSB and you mod S771 Xeon microcode into BIOS, all 5-series Xeons are essentially interchangeable.
L-series is for upgrading SFF machines or anything with those small Intel boxed coolers.
X-series is 100+ watts for like 15% more clock speed than E-series, they're only worth it if you already have a big cooler capable of handling that.

>>59779920
I don't think you can get any ULV parts for desktop for 10 bucks, and L-series Xeons aren't that cool anyway.

>>59776885
>Why did you guys choose the L5420 instead of the E5440

I bought some L5410s to upgrade SFF computers at work because I don't think E5440 is a good idea with a 135W PSU.

>>59767916
Well that's the point. You need strong single core performance which the Q6600 seriously lacks. (Former Q6600 owner here.) That CPU is perfect for desktop use but absolute trash for anything else.

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>>59780550
bemp

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sup fags

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>>59766976
I only have a E5200 2.5GHz. Is that okay?

>>59766976
Core 2 duo 2.4 ghz e6600 reportin . in

>>59782074
i remember overclocking an E5400 to almost 3Ghz, try that!

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>>59766976
I can probably do ~1.95ghz

>>59782513
I had that CPU it was pretty good and cheap.

>>59769685
This.
I need no shitty ddr3 which can be rowhammered from javascript.

Has anyone experimented with downclocking and downvolting this thing to bring it into a reasonable TDP range?

Thought about giving mom my Q6600 parts for her pc, but she only browses the internet. 105W TDP just for that purpose... idk.

>>59784257
mod sticker for a xeon would be better 2bh

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>>59766976
Pentium M master race here.

>>59782561
how did you OC it?

I would still use my q6600 if that setup worked. Motherboard or ssd fucked up.

>>59767905
>not to mention no hardware backdoors
>phenom ii mustard rice