I just bought an R9 290 for 120 bucks, but since I have an E8400

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>>59842392
how about a chinked xeon

$10 for quad core and you don't have to change the mobo

>>59842392
Sounds like a good deal desu.

>>59842498
Mmm sounds like a viable option!! Thanks for the advice. Cheaper, easier, and same performance?

>>59842392
>P6T SE, Core i7 920, 6GB 1600MHz OCZ
That sounds pretty good, especially if you overclock the 920.

>>59842498
Any S 775 CPU is going to massively bottleneck the 290, it's best to just Jump ship to a new platform at this point.

>>59842549
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5450-vs-Intel-Core-i7-920/m5890vs1981

Not even close to the same performance.

>>59842392
ryzen

>>59842392
q9400 at 4GHz.

>>59842611
No money, just bought a home.

>>59842634
Not reasonable

You could go for a g4560 and some cheap motherboard and then upgrade later to a better cpu

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>>59842549
Slightly slower.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5450+%40+3.00GHz
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-920+%40+2.67GHz&id=834
Depending on your board, it might also be difficult to go above 4GB of memory.

IMO it's better to save the money for a more substantial upgrade later than to change to another slightly less outdated platform.

>>59842580
>Any S 775 CPU is going to massively bottleneck the 290
You do realize that i7-920, despite being a meme processor for ages, is not a speed demon either, right?

>>59842392
If you can get the mobo separately, there are cheap chink xeons for LGA 1366 that are faster than a non-OC'd i7-920, e.g. W3565. I don't know if they fit in any board though.

>>59842634
- Q9400@4GHz is a fucking housefire
- might as well try to overclock a xeon, it's cheaper so you'll lose $5 less when your house burns down