Can we just fucking hold up for one god damned second

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And don't forget 64GBs quad channel of DDR3 at two dollars per gig ECC memory on a cheap ass supermicro board that will guaranteed future proof your power build.

>>60834273
>>60834345
make a build and post links or GTFO.

The issues of xeon builds is motherboard support. Yes 2nd hand processors are cheap as fuck but good luck making a good build unless you have that "one" motherboard that is discontinued. I looked at that prospect some time ago and realized it's only cost effective if you have the right parts.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-R410-2-X-QUAD-CORE-2-40GHZ-E5620-16GB-RAM-1-x-146GB-15K-SERVR-QTY-/132067215462

That price seems too good to be true, what am I missing? Is there any reason you couldn't use this as a desktop?

>>60834542
You can get T3600's and 5600's for next to nothing.

>>60834515
Motherboard:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-S2600CP2J-Motherboard-Dual-2011-Socket-Motherboard-/252969390696
CPU: (1 for now with max single threading but upgradable to 32 threads)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-e5-2690-sr0l0-processors-/302343823035
RAM:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/64GB-16X4GB-PC3-10600R-DDR3-MEMORY-RAM-ECC-REG-DIMM-240-PIN-/281796447389
GPU:
Whatever
Use one or don't, it's a workstation.

>>60835447
To elaborate:
This is a 16 thread work station with 64 GB of RAM, capable of taking a second CPU for an extra 175 with a single thread rating comparable to Ryzen 7 1700x.

>>60834273
>Go to fucking ebay and pick up a E5 2690 v1 which performs better than the stock 1700
But it doesn't
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-1700-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5-2670/3917vsm18501