Are those cheap second hand Xeons worth it, or are you fags

>>62272405
They're basically the same as similar Core i-series. For example, the X5680 is the same as the 980x, just with a BIOS lockout on some boards.

>>62272405
If you're doing work that can utilize the cores they're pretty powerful chips for the money.

wanted to ask the same thing. they're going for piss cheap and so are the mobo's. thinking of picking one up for a cheap pc to do premiere pro editing and some gaming on the side.

which one would /g/ recommend?

>>62272699
The go to is an X5650 but any X58 with full support is going to cost you a decent amount. There's a list of boards that work or kind of work. Random issues are pretty common.

>>62272699
Buy an old workstation on eBay and stick a graphics card in it.