18 Cores for $100, But What's The CATCH? | Budget Xeons Compared

Get a platinum version and you'll have performance

must mention the all-core turbo unlock for the v3 Xeons

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For not too crazy gaming, consider a 2630 v4. I just got one in a Dell T5810 with 32GB DDR4, put a 6700XT in there and this rig absolutely kills. The CPU barely goes above 40°C and even under full load (CB R23) NEVER breaks 55W! Haven't had any issues in gaming whatsoever. Of course stuff optimized high-clocked single threaded CPUs will suffer, but this whole system with the GPU included cost 400 shipped and it crushes. Can't argue with the efficiency of that.

I use two Xeon E5-2696 V2 2.5GHz 12 Core 30MB on an Supermicro X9DRD-IF - Dual LGA2011 Motherboard, only for Mpeg/MKV Decoding in HEVC, and it makes a great Job for this. Total shopping costs approx. €85 + 40€ for 96MB-DDR3 ECC Ram.

E5-2699 V3 $40.66 here in the Philippines.

2699v3 Vs gold 6138 ? 😊

Been using xeon 2650 v2 for 3 years. It is amazingly fast.

I am curious. would you get more frames. If you was running it in quad channel mode?

18 core 5000 wat psu

The Base Clock @ 2.x ghz is more than enough for most of us and cores do the work easy. If you get cpu with higher base clock it will be HELL to cool any bloody chip......water cooling which will leak later or cooling maintaince😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

Until Sommer of this Year ( i sold it because i dont play as often anymore and if i do my laptop is enough for League ect ) i rocked a Xeon 1230 v3 with en RX 570 ( Cost arround 80 Bucks ) and could play bassicly anything i wanted to. Surely not on the highest Details but for on Full HD with 60 FPS no Problem .. and with FSR technology .. pff easy. For everyone with low Budget. Grabing en Xeon with en decent older Card like the Rx 570 - 580 or 1070-1080 is still a Good choice if you are on a budget.

Consider the E5-2696v3, which is equivalent to the E5-2699v3 (with 18C/36 threads) BUT is also 1) DDR3 and DDR4 compatible, and 2) has a higher turbo at 3.8Ghz (vs.3.6Ghz). Both have the same TDP of 145Watts, so all core clocks are comparable. The 2696v3 was an OEM-specific release based on the 2699v3. For some reason, it also tends to be a little cheaper.

Naturally, both are capable of turbo-unlocking. On air (6x6mm, dual 120mm fan cooler) my 2696v3 never exceeds 51C at 20C ambient.
It's also scoring over 14,000 pts on multi-core in CB R23. Mine pairs well with an RTX 2080Ti.

The 2696v3 is better, it is the same processor as the 2699v3, only the 2696v3 is compatible with ddr3 and ddr4, it has more frequency, and much cheaper on Aliexpress, it costs €50

the v4 is 140 cad and 22 core 44 thread io mean dollar to core wise

What about the v4 xeons?

I'm using it for gamedev (UE5) and some video encoding, almost 18 hours per day..

the electric bills at the end of the month was.. breathtaking

Any of the E5-1600's CPU are overclockable?

The problem with these is getting a good cheap motherboard

Why didnt you just go with the E5-2695 V4 ..it the same price with the faster DDR4 speeds and has the same 18 cores.

E5-2690 V4 is ~$35 in late 2023; i got it and i like it;

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I have 2 of these in a dual x99 Chinese mobo and it's a killer!

These old Xeon's are amazing deals if you are doing desktop or networking stuff. The abundance of PCI-E express lanes also is great if you are putting together a storage server. The only real downside is lack of integrated video (if you are only focused on desktop, and would prefer not to use some PCI-E lanes for a video card) as well as the high TDP. I've got a dual CPU Xeon server for a file storage server in my house and the whole system idles at 168 Watts. Which is really really high, probably double what a modern Ryzen system would idle at. 😔

2690v4 is a beast at gaming for only 30 usd or less,

£40 in uk at moment

this cheap cpus have always a catch that is the damn motherboards sometimes being incredibly expensive lol

Nice work on this! Has helped a lot!

The 2696v3 is better, with a slightly higher Boost speed. (3.8Ghz)

Lenovo p700 . Auction locked. Bios parts.
Got to run with a lot of time researching. With the update i used a different model number. But it ran. But not use all the board had to offer. Or software where not able to use too.
I have 3 p700.
I went crazy big buck new box. But there are no power supplies. Or adapters for power. So made my own.
2080 plus water cooled. Dual.
I did look 2699.
Then read so much more. But no v4 will not fit.
Thank you for your update. I join and thumps up.
Take care my friend ❤

For strong single-thread performance on X99, i7-6950X offers the best OC potential (Intel kept the best silicon for this SKU), but the used price for it is still too much for many people, compared to what the same (or less) money can buy you from the many-core Xeon line.

Thank you very much for this video!

I just picked up a Dell 7910 off Fleabay. Arrived in 3 days and in excellent shape. Has DUAL 2699 V3 18 Core Xeons (36 total with 72 virtual), 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD and a 4GB Dual Monitor Video Card. $400 with free shipping. KILLER SYSTEM. Next I'll upgrade the RAM to 128GB for another $75. :)

Thanks for the video! I have 2 dual Xeon systems and they are incredible! E5-2699 V4 and E5-2698 V3.

I have core i7 6800k and E5 2680v4 laying around and unfortunately I don't have motherboards which are insanely over price and I don't feel Chinese main boards are the good decision either

I got 2699v3 for 40€ on Aliexpress. And personally run a 2697v3 turbo unlocked on my rampage board 3.4ghz all core with turbo unlocked

отличные процессоры для 2011-3: 1650v4; 2689v4; 2643v4; 2690v4; 1650v3; 1660v3; просто отличные процессоры! у меня самого два 1650v4 и сейчас жду доставку 2689v4? интересно что он из себя представляет, по факту это тот же 6950x только с заблокированным множителем, но с более высокими частотами по умолчанию.

So wait is the v3 or v4 better?!

Great stuff im just starting out in cybersecurity is this a good cpu to start out with?

is this good for multi instance emulator?

Does this scale at all? so I want to spend $500 on my cpu, what are used xeons capable of and what are the pros and cons?

2697v2 2.7 ghz 12 core here in Dell R720xd. Still a decent CPU.

you nailed the main downside.. for all those cores, they're severely underpowered clockspeed wise..

paired with good ram and a capable GPU though, you more than make up for that shortcoming

v4 chips across the board a cheap enough. The only things really holding up there are 2697 V, 2699 V4, and 2699A V4. I personally found the best bang for the buck single socket v4 being the 2683 V4. 16/32 2.1/3Ghz for under $20. Even 2697A V4 chips 16/32 2.6/3.6Ghz are around $63.

that board supports v4 cpus

My ryzen 9 5900x has 64 megs of l3😊

These xeon has 8 memory channel but consumer pc has 2 channel. If you need a lot of ram over 64gb for simulation engineering, file server then xeon win.