Holy ****. Xeon E5-2670s from decommissioned Facebook servers selling for $70 on EBay

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

The Asus X79 Deluxe and the Sabertooth X79 are very similar, and should overclock slightly better than other X79 boards. Check out the video below where he takes the 12 core Xeon E5 2697v2 to 4GHz via 113bclk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khDsbxa5_G0

I got one a few weeks back for $85 plus shipping on Flee bay(bent pins), popped in my 3930K BOOM! I must say this board is a grade above my old RIVE board!! I have had 5 different X79 boards none come close to this board, it has haswell feature's built in. So if over clocked to 4800Mhz, it moves the over clock around like haswell. This board was the last X79 board made before the X99"S came out. I've had it over 5100Mhz for a period, my RIVE seemed to wear down over time. I assumed it was degradation on my CPU and settled on 4700MHZ but not any more...............It's made to be a server or desk top has a ton of server feature's. LINUX LOL^

X99 boards are a dime a dozen on Flee bay, easily get one to shelve soon.

 

[jlee]

From what I have read if you are not going to be running a lot of multi threaded applications then higher clock speed beats number of cores particularly so in games.

So you might want to look at V3 Xeon 2637 quad cores they have the highest clock speed of the V3's.

I planned to run two of those in my rig since I only have a couple work related multi-threaded apps but I got a great deal on a pair of 2643 V3's instead.

I agree - a higher clock generally provides better gaming performance. However, if I can run a lower clocked 8-12 core CPU and get 75fps instead of 95fps (or 150fps instead of 175fps), I don't really care. As long as the performance floor is acceptable, I'd prefer additional cores to be available for other purposes. I don't see the point in getting a quad core Xeon...might as well go for a 5820k at 1/3 the price. I don't need PCI-e lanes that badly.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

I finally got my Phanteks PH-TC14-PE Blue heatsink. Absolutely an amazing cooler. Does so much better then my NZXT Kraken x31 AIO water cooling unit. Actually makes my entire case cold to the touch. The Heatsink itself feels ice cold when running my pc. So for those looking for a heatsink this is the one to get to cool your E5-2670.An 120mm AIO water cooler wont cut it and dont even think of gaming if that is what your using.