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    Intel Xeon E5 2670 vs i9 9900K

    Just thought I'd put this out there as i know some people like build projects.
    Both are 8 core 16 thread the xeon can be had used for about $80 motherboard can be bought new from china for $80 or used for a bit more.

    Gaming benchmark link

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30FR2gdFHYE

    Motherboard from new huanan x79

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhaxD2a4AnQ
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    Re: Intel Xeon E5 2670 vs i9 9900K

    It depends what workloads you need it for. I have been running E5 2670 for a few years now and there are some plus points but also some negatives.

    Positives:
    - Quad channel RAM: Destroys desktop CPUs in memory benchmarks, above DDR4
    - RDIMM, LRDIMM and ECC RAM support
    - Lots of cores / threads
    - Cheap as, well, chips

    Negatives:
    - Power draw: IDLE and load are not great compared to modern chips
    - Games: As long as you are always GPU bound it's not too bad, but any game that is not well coded for multicore may struggle with the lower clock speeds
    - No overclocking: Even the multipliers are locked
    - More and more vulnerabilities being found and patches reduce performance
    - Second hand parts: Some people don't like using second hand parts cause you don't know if they will work or what has been done to them before you get it, personally I don't have a problem with that, I've currently got second hand CPU's, RAM and Gfx card but i did a lot of research and was very picky about who I bought from

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't do it but think about the types of things you want to do with it. And if you do I prefer the look of the Plex HD mobo from ali, seems to have some nice features.

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