Worth trying to build around? xeon 5660 x2


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Hey guys, 

 

 

I was given a few Xeon 5660 processors from a friend the other day and 128gb of memory he told me he salvaged from an old server.  Just curious if this is worth trying to build around.  It's a little older so I wasn't sure if it was worth spending time looking for parts for the rest of a build.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

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Well the cpu is dirt cheap :) but there are a lot of dual socket motherboards out there that fit it. So you could just grab a second one and a motherboard an build a decent system.

i have dual 5640s and 96GB of Ram and my server seems to be running fine.

 

it really depends on how much you would pay for a second 5660 and a dual socket motherboard 

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4 hours ago, Random.Name said:

a second 5660

 

Note that that second 5660 is already available:

 

16 hours ago, andrewpercival said:

I was given a few Xeon 5660 processors

 

The 5660 draws a bit of power, but is well worth it when received for free. Especially when considering the RAM price for building new systems.

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