Same value, same age—what matters is what you get today.
Same value, same age—what matters is what you get today.
Comparing options with a budget of 400e, the used Dual Xeon offers strong performance due to its older but well-maintained hardware, while the new i5 PC provides modern efficiency. The AMD option remains uncertain without specific CPU details.
I’d choose the AMD option. Could you provide the part list so I can assist further?
It varies by the Xeon model. It might actually be a good investment and could outperform what you can purchase new. You can bypass it entirely unless gaming is your main priority. Alternatively, you might find a 3700x+mobo for similar performance, though storage will cost more.
You're in Florence, Italy—thanks! Your old dual X5680 is still good for 400E with 96GB RAM included.
The LG1366 Xeon platform is showing signs of wear. It's still viable if you can locate it at a lower cost, but for that budget you'll likely want a Ryzen alternative for most applications. Based on the Cinebench records, a dual X5650 setup matches a lightly overclocked R5 2600, while the Ryzen will outperform it in tasks that aren't heavily multithreaded or lack multiple sockets/NUMA support. Unless you require a lot of RAM, this should be your best option for CPU, motherboard, and memory configurations for a 400E system. PCPartPicker provides a list here: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/X2pGmq. If you're building a workstation instead of a gaming rig, consider searching Ebay for an E5-2697 v2 and a budget LGA2011 server board. It performs similarly to the R5 3600 in multithreaded scenarios, and investing a bit more would let you pair two Ryzen units on a dual-socket board for superior workstation performance.
You're working with dual X5670 units and suspect they might be Z800 or T5500 models.