WTB: Motherboard socket LGA1366 - Page 1
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author: kibasnowpaw
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 10, 2016, 12:28:13 pm
content: Hey Guys/GirlsI am looking for a Motherboard with a LGA1366 socket for my i7-975 Extreme black edition CPU.I can still find some online but they cost way to much about 365USD and that to much.im not 100% sure if the CPU still works so im just looking for at cheap MB i can test it on.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2016, 12:53:57 pm
content: Have you heard about ebay? This platform is obsolete and buying a new (if you can find) motherboard is hardly a smart idea.

author: kibasnowpaw
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 10, 2016, 07:15:50 pm
content: I know ebay I have an account but I'm not that big fan of Ebay if I have to say it, but I could probably give it a try again, but I am keeping my options open right now.Beside this is a $1000 CPU something I have not think of throwing away just because it is outdated beside it going in to my 2 pc, the one I have now in my gamer PC is an i7 5820K.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 12:34:09 am
content: Quote from: kibasnowpaw on January 10, 2016, 07:15:50 pmWas $1000 CPU. As of performance it is no better than modern $120 CPU's, just a power hog. So unless you can get a mobo for less than $100, there is really no point of buying one.

author: kibasnowpaw
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 08:40:00 am
content: to day gaming do not use as much CPU as it used GPU people overkill there machine with 6 and 8 core CPU OC to 4.X Ghz, and how much you get out of it depends on your GPU, but if you have a fairly fast GPU then you'er FPS jump will be so small that it would be a waste of time.It all depends on what games you play, and if it a 4K screen and so on, but if its 1080P then it should could run it as long the CPU is over 3 GHz and with 2 Core or more then it should be able to handle it without problems as long as you have a good GPU running next to it.The only down about this CPU is the power and it gets hot as shit yes, but it would still be cheaper then to go out and buy a new MB, RAM and CPU then to use $ 70 - $ 80 on a MB and then good to goand it would even run the game as good as my gamer PC with modern hardware, why because games just do not know how to fully used it the only thing thats really matter is that you have 2 core or more and run 3+ GHz and with more than 8 GB of RAM and then a good GPU even if youre CPU is a bottleneck for the GPU, it is still running better for the price then one that is not, as long we only are talking about gaming.But then again even when video editing as long you use the GPU build in code like cuda then it dont really use that much of the CPU ether since all coding gonna happen on the GPU.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 10:39:59 am
content: Quote from: wraper on January 11, 2016, 12:34:09 amOh really?http://cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=841&cmp[]=2522&cmp[]=2639E: Wow, I'm not sure there's a way to get the forum to not screw that up.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 12:09:24 pm
content: http://cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=841&cmp%5B%5D=2522&cmp%5B%5D=2639

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 12:26:44 pm
content: 6100T as a wrong CPU to compare as it is low power version. i3-6100 would be the right part. Though Passmark score is far away from real world. For example, $99 AMD FX-6300http://cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-6300+Six-Core&id=1781have higher Passmark score than i7-975.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 12:47:11 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on January 11, 2016, 12:26:44 pmYou said $120, a 6100 is not $120.End of the day, you can't compare a quad-core CPU with HT to a low end dual core CPU (which is what $120 gets you, ignoring AMD five year old spaceheaters). The i7 will win doing what it is designed to do.Yes, it's hot. Yes, it's old. And yes, it's worth spending more than the price of a new low end CPU on it. You forgot the $50 for a motherboard and likely new RAM (yes, you can get DDR3 boards, but if that new CPU is so superior you're going to want the RAM to go with it).

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 12:56:54 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on January 11, 2016, 12:47:11 pmWell, $128. i3 skylake and haswell do have HT, and have much better performance per core and many optimizations for specific tasks. I didn't say superior, I said 975 is not better than.Why it amazes you that almost 7 years old high end is compared with low end modern ones? Actually this is considering that CPU market is stagnating.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 01:00:10 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on January 11, 2016, 12:56:54 pmBut it IS better (performance wise, although certainly not power) than a $130 Haswell or Skylake in multi-threaded workloads exceeding the threads available to a lesser CPU. Which is what it's designed for.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2016, 01:55:43 pm
content: I don't think the i7-975 is a slow chip even by today's standards so it is worth finding a motherboard for it. I had to spend a lot of cash to get a new PC which is only 20% or so faster than my old one with an i7-950.

author: kibasnowpaw
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 12, 2016, 12:20:25 pm
content: As for performance in game to see any deference in game by the CPU a lone then you have to pay a lot of money why because like i said the GPU do most of the work in games so by change the CPU a lone would not do you any good if we look at the FPS and how good the game run the only good about change the CPU is to get a low power CPU and better Chip set and better Ram or to get it OC better.This is the i7 977 ($1000 in 2009)http://ark.intel.com/products/37153/Intel-Core-i7-975-Processor-Extreme-Edition-8M-Cache-3_33-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPIThis is mine i7 5820k ( $350 - $450 in 2014)http://ark.intel.com/products/82932/Intel-Core-i7-5820K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHzSo we need to get a lot over $120.