I was thinking about this old beast yesterday, you are incredible bro. One of the best hardware channels that I enjoy and learn a lot watching

Awesome... Thanks mate.... I had a feeling the ol-1680 had finally met her match with these new cards.. but am stoked you took the time to properly evalute it for us.... I love my Rig but in the coming year, I'll seek a new platform to start the build process again... and just for "flex", my 1680 sits on a rock solid 4.5ghz at 1.25v.... Long Live the O.G - overclockers

I would love to see the unlocked E5-1680 v3 vs this v2 version. So that way we can see the impact that AVX 2 instructions really have !

I really like this set, keep it up :)

great analysis!

I got a deal through work that allowed me to get an i9-9900kf for $210 usd, had to jump on it

ty !! you have answer my question pretty good

Love the video, good information. Why are you not using your pop filter on your microphone?

Love the tech yes content

That pop filter trolling you by being on the wrong side of the mic 🤔 good one!

Would it be possible for you to make a video on the i7-5775C? If it's still worth it in 2020 and all that jazz with the new RTX cards I really enjoy your videos, keep 'em coming!

1:57 I love Tech YES American Wrestler Accents!

Bryan you forgot the best use case for used price:performance - tossing it into a Dell Precision or HP Z and using Intel XTU to overclock it! $100 T3610 or T7610 plus $150 1680v2 at >4GHz with some cheap 14900R memory is a budget MONSTER.

Bryan, my favorite of your style videos. I like that you test these older chips out against the high end of the modern world. I am also not surprised by how well these older platforms perform. Considering they were the high end only a few years ago. Hopefully Intel's next enthusiast platform has as long of a life. (:

Im using this cpu in my system! Overclocked to 4.4 ghz on an Asrock x79 extreme 6 motherboard which, surprisingly, supports ECC registered dimms. So of course I got 32 gb of that running in my rig as well

Haven't been to tech yes city in a while. Feels good to be back.

Love the video mate, another banger, curious though, for the same 150 dollar price point, wouldn't a Ryzen chip serve much better?

I'm still on the x79 board with a 4930k overclocked to 4.2 and a 980ti I plan to upgrade when the 30 series comes more into stock. Watching this video shows me that I won't have to upgrade the whole lot just the card for now anyway. And upgrade the rest later. Gotta love Melbourne's lock down gaming is all there is to do haha

Glad to see you looking at Mechwarrior 5 for benchmarks

What about x58? With sli in 2020?love my old evga x58board. Yay great video as always.!!

Man , i love this old stuff!

Please what Happened with Turning $100 into a HIGH-END Gaming PC

Cool video. Please do a video how well does age 1650v3/4

Thanks Brian. So would you recommend for budget consumers tongonwith that e5 2620 v3 xeon hack (6 core) or 2640 be (8 core)... or a different route altogether?

Picked up a 2678 v3 thanks to your recommendation. Performs brilliantly. Even stock it out performs a Ryzen 3600 in Cinebench R20. Got it for $160 delivered.

would really enjoy a version of this for the x99... I have a 5960x at 4.4 and 32gb of ram at 2800 and a gtx 1070 ti and would love to know the max logical GPU. in my garage I have an x5675 (4.4 and 24gb at 2000 gtx 1060 6gb) because of you. I've been sub'd since 4th gen intel was new... thanks for the years of therapy

Can you make a video about all relevant old Xeon cpu's with all the relevant motherboards for them for overclocking to look out for its all a little confusing tbh. You would help me out a great deal there thank you :)

Would love to see you put some x99 platforms through your benchmarks. However I agree the boards are hard to find at any semblance of a reasonable price, I got extremely lucky a year ago when I found an Asus X99-A II for $200 CAD, it even shipped from a Canadian seller, slapped an E5-2680 v3 in and use it in my Plex server.

Hey man do you have Rampage II Extreme in your " collection" ? Could you see how this plays with modern GPU's? I had issues with some cards due to lack of UEFI 😕

Can you redo this 1680v2 testing with the new amd 6000 gpus when they release later this month or next when review samples go out? Thinking I might go amd if it's decent.

The intro and sponsored ad was better than the entire video

I was really just watching one of your old xeon builds

Hi, have you tried the differences with and without hyperthreading enabled. I am running X5675 on Asus P6X58D-E at 4.5GHZ, and I find on some game titles HT off is better!

Oh TECH YES! x99 x RTX 3080/90 incoming? I would LOVE to see that too!

what about x58 vs x79 vs x99? Or 1680-v2 vs 1680-v3 vs pre-1680-v2 equivalent, getting all AVX version tested?

Imagine in 2 or 3 years when Threadripper will be in this category. You can already get some of those first gen CPUs much cheaper than MSRP, with an upgrade path of 32 cores!

Hey can I use two e5 2699v4 QHUP in a dual socket mobo? Some compatibility issues being engineering samples?

I'm running a evga x79 FTW, do you think the 1680 v2 xeon will work with it?

This CPU eluded me due to the cost when I upgraded my previous main x79 rig, had to go with a 1650v2. Then when i built my ultimate HP Z420 Xeon rig, I had to settle for the still powerful E5-2667v2 8 core. Love seeing content on the 1680v2! Damn did the price on this CPU drop!

In the past it was the SSE4.1 instruction set and now you have the AVX instructions how does it work btw in games ?

yes man do video on the v3&v4 cpus

Hey Brian, Was wondering if you tested CSGO on it? im curious to see how much the cpu will bottleneck it I think this cpu is great for people who only really play older games so the avx 2 workloads wont affect them

Small suggestion, Put in a modern CPU of equivalent performance in the benchmarks as well, for example a i5-10400 or some i3s that would be of the same cost.

Could you included ac odyssey in cpu testing? I used to have a ryzen 5 2600 and a rtx 2060 and that wasn’t a great experience. Was getting constant stutters even with playable framerates. After upgrading to a 3700x the stutters were completely gone.

those old xeon are awesome for cheap builds, one that I love is the Xeon E5-2689, it's old, X79, DDR3, but it's very cheap compared to the alternatives

Hi! If you have some time, could you make a short video with the same bios and the same processor for an OC up to 4.4, please 🙏🏻 have a nice day ! (Sabertooth x79 // xeon e5 1680 v2) 😭

Hey bro is it worth getting a ryzen 3600 for a decent gaming pc?

Can you make video with e5 2689 and new rtx 3 series gpu?

Tyc what is problem with z400 e3565 My pc is just freezez some time and giving me 5 beeps Whats the problem plz help me out

What CPU supports DDR2 PC2-5300 16 Gb ECC RAM? What type of system matches with this stuff?

I'm a long time Tylersburg X58 OC'r & loved it but I had to admit, even 1st gen Sandy Bridge (E5-1660) was nice improvement on my trusty ASUS P9X79-E WS & DDR-2400 Cl10. 4.3Ghz out the box XMP with TPU enabled. i was like wow! but then onto the 1690-v2. My mobo never officially supported it but it works w/ BIOS v1203 - 1704. But for us blokes who did drop some quid on this, make use of it (£1,200). It's tempermental on mine but OC's fair & temps not bad coming from a 4.6Ghz 1660 on air. I agree, Keeping these CPU's u over 4.2 needs a good mobo and power control & cooling. i'm impressed to add that even at a respectful 4400 daily that ASUS S4/S4 works. Never did on any of X58's (REII/IIIE, P6X58-E WS & P6T WS) at anything out of a mild OC. Simple featue we take for granted.

i will buy this on my next collection.

out of curiosity how is the inboard audio on these older mobos?

Why do you have the wind shield on the wrong side of your mic?

used xeons were brilliant , and alot of fun , but the prices for mobos are stupid , you can get a r7 1700 pro and a x370 mobo for under a 150 bucks and it will be faster and more efficient

What do you think about xeon E5 2689. ?????

I have a Aorora R4 would this work with the xeon CPU?

what do you think a $300 combo xeon 1680v2 + Asus Sabertooth?

Is this CPU good for emulation? I have a Core i7 3960X @ 4.4GHz + 32GB 4x8GB 2400MHz and I still can't play on RPCS3, Yuzu or Xenia properly.

1:54 lol chip munks intro lol 😂

i fucking loved you man. cheers from the states B)

pls explain why you have your pop filter behind your mic in the next video

why not put the Ryzen 5 3600 in the bunch here just to see how it compares cause a lot of people are like Xeon or Ryzen 5 which should i buy?

which games is there a difference between AVX1 and AVX2?

Huanazhi X99-8M here with a E5-2678v3, what a beast for cheap!

Mr Tech YES City I have a i7 3820. And I upgraded to the 1680v2 a bit because if this review. 😉

Is this the only overclockable Xeon for the X79? Been trying to find a list but no luck. Thankful for any help

I think the 1650v3 is the go if they are cheap enough because I’m noticing the used market is still inflated at the moment in Australia

What do you think of the intel x79 motherboards I picked one with a I7 for $120

you should do more on x99 and overcloclocking guides like you did with x58! ive got a 5960x that will do 4.7 but WONT oc ram at all.

mate im on ali express x99 right now..... cause of you lol! best bang for buck bro your a champ!

Great video, as someone who only has a 1650 xeon in his X79 (as of today!), I am very tempted to give the system a last squirt of life before I retire her under the bed as I can pickup this 1680 v2 CPU for 85 dollars now. Its basically the best CPU that you can buy for the X79. Money is tight atm and I only have a 6gb rtx, but I think if I upgraded to the 1680 V2 and give its a mildISH overclock, I would have 70 percent better benchmark scores AND if I trade in this GPU and update it for something with 8GB and add a 100 dollars or so maybe 2080 super or 6600 xt or 6650 xt) (I'm british but speaking in dollars) I could have a nice boost to my system for about 175 dollars, which seems much more appealing that spending close to 1000 to do a proper upgrade. My 1650 does about 8000 in passmark, the 1680v2 in stock form does about 12800. (cpu benchmark DOT NET) With a fairly mild overclock, that should be possible to up to about 14500-15000, which is nearly double my existing CPU. Add in another 25% on the GPU and I honestly think for less than 200 dollars and no hassle I could be rocking the X79 platform for a fair bit longer. With the amount of graphic options in games, you can actually turn a lot of the effects down and still retain good FPS and lose not a lot of quality. The obvious route is to move onto ryzen or something, I get it probably makes more sense (lower TDP), but I like the idea of showing a bit of loyalty to the system that has served me so well for 10 years now and not spending much to get a decent boost right now. Thanks for the 1680 v2 vids, you defo convinced me to consider going there, even at the start of 2023. If I can hold back as long as possible on the upgrades so when I do the big upgrade I can get the much newer stuff like AM5 and hopefully have a system which will serve me for another 10 years, minus the 4-5 year GPU upgrade.

Could you test some games again with HT off?

Hey man!, can you check out the xeon w3680? I had one with a 1050ti msi. Was pretty good! Can you check this out? I want to know ur opinion

Bryan, I have a 7990 dual gpu that can still get up and boogy enough, tis works okay along with decent psu, ssd and hard drive along with the older AMD 1100T so just need a MOBO - board for this CHIP - Reccomendations? I want to throw this build together for my nephew to do some light to medium gaming and just get him started on the web as well, he is young and just starting so these parts are just laying around my house thus again, I just need a good board with good chipset for the 1100T. .....Anybody know the best board/chipset ever released for the old boy = 1100T cpu so I can put this together for him? I do not mind spending a bunch on the board if it gets me the best overclocking possible as I also have a nice cooler for it already to ... I liked the small ZOTAC boards they have (seem to be the only ones) for the Phenom 2's as they are ITX(!) and built in wifi, for the time, thats great however I looked and those boards seem to be 95 watt max which would need a 1065T - 95 watt version at best as once move to 1075T and 1090T as well as the last 1100T they are all 125watts. Anyone want to even swap a 1100T for a 1065 95 watt version only - even up? ...Ideas on the BEST mobo, 1100T? Smaller be nice but its not a problem if its standard or larger, matx, just want it to be good too great, smaller would be bonus when comes time to buy the final part as in the case which I already have an eye on a cool sleeper case... as hes actually into that, being so young it surprised me but it is what it is... Thanks in advance and this is a great video. I am typing this from my 1650 v0 at a locked 6/12 .....4.9ghz all core using a dell (made by pny) blower style 1060 6gb on my 2K LG ULTRAWIDE 34 INCH curved monitor and secondary 1080p monitor - never a hiccup... Anyways, The ONLY issue with these great sandy and ivy bridge chips is (or at Last the sandys) with windows 10 at least, they can not hibernate/sleep without freezing sometimes after awhile, sometimes having the dual bios corrupt itself somehow and have to refresh itself even... its super annoying cause everything else is so smooth and buttery. I am extra irritated recently as I tried SOLUS OS (The best linux distro ever IMO and just works on boot, no drivers installed, dual monitors - easy transistion) and what do you know my 3rd gen sandybridge xeon could go to sleep or hiibernate just fine so its NOT a hardware issue, its the damn windows / intel collab to make it this way 'I suppose as they are still "too good" , for to long in thier eyes prob... I am trying caffiene now but wish it just worked the-way it was intended! What is windows doing or not doing that solus is, I mean c'mon man! HAH... All this time I thought it was a hiccup in the gigabyte assasin 2 mobo, its NOT... Its a widespread problem people been trying to work to fix fully since 2013 all the way until today if google it correctly, insanity! ..... That leaves out the part on how many folks just got rid of thier system because of it and how many think it is some other issue as it can be tricky to realize whats happening....

I'm in the mind to upgrade my PC extremely cheaply, luckily in the UK the market for used parts is very good. I upgraded my computer recently as such: sold my AM3 motherboard for £25.00, bought a socket 1151 mobo for £45.16 sold my phenom ii x4 975 for £35.00, bought a i5-3570K for £31.05 sold my 8gb of ddr2 for £32, bought 16gb of ddr3 for £45 sold my hd 7950 for £50, bought a gtx 970 for £70 cinebench r15 score went from 393 to 630. (both are overclocked scores). My upgrade for just under £50. Yes I am cheap and I'll keep doing this if not for the great reset and looming democide plan that is in progress.

pls can u try newer xeons(like v3/v4 and v5)

Still rockin' a E5-1680v2 (modified BIOS) in 2022! NVMe bootable drive :)

Ahh yeeees, good old reverse popfilter strategy. 😀

TECH YES!!!!! x79 x RTX 3090! ! ! And this is why I LOVE this channel!!!!

I have a E5-2630 V2 and a Chinese X79/lga2011 motherboard on the way. Will Windows 10 version 1809 work or do I have use a older version?

Isnt the pop filter meant to be facing the front of the mic??

Now Xeon content! Hope you talk X99 next. I'm rocking a E5-2640 v3

i have a sandy bridge 8 core e5-2689 and that will probably remain my main gaming system until the v3 xeons reach similar prices.

ive got a i7 4930k at 4.6ghz with one of the best overclocking x79 motherboards, the asus p9x79 ws

Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭 Question : i have bought a second hand pc and im suffering with FPS drops. Playing and streaming at the same time causes unbearable FPS drops. Can you guys help me figure out how to get this fixed? Below is the pc built. Thanks in advance. -Gigabyte X58 extreme MB -Xeon 5675 -Palit GTX 1070 8gb -12gb ram ddr3

1680v2@4.5GHz still has good gaming performance. BTW, your pop-filter's on weird looking position 😉

Pls do a video about E5 1650 v3

Tech yes baby!

Love how you prove old stuff still works for most people

Seven years on and this thing is still a viable gamer. Amazing.

Im still rocking the AMD phenom X6 1065T this old 6 core is still doing good even on games like flight sim 2020.

whats the cinebench r20 score for this cpu ?

Hmm... what about a ryzen 5 3600? Waiting a bit for the 5000 release and those will be really cheap.

The AVX2 on the Haswell's are great ... the 4770K (4 Cores) @4.4 GHz is delivering the same game-performance as the 1680v2 @4.6 GHz. Their AVX2 is about 35% faster than the AVX1 instruction set.

Hey Brian I know this vid dropped a while ago but I am hoping you maybe see this. I recently picked up a xeon e5 1650 v2 and asus p9x79 le mobo on ebay, the seller confirmed that everything was working for them and is refusing to give me a refund so I am stuck trying to solve the problems I am having. Right now none of my drives are showing up in bios, all sata ports show as empty and I tried to use me pcie to nvme adapter because it shows that it can boot from pcie in the boot setting in the bios but every time I try to actually boot it shows csm errors or says that it can't find a bootable device. Any help here would be much appreciated.

I got an i74930k in an x79 (asrock extreme 6) mobo with a ram memory problems Idk what it is but the channels don’t work I’ve tried like every configuration with 2,4 or even 8 sticks but only some random config works (4 sticks randomly placed 16gb total) and then I can’t overclock cause it doesn’t boot after I apply it. I really wanna try overclock to extract some last performance soo if u know abt it plz help thanks

Brian it's the era of ryzen, this isn't worth it

I bought my Xeon E5-1680 V2

got a X99 UD4 running a Xeon 2690 V3 on it with Turbo Unlock and 103MHz Blck @3.6GHz in total and its a beast and i payed only 200 Bucks for it ^^