[ElevatorToHeaven]

Hi i was wondering if the Intel core i7-980x is still viable.
It seems really good to me but its pretty old.
I'm thinking of buying a few and wanted some input before making the purchase.
Thanks!

[Ecks]

It really depends on your own needs, is it a good CPU if you can get it for a descent price but if you need something more powerful you can check out https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu...GHz&id=866 .

[ElevatorToHeaven]

It really depends on your own needs, is it a good CPU  if you can get it for a descent price but if you need something more powerful you can check out https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu...GHz&id=866 .

I can get them for like 25 bucks each, its a really good price for what seems to me as good hardware. I dont know what to do with it though...

[JzJad]

for 25$ I mean hell I'd grab a few for a few systems, servers and such for that cheap. For gaming sure they will do alright don't expect the best performance though.

[ElevatorToHeaven]

for 25$ I mean hell I'd grab a few for a few systems, servers and such for that cheap. For gaming sure they will do alright don't expect the best performance though.

Could i possibly make a monero miner with cpus? I know one usuallhy uses gpu's but would these work also?

[Nyx]

for 25$ I mean hell I'd grab a few for a few systems, servers and such for that cheap. For gaming sure they will do alright don't expect the best performance though.

Could i possibly make a monero miner with cpus? I know one usuallhy uses gpu's but would these work also?

Might bottleneck a bit depending on your card just due to the age of the CPU. For 25$ though, still a steal.

[Blink]

for 25$ I mean hell I'd grab a few for a few systems, servers and such for that cheap. For gaming sure they will do alright don't expect the best performance though.

Could i possibly make a monero miner with cpus? I know one usuallhy uses gpu's but would these work also?

Yes, but it's not ideal. Still, the 980x extreme was $1.4k, it's still like $140, so that's a great price.

[mothered]

I can get them for like 25 bucks each, its a really good price for what seems to me as good hardware. I dont know what to do with it though...

For that price, you can't go wrong.

Whether It's does suffice your needs (as stated above), depends on your overall usability.

[Ecks]

Hell if you can't find any uses for them there is always flipping them on a marketplace (creigslist, ebay, here).

[Boudica]

Hell if you can't find any uses for them there is always flipping them on a marketplace (creigslist, ebay, here).

To be fair, that was what I thought he was going to do until I read further. I can't see any particular cons to it! Seems like there are a lot of option available, so I say, why not?