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6-Cores for $8... but should you buy one?

Added 2020-11-18 19:46:28 +0000 UTC

Yeah, you read that right. 6 Six Cores and 12 Threads for $8. I'm taking a look at two CPUs for a rare platform today. There's the E5-2470 8c/16t, and the E5-2420v2, both for the Intel LGA 1356 socket. But can they possibly be any good?

But first... What am I drinking???

Today it's a two-fer of Session IPAs. Harpoon Brewing's Rec League is a 3.8%, 120cal Hazy IPA. Surprisingly tropical on the nose and all of the flavor you're looking for in a hazy. Fantastic. Swinging the pendulum back to the NW/Dank IPA flavors is Overdub IPD from Ft. George. 4.5% with a rich and heavy-bodied IPA kick. Two very surprising brews that blew away my expectations.

Thank to LEXAR for sponsoring this video. Head over to https://amzn.to/35Ip47V to check out the LEXAR NM610 PCIe NVMe drive.

Check out the parts from this build on AliExpress, even though you shouldn't:

Intel Xeon E5-2420v2 6c/12t: https://ali.ski/FBmycQ

Intel Xeon E5-2470 8c/16t: https://ali.ski/DsqVO

Jingshaw X79A LGA 1356 Motherboard: https://ali.ski/BPM_nK

PCCooler m.2 NVMe Drive: https://ali.ski/1Afr6M

Parts for an actually decent budget system...

Intel Core i3-10100 4c/8t: https://amzn.to/2IMGGq4

MSI B460m-A Pro Motherboard: https://amzn.to/3pCM4wW

MSI Gaming 5500 XT 4G: https://amzn.to/3kGAjSA

Segotop 80+ Gold 600W Power Supply: https://amzn.to/3nznWcL

DeepCool Matrexx 30 uATX case: https://amzn.to/3lKe6nY