This X99 Xeon beats a 12th Gen i3... but at what cost?

Testing and overclocking the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 8-core 16-thread CPU in 10 popular and demanding games in 2024, using an RX 6900 XT discrete GPU, and comparing it to the i3-12100F.

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00:00 Intel E5-1660 v3 in 2024
00:44 The Perils of Overclocking X99
02:45 X99 Motherboards for Overclocking
04:56 Test System
05:28 Gaming Benchmarks
05:31 Benchmarks: Valorant
06:06 Benchmarks: Fortnite
06:40 Benchmarks: Counter Strike 2
07:16 Benchmarks: Call of Duty: Warzone
07:52 Benchmarks: Starfield
08:32 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077
09:09 Benchmarks: The Last of Us
09:40 Benchmarks: Dragon’s Dogma 2
10:16 Benchmarks: Jedi Survivor
10:52 Benchmarks: Civilization VI
11:01 Synthetics: 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy
11:09 Synthetics: CPU-Z & Cinebench R23
11:24 Productivity Test: Davinci Resolve
11:48 Productivity Test: Blender
12:15 Conclusion

A D S
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