Hey guys. I had a question regarding processors. I'm building a $1500 gaming rig running a 7950 and an Extreme 4 mobo @ 1920x1080. I was going to go with an i5 3570k (Not the 4670k because I would like to over clock.) but at the last minute, I saw a Xeon Processor for the same price, and with better performance from the benchmarks i've seen. Is there something I'm missing? Everyone and their dog recommends the i5. I heard the Xeons are built for servers, does that have something to do with it? Please Help!
i5 3570k vs Xeon e3-1230v2 for gaming
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Xeon processor are more for server.
get the i5 3570k, i would just get the 4670k 10% faster then the i5 3570k clock for clock less electricity .
& if you haven't got the parts yet a 7950? srl for a 1500$ pc you can get a 7970/ or wait for the new amd to come out, or a 770.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/281582-29-3570k-xenon-1230
get the i5 3570k, i would just get the 4670k 10% faster then the i5 3570k clock for clock less electricity .
& if you haven't got the parts yet a 7950? srl for a 1500$ pc you can get a 7970/ or wait for the new amd to come out, or a 770.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/281582-29-3570k-xenon-1230
ok, i just think that for the long run a high end gpu is better i play bf3 @ max setting @ 80-95 fps with a 7970 ghz edition.
760 is not bad about the same price on newegg for most of them & http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_760/images/perfrel.gif
760 is not bad about the same price on newegg for most of them & http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_760/images/perfrel.gif
Paul van Dijk
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Get the Xeon it is an i7 without iGPU and video sync. It will outperform i5 processors. The E3-Xeon line is most suitable for gaming, however intel doesn´t promote them for that purposes from a marketing point of view. I'm gaming with a xeon E3-1240v3; HD7850 OC 2GB; Asrock H87m-pro4 and 2x8 gigs of 1600 MHz ram. I have the H87 chipset because Z87 is for OC'ing and the xeon can't be OC 'ed so i could spend a little bit more on the GPU card. Nice thing about this system is that there still is a opportunity to upgrade it in the future since the HD7850 is clearly the bottleneck. Even the processor can be upgraded, but i don't expect me to do that.
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