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November 26, 2013 10:22:41 AM

Im going to upgrade my pc , because I already own a hd 7850 I decided to crossfire this.
for cpu i'll be using a Intel® Xeon® E3-1245V2 , for motherboard I'll go with the MSI Z87-G45 Gaming.
I do have 750 watts PSU , and 8Gigs of 1333Mhz ram.
will this be a good set up?

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November 26, 2013 10:36:13 AM

I don't think the CPU is compatible with the Z87 motherboard.
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November 26, 2013 10:41:47 AM

you need a z77 mobo for that cpu. other than that it will work great for gaming even though the xeon is not a gaming cpu. its still strong and fast.
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November 26, 2013 10:51:18 AM

NormH said:
you need a z77 mobo for that cpu. other than that it will work great for gaming even though the xeon is not a gaming cpu. its still strong and fast.


Mmmm okay , would it be better recommend to get this instead of a i5 4670K ? , and does the z77 mother board perfrom as good as a 87 with crossfire?? Thanks for your fast reply btw

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November 26, 2013 10:55:47 AM

Here's a list of differences between Z77 and Z87. (http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/difference-between-z...)
It is most likely not going to affect your performances. Unless you are going for a workstation, there is really not much difference in gaming performance if thats what you're looking for.
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November 26, 2013 10:56:17 AM

if the same price the i5 wins hands down
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November 26, 2013 10:58:42 AM

NormH said:
if the same price the i5 wins hands down


what do u mean i5 wins? how can this be , the xeon is on the level of i7 4770k with performance , and also does perform good with heavy threaded games like bf4 , that's why I am going for this.
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November 26, 2013 11:10:25 AM

i5 has been proven to perform as well as the i7 in gaming just not in heavy thread tasks outside games like things that effectively use more than 4 cores
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