Which CPU? Intel vs amd vs intel xeon and so on

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

I am currently looking at 4 cpus.

I5 4670k(maybe 4690k when it comes)
I5 4770k(maybe 4790k when it comes)
Xeon e3-1230v3
FX-8320

I will be doing very very light video editing, so that doesnt matter that much. In a couple of years, i might throw 2 graphics cards in. I am mostly doing gaming. I want no frame drops because of cpu.

CTurbo · Apr 9, 2014

As always, this mostly depends on your budget. I am not a fan of overclocking so the i5 4570 and e3 1230v3 are my two favorite cpus on the market. They are strong enough for anything you can throw at them. I can no longer recommend any FX because they are too outdated and cannot compete with Haswell i5s or i7s.

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

Well, i5 vs the xeon then?
I have seen up to 20 fps increase by using hyperthreading. I can get the xeon for same price at the i5 btw. And a cheaper motherboard making the xeon cheaper.

CTurbo · Apr 9, 2014

If you can afford the Xeon, then it sounds like an easy decision

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

Xeon wont be bad in any way compared to i5 in gaming? or sli?
And a compatible motherboard.
Preferably not from asrock, i just dont like the brand. dont know why.
It needs to be black/red

CTurbo · Apr 9, 2014

No there are no drawbacks. It would be just like getting a 4770.

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

4770 underclocked i guess

CTurbo · Apr 9, 2014

Ha you'll never notice in real world usage

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

Thanks for help.
But a motherboard, not from asrock, preferebly black/red?

maurelie · Apr 9, 2014

Underclocked only by 100Mhz at stock and 200Mhz at Turbo and without Processor Graphics. As for the clock speeds there is no way that you will feel the difference of 100-200Mhz, only benchmarks can detect it.

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

Thats great, but again, not sure about what motherboard. could you recommend a red/black or black one?

CTurbo · Apr 9, 2014

Dude any B85 or H87 motherboard that fits your criteria would be good. I tried looking around but couldn't find any red and blacks ones. I'm sure one exists, but I've never even almost cared what my motherboards look like. You can't even see it very good after everything is installed even with a window and LEDs.

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

Well thx again

Does b85/h87 have crossfire? I know z87 is the only sli boards, but i think i will go amd on graphics.

CTurbo · Apr 9, 2014

Yes I think all of the H87 chipsets support crossfire and a lot of the B85 chipsets support crossfire. You can use partpicker to sort it out for you.

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

Thanks

I can't use pcpartpicker where i live though. Havent seen a danish one yet.

vmN · Apr 9, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#l=1000&c=88,92,90

There is those motherboards that is crossfire capable.

Danish site to search for hardware;
http://www.pricerunner.dk/

Go Danmark!

FunkyFeatures · Apr 9, 2014

i prefer edbpriser.dk because it has better searching. i can customize what kind of motherboard i want, but it is not showing all the xeon compatible motherboards unfortunately.

Thanks

Does the asrock h87 fatal1ty performance support high end crossfire? something like r9 290 crossfire?
Does pci express 2.0 bottleneck my graphics card?

Which CPU? Intel vs amd vs intel xeon and so on

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