I am building a new pc soon which will be used for gaming, recording and rendering and was wondering if to go with and i7 4770 or a xeon e3-1230 v3. I am on a budget and i heard that a xeon is just like an i7 without the intergrated graphics so any suggestions
i7 vs Xeon
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MalakiArtook
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if you are gaming you should get a 4670k. there is no advantage to the 4770 in gaming and its way more expensive. use the money you save to get a better gpu because that's where you are going to bottleneck.
Yup, that Xeon is actually cheaper than an i7 for the same performance.
What you lose is the integrated graphics (maybe you don't care)? Though Quicksync is sometimes handy for much faster video encoding (some complain at the lower quality output though). You can read up on it here: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/quick-sync-video/quick-sync-video-general.html
You also lose the ability overclock, which can push a i7 4770K (you need the "K" version to overclock) a chunk faster than the Xeon.
Whether that makes the i7 worth the extra $$s is up to you.
What you lose is the integrated graphics (maybe you don't care)? Though Quicksync is sometimes handy for much faster video encoding (some complain at the lower quality output though). You can read up on it here: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/quick-sync-video/quick-sync-video-general.html
You also lose the ability overclock, which can push a i7 4770K (you need the "K" version to overclock) a chunk faster than the Xeon.
Whether that makes the i7 worth the extra $$s is up to you.
Just FYI for OP... 4670K will match a 4770 in almost all games (though there are a few where the 4770 does show improvement). However, the hyperthreading of the i7 & Xeon you quoted make a significant difference for video encoding and multitasking. For pure gaming the 4670K is the way to go. But if you're streaming/encoding etc, you will see quite substantial gains from the 4/8 core setup of the i7 or Xeon. Of course, they're also substantially more expensive too.
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