xeon for gaming
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FunkyFeatures
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Xeon is not overclockable, and the e3-1230v3 is probably the best bang for the buck cpu. Has hyperthreading and 4 cores, at the price of an i5. You do not need to pair it with a z87/97 if you dont want to overclock and dont need multi-gpu setup, so you can pick a cheap Hxx or Bxx chipset.
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Since you're going for a Xeon you can go for an even cheaper mobo because you can slot it in a B85 or H97 chipset.
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So not all are the same as 4770 
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going with the 1230 v3 and a cheap h81 motherboard would be very potent. If I didn't want to skip the hassle of dealing with changing mobos due to me having an OEM win7, I'd prob get an h97 and Xeon 1230 v3 now and see how the devil canyon pans out, the h97/z97 I've read is also guaranteed to have Broadwell support in 2015 too.
Even the h81 still has USB 3.0 and Sata 6. As time goes on I'm kinda caring less and less about the extreme e peen about flashy overclocking,etc. Give me a reliable cheapish motherboard and a stout cpu like the Xeon I don't have to overclock anyway (and dem 8 threads
) and I'm happy....I'm really not interested in crossfire/sli, I'd rather have 1 strong card than combining 2 others, I also really don't have any intention of ever going above 1080p for many years to come.
In short, the Xeon 1230 v3 would serve you for MANY years to come. There's still people gaming fine on the old first gen i7 920s and those are clocked kinda low at 2.66ghz, and haswell is a good improvement clock for clock over them on top of being clocked higher.
Try to get a motherboard with multi core enhancement
Even the h81 still has USB 3.0 and Sata 6. As time goes on I'm kinda caring less and less about the extreme e peen about flashy overclocking,etc. Give me a reliable cheapish motherboard and a stout cpu like the Xeon I don't have to overclock anyway (and dem 8 threads
) and I'm happy....I'm really not interested in crossfire/sli, I'd rather have 1 strong card than combining 2 others, I also really don't have any intention of ever going above 1080p for many years to come.In short, the Xeon 1230 v3 would serve you for MANY years to come. There's still people gaming fine on the old first gen i7 920s and those are clocked kinda low at 2.66ghz, and haswell is a good improvement clock for clock over them on top of being clocked higher.
Try to get a motherboard with multi core enhancement
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117316 Intel E3-1231 v3 def going with this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130782 MSI H97 Guard-Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121842 ASUS DirectCU II OC R9290 maybe, i would probably add a water cooling kit later.
I agree, overclocking started out fun and gave me alot of knowledge but i guess we all become more refined overtime. AMD got me hooked with high clock rates but the fact is they need it because of 32nm vs 28nm scaling and not coming out with the 28nm FX is a major fail in my opinion.
Not sure about the motherboard yet, what do you guys think of this one? does it have mult-core enhancement?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130782 MSI H97 Guard-Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121842 ASUS DirectCU II OC R9290 maybe, i would probably add a water cooling kit later.
I agree, overclocking started out fun and gave me alot of knowledge but i guess we all become more refined overtime. AMD got me hooked with high clock rates but the fact is they need it because of 32nm vs 28nm scaling and not coming out with the 28nm FX is a major fail in my opinion.
Not sure about the motherboard yet, what do you guys think of this one? does it have mult-core enhancement?
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