- Jan 3, 2015
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Hiya all.
I haven't even built my proposed i3/Krait build yet (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Woody1999/saved/pxKMnQ) and I'm already planning upgrades for it. I'll probably get a new graphics card first, then a better PSU, and then some more RAM...and finally a new CPU.
I've noticed that all you hear when discussing gaming rigs is i5s and overclocking and all of that, but everyone overlooks the Xeons, retailing for a cheaper price with seemingly a helluva lot more performance. The Xeon E3-1230V3 is effectively, an i7 4770 with the integrated graphics taken out. It retains all the useful features like Hyperthreading, but sacrifices a bit of speed and the integrated graphics (unnecessary) for an i5 4690K price tag.
I had an i7 4770 for about a month, but a friend "broke" it by squeezing a little hard when he was squinting at the writing when I was installing a new motherboard. In that lucky month I had it, it was great. Super fast, good enough for all my gaming needs (had an HD 6990 as well till it set on fire in my case) and was generally great. If I can get effectively the same processor for £60 less, why not?
I plan on a bit of video editing, some streaming and maybe server hosting as well in the future, and of course I want to game on it as well. Would it hold out as well as an i7 4770 in games or is there secretly something different that makes it hopeless? Would a 4690K be a better option?
Woody
I haven't even built my proposed i3/Krait build yet (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Woody1999/saved/pxKMnQ) and I'm already planning upgrades for it. I'll probably get a new graphics card first, then a better PSU, and then some more RAM...and finally a new CPU.
I've noticed that all you hear when discussing gaming rigs is i5s and overclocking and all of that, but everyone overlooks the Xeons, retailing for a cheaper price with seemingly a helluva lot more performance. The Xeon E3-1230V3 is effectively, an i7 4770 with the integrated graphics taken out. It retains all the useful features like Hyperthreading, but sacrifices a bit of speed and the integrated graphics (unnecessary) for an i5 4690K price tag.
I had an i7 4770 for about a month, but a friend "broke" it by squeezing a little hard when he was squinting at the writing when I was installing a new motherboard. In that lucky month I had it, it was great. Super fast, good enough for all my gaming needs (had an HD 6990 as well till it set on fire in my case) and was generally great. If I can get effectively the same processor for £60 less, why not?
I plan on a bit of video editing, some streaming and maybe server hosting as well in the future, and of course I want to game on it as well. Would it hold out as well as an i7 4770 in games or is there secretly something different that makes it hopeless? Would a 4690K be a better option?
Woody
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