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Nick_PC

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Hello, Ive been hearing alot of hype around taking 1-2 xeons that run about 3.3 ghz and you overclock them and get a really good gaming system on the cheap, and do the lga 771 to 775 mod, and get a mobo cheap.

I have around 200 dollars and I wonder if I should go this route, and just pop in my OCED gtx 660ti and have a 16-32 thread pc, Or upgrade my existing PC.
Here are my specs
Processor: i3 4160 (3.6ghz)(haswell)
Graphics Card: Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX 660ti Factory OC (can oc more)2gb
Ram: 8 gb if A-DATA Ram 1600mhz
Mobo: Asrock B85M-ITX(haswell b85).
PSU: EVGA 500W Bronze
Monitor:27 Inch ASUS 120HZ
My overall question is should I sell off the mobo and cpu to get a dual xeon or 1xeon build and stick my 660ti oc. Or upgrade my system maybe to a 780 or a 1050ti??? Or maybe a processor upgrade (core i5 haswell??).

The games I play are:
DAYZ King of the Kill (forum says cpu intensive)
CS:GO
BF4
TF2
World Of Tanks
Rainbow 6 Siege
And I stream and video edit and photoshop (TIME to TIME)

 
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Considering your current parts and limited budget, I think your best bang for the buck would be to upgrade the graphics card to something like a GTX 1060 and then think about upgrading the CPU later to an i5 or i7. The 775 Xeon's would most likely hurt performance in most games.
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hey nick.

all those games are really cpu intensive, the xeon cpu is a great choice.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $239.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-05 20:29 EST-0500

its an i7 4790, without the onboard graphics, but hey you have got your graphics card for that.
and sorry its not overcloackable.

you've got a great potential gaming monster, keep it for the next 5 years.
 
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What is this zeon vs like a regular haswell core i5?
 
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Considering your current parts and limited budget, I think your best bang for the buck would be to upgrade the graphics card to something like a GTX 1060 and then think about upgrading the CPU later to an i5 or i7. The 775 Xeon's would most likely hurt performance in most games.
 
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this xeon, is hash well. the difference between the i5 and i7 is the hyper threading function.

it has 4 virtual extra cores, that games can't utilise (so u dont notice a gaming difference between an i5 and i7), but some programs do.
you can have more programs open , not that u buy it for that reasons since the i5 can do that more than good enough.

you buy it for live streaming, gameplay recording, lower rendering times, thats where xeons and i7 shine.
 
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Should I get a k-variant Of A Corei5 or just go with non-k
 
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That really depends on if you intend to overclock. Overclocking costs more to do since you will need a Z series motherboard, better CPU cooler, the K processor itself, and perhaps faster RAM. It's not really necessary, though. Any i5 at stock speed is more than capable of running at GTX 1060.
 
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