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The price difference seems greater than performance difference. I want to replace an i5-2500 w/ the E3-1230 so games like BF1 won't bottleneck with an RX 470. Right now it's pretty bad with the i5 in online battles.
$82 on eBay for the hyper-threaded Sandy Bridge Xeon seems like a great value. Whereas the Ivy Bridge is $120 or more. At that price I might as well get the i7-2600K for $140 and overclock it because I have a Z77 Mobo. This was originally meant to be a temporary rig, but who knows.
Anyone have any input?
$82 on eBay for the hyper-threaded Sandy Bridge Xeon seems like a great value. Whereas the Ivy Bridge is $120 or more. At that price I might as well get the i7-2600K for $140 and overclock it because I have a Z77 Mobo. This was originally meant to be a temporary rig, but who knows.
Anyone have any input?
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