Intel xeon E3-1230 or i5 4670k

zeromemory

Need your advice here
From a gaming perspective which should i choose
Intel Xeon e3-1230 v3 or i5 4670K

SterlingArcher

Depends really. Do you want to overclock?

zeromemory

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Depends really. Do you want to overclock?

would not be my cup of tea. I'd usually upgrade parts intead of overclocking thme tbh.

SterlingArcher

Well then.

Personally I'd rather the Xeon.

1 if you are selling the rig later on it will hold its value better.

2 like you said newer games may utilise the xeon better thanks to new consoles now containing 8 core CPUs.for Example the upcoming game watchdogs recommended settings for pc is an I7 or 8350 AMD.

Remains to be seen if there is real gains till benchmarks pop up.

TerrorFirmer

If you're not overclocking than there is zero point in getting the 4670k anyway.

The Xeon is the far better option.

I'm annoyed because at the moment I have a 4670K but a non OC capable mitx motherboard/build. I'd love to have that Xeon! :P

zeromemory

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

If you're not overclocking than there is zero point in getting the 4670k anyway.

The Xeon is the far better option.

I'm annoyed because at the moment I have a 4670K but a non OC capable mitx motherboard/build. I'd love to have that Xeon! :P

Ok i'll go with Xeon so!
Is the gigabyte G1 Sniper z87 compatible with this processor. Or is there something much better you can recommend. Willing to spend 90-120max

SterlingArcher

You don't need a z87 board they are more designed with overclocking in mind. A decent h87 board will do, Asus pro, or asus mpro. About 80-90. Both good quality boards.

But you can also get an asrock h87 mobo about 60 ish.

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