Xeon or i7

[Puzuka1]

For Daily Average Gaming and Edittng use, considering the price, performance, heat output and power consumption, and features, which would be better. 

 An i7 or a Xeon?

[DoubleY]

If you NEVER want to OC, get the Xeon. If you want to OC, get the i7. They offer similar gaming performance 

[_ASSASSIN_]

i7 if you are overclocking and need a onboard GPU, else, just get xeon.

[Jerakl]

Do you want to overclock?

No? Xeon

Yes? i7

 

I don't know how to explain any further.

Please correct me if I'm wrong forum

[Ryan Leech]

Are you going to overclock?

[dalekphalm]

For Daily Average Gaming and Edittng use, considering the price, performance, heat output and power consumption, and features, which would be better. 

 An i7 or a Xeon?

Whichever is cheapest.

 

Basically, the "equivalent" Xeon that compares to any specific i7 is generally more expensive, and will give you little to no benefit under your use-case.

 

However with that in mind, if you happen to find an equivalent Xeon for a better price, then sure go for it as long as your Motherboard supports the Xeon.

 

But I wouldn't go out of my way to get one. Gaming wise, there's hardly even a use for an i7, where you can get almost identical performance with an i5. It's the editing that the i7 might be of use. Can you be more specific with what kind of editing? Video? Photographic? Audio? And also what software would you be using?

[Faa]

The xeon would only make sense if you pair it with the cheapest lga1150 board. If you're getting a 80-100$ board youre better off with a 4670k rather than the xeon

[Puzuka1]

Thanks everyone for answering my question!

[-iSynthesis]

The xeon would only make sense if you pair it with the cheapest lga1150 board. If you're getting a 80-100$ board youre better off with a 4670k rather than the xeon

Not for multi threaded work like editing

[Faa]

Not for multi threaded work like editing

Since there's barely a price difference if you go with z87, the 4670K is a better choice if you'd be overclocking it will outperform a i7 at stock easily

[-iSynthesis]

Since there's barely a price difference if you go with z87, the 4670K is a better choice if you'd be overclocking it will outperform a i7 at stock easily

Single core yes, still not multi threaded applications like editing

[Faa]

Single core yes, still not multi threaded applications like editing

HT gives you at best a 30% scaling, that will just be matched with an i5@4.2GHz

[-iSynthesis]

HT gives you at best a 30% scaling, that will just be matched with an i5@4.2GHz

It can handle more tasks at once with more threads. 

[Guest]

I'll assume you're talking about the E3-1230 family because any other Xeon is out of your league.

 

If you have the money to consider the 4770K then get the 4770K and stop fretting about the Xeon. You can't even partial OC with the Xeon.

 

If you don't want to OC, and you're stuck at a $250 price point, then the E3-1230V3 is a competitor to consider instead of an i5. But that's clearly not the case.