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Xeon E3 1231 V3 for £180?

itsamee
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I am currently looking at all possible options for my 1150 upgrade. I was offered £180 for a "E3 1231 V3" Xeon and wondering if that is worth it? Or would I be better off picking up an i5 4430-4460 for around £100? Thanks

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what do you have? a xeon is better than any i5 with 8 threads and 4 cores

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A 1231 v3 is an i7-4790 without an iGPU. So, it's a great CPU, but it depends what you're doing / what GPU you have (you might be better off with the i5 and putting that extra money towards a GPU).

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The only i5 that would be able to outperform that Xeon (in specific cases) would be the K version. And that would only be for single/dual threaded workloads. And even then, the xeon wouldn't be far off) Anything that takes advantage of more cores will perform better on the Xeon.

 

Only downside is no on-board video, so you need to have a GPU installed. (a non issue for most users of this forum)

When in doubt, re-format.

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I am on AM3+ with an FX-4100 atm. The graphics card I would be pairing my upgraded PC with is the current GTX960 I have. I'm looking to game and stream/video rendering for my YouTube Channel. As well as everyday work in MSOffice.

 

I recently bought an ASRock B85M Pro3 motherboard for my upgrade from AMD.

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3 minutes ago, itsamee said:

I am on AM3+ with an FX-4100 atm. The graphics card I would be pairing my upgraded PC with is the current GTX960 I have. I'm looking to game and stream/video rendering for my YouTube Channel. As well as everyday work in MSOffice.

 

I recently bought an ASRock B85M Pro3 motherboard for my upgrade from AMD.

Sounds like a great deal to me. Although the 4460 for £100 might be slightly better price to performance.

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