Any Xeon Owners Here?

[MeesterJackson]

Just wondering if there's a decent amount of people that own a Xeon (typically an E3 model). 

 

If you do own one, how do you like it? Enjoy it, hate it, love it, would buy another? Experiences? What do you use it for? 

 

Just wondering, I like their price to performance ratio so I'm interested in them (price of i5 gets you an i7 lol).

[VeryWetFingers]

Hey. I have a server with a xeon. I dont remember the model but it is a good chip. Its not the same use that you are going for but.

[airdeano]

they are great for set-it and forget-it builds.

 

the biggest difference i can see between the 2 is the ECC on the ram, the turbo clock

speed on the E3 and igp, and unlocked multiplier for the i7.

 

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/490/Intel_Core_i7_i7-4770K_vs_Intel_Xeon_E3-1230_v3.html

 

price point for i7 considerations at a bargain i5 price. granted no onboard video and

uses HT on all aspects as it is a workhorse CPU.

so if using non-HT applications the i7 will be able to pick and choose which mode it

needs to process data.

 

specifically gaming, E3 is not a "best" CPU choice. for multi-use applications (editing

streaming, database) it is a great choice. 

[rcarlos243]

I am currently using an Intel Xeon E3 1230 V3 (haswell w/ HT similar to i7 4770) and I got it mainly because I got a good deal on it.

 

It doesn't have an onboard GPU and it doesn't overclock (max clock on all cores is 3.7Ghz turbo but stock intel cooler cant handle it).

 

 

As for performance, I can't really comment about it because whenever I try to multitask (like playing a game with something running on the background, input lag and ping times always gets worse which is very noticeable on my 144Hz 1080p panel).

 

 

When I bought the cpu, I was mainly thinking about video creation, endocing, decoding, and live streaming but since the advent of Nvidia Shadowplay and AMD VCE if I would get a new CPU again, I would probably spend more on the GPU instead.

[MeesterJackson]

they are great for set-it and forget-it builds.

the biggest difference i can see between the 2 is the ECC on the ram, the turbo clock

speed on the E3 and igp, and unlocked multiplier for the i7.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/490/Intel_Core_i7_i7-4770K_vs_Intel_Xeon_E3-1230_v3.html

price point for i7 considerations at a bargain i5 price. granted no onboard video and

uses HT on all aspects as it is a workhorse CPU.

so if using non-HT applications the i7 will be able to pick and choose which mode it

needs to process data.

specifically gaming, E3 is not a "best" CPU choice. for multi-use applications (editing

streaming, database) it is a great choice.

I've seen benchmarks, it only loses about at MOST 10FPS in games depending on your GPU compared to an i5. Eds Drafts on YouTube did a really helpful video on this months ago. Showing that the Xeon loses by about 10% in gaming, but crushes the i5 in editing/rendering/workstation type activities. I'm fine with losing about 10FPS as Ed actually used a 660Ti in that video and I'm looking at 780's and stuff lol. If I actually get a Xeon, I could afford a 780 Ti which in terms of Adobe products would destroy in rendering and the Xeon CPU could handle my Vegas rendering.

I am currently using an Intel Xeon E3 1230 V3 (haswell w/ HT similar to i7 4770) and I got it mainly because I got a good deal on it.

It doesn't have an onboard GPU and it doesn't overclock (max clock on all cores is 3.7Ghz turbo but stock intel cooler cant handle it).

As for performance, I can't really comment about it because whenever I try to multitask (like playing a game with something running on the background, input lag and ping times always gets worse which is very noticeable on my 144Hz 1080p panel).

When I bought the cpu, I was mainly thinking about video creation, endocing, decoding, and live streaming but since the advent of Nvidia Shadowplay and AMD VCE if I would get a new CPU again, I would probably spend more on the GPU instead.

Well I may get a 780 Ti with it. Also there is a newer model of the 1230 v3 dubbed the "1231" v3 and has a base of 3.4 and turbo of 3.8 meaning if I wanted to. I could lock it at 3.8.

[Aniallation]

I also have a Xeon E3 1230 V3. I love it so far. It's in my dad's rig, which is in an SG05 along with an ACX 760. Runs really good. Of course you're not going to overclock in that case or if you're someone like him anyways so it's perfect. Saved quite a bit from the i7 and it runs just as well. Honestly it's a bit too much power for me