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I have seen the price of xeon proccesors decline and was wondering, how does it compare to my current 7700k and the i7 series. Will it handle a 780ti or will it bottleneck. Will the system hang or not? specs are below and this is the xeon i was intending to upgrade to- http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTEL-E5-1650v2-3-5GHz-LGA2011-0-Cache/dp/B00F3U005M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424009804&sr=8-1&keywords=xeon+3.5ghz- this was reduced to £150 and it much cheaper than an i7. 

 

No. You don't need an E5. Get a good i5 for a lot less and be happy if you're trying to game.

i5 will blow away your 7700k.

 

I have E5s... but they've never seen a game.

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I have seen the price of xeon proccesors decline and was wondering, how does it compare to my current 7700k and the i7 series. Will it handle a 780ti or will it bottleneck. Will the system hang or not? specs are below and this is the xeon i was intending to upgrade to- http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTEL-E5-1650v2-3-5GHz-LGA2011-0-Cache/dp/B00F3U005M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424009804&sr=8-1&keywords=xeon+3.5ghz- this was reduced to £150 and it much cheaper than an i7. 

Cpu: i7 4790k @ 4ghz, Motherboard: z97 asus deluxe, Memory: 8gb Kingston hyperx blue, Graphics card: Evga gtx 750ti ftw, Storage: 1TB WD BLUE mass storage, Crucial 120gb ssd (boot drive win 8.1), PSU: Corsair cx750w fully wired, Displays: ben Q  2 ms gtg  , Cpu cooler: Be quiet! shadow-rock slim, Peripherals: Ducky shine 3, Corsair m65 gaming mouse, Sound: Hyper x cloud Headphones, OS: Windows 8.1

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I have seen the price of xeon proccesors decline and was wondering, how does it compare to my current 7700k and the i7 series. Will it handle a 780ti or will it bottleneck. Will the system hang or not? specs are below and this is the xeon i was intending to upgrade to- http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTEL-E5-1650v2-3-5GHz-LGA2011-0-Cache/dp/B00F3U005M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424009804&sr=8-1&keywords=xeon+3.5ghz- this was reduced to £150 and it much cheaper than an i7. 

 

No. You don't need an E5. Get a good i5 for a lot less and be happy if you're trying to game.

i5 will blow away your 7700k.

 

I have E5s... but they've never seen a game.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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I think you linked the wrong CPU :S

Specs: CPU: AMD FX 6300 Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A DS3P RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB 1866MHz GPU: MSI R9 270 OC edition Case: Sharkoon VS3-S SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB HDD: 1TB Caviar Blue PSU: Corsair CX500W

*If I say something that seems offensive, please don't take it seriously, it was most likely meant as a joke/sarcastically*

 

 

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Xeons are really good processors. I don't know what you are going to do with your new CPU but for gaming it will be fine and video editing/rendering will go really smooth on a Xeons. Your 780TI won't be bottlenecked at all.

I5-8600K - GTX 1080 - 16GB RAM - 1.5TB SSD

I want everything pink

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