The Perfect Processor?

[Guest]

So I was watching an older video of LTT and I came across Xeon vs i7 and I found out that Xeons are not always the best for gaming, they're based on heavy work loads. So my question is, is there a "perfect" or in the middle processor that is great for both rendering/video editing and gaming based upon cores and performance? 

[MegaDave91]

4790k

4690k if light editing

[Luckylock]

i7-4790k

[Guest]

4790k

4690k if light editing

How and why? 

[Johannes_Lazor]

Caleron D.

[MegaDave91]

How and why? 

It's a 4 core chip with hyperthreading which allows it to pull ahead of the i5. 

 

Unless you need 28 pcie lanes from the 5820k, then the 4790k is a fine choice.

[GarnetDevil]

$250 price tag: Xeon E3 1231V3

 

$300 price tag: i7 4790K

[salecar3]

i 7 5960x since i7 in gaming and cores of xeon

[SkilledRebuilds]

i7 4790K for the balance of the two below.

 

5960x for the high side perfection

4690K for low side perfection

[Souvik Banerjee]

So I was watching an older video of LTT and I came across Xeon vs i7 and I found out that Xeons are not always the best for gaming, they're based on heavy work loads. So my question is, is there a "perfect" or in the middle processor that is great for both rendering/video editing and gaming based upon cores and performance? 

 

 

I think it should be INTEL CORE I7 5960X till now. Because it has

• 8 cores/ 16 threads
• 20 mb of total cache
• 40 PCI-E LANES support

as i know games are mostly requires fewer but faster cores which INTEL XEON's can't deliver...., and rendering, encoding etc needs slower but more core, for which xeon's are actually made for. in this case the  INTEL CORE I7 5960X runs at 3.0 GHz base clock speed. And this is a 'X' version of i7 so u can feel free to overclock it as per your needs if you have better cooling solution. And besides the speed it also have plenty of cores/threads that can be used for productivity stuffs.

so i think it is the best alrounder processor till now.

[RedSphyxis]

I think it should be INTEL CORE I7 5960X till now. Because it has

• 8 cores/ 16 threads
• 20 mb of total cache
• 40 PCI-E LANES support

as i know games are mostly requires fewer but faster cores which INTEL XEON's can't deliver...., and rendering, encoding etc needs slower but more core, for which xeon's are actually made for. in this case the  INTEL CORE I7 5960X runs at 3.0 GHz base clock speed. And this is a 'X' version of i7 so u can feel free to overclock it as per your needs if you have better cooling solution. And besides the speed it also have plenty of cores/threads that can be used for productivity stuffs.

so i think it is the best alrounder processor till now.

You're way out of context he asked the "middle" meaning the perfect middle ground a.k.a. the reasonably priced all rounder the answer to that is the 4790k

 

 the 5960x is nowhere near "middle", it's an overkill on games(even if DX12 comes it'd still probably be overkill) and the price is not worth it when you're not even a dev. or Graphic Artist of some kind. It's the pinnacle of All rounders and the k|ngp|n of the i7's

[itachipirate]

The x99 8 core i7 with HT

[Souvik Banerjee]

You're way out of context he asked the "middle" meaning the perfect middle ground a.k.a. the reasonably priced all rounder the answer to that is the 4790k

 

 the 5960x is nowhere near "middle", it's an overkill on games(even if DX12 comes it'd still probably be overkill) and the price is not worth it when you're not even a dev. or Graphic Artist of some kind. It's the pinnacle of All rounders and the k|ngp|n of the i7's

 

yes you are right buddy if price matters to him