i5 4440 vs Xeon X5670 (i7 980X pretty much)

[EllieTheFuzzy]

Build for a friend, ethier go with a brand new i5 4440 with a Z87 Pro for about 270$ or get a used Xeon Six core like the X5650 or X5670 and a DX58SO Motherboard for around 220-250$.

 

She does 3D Rendering, Gaming, Streaming, Video making. Intends to keep it for about 2-4 years.

 

Likely to be paired with a GTX 960 or GTX 670

[JuztBe]

Xeon
Used CPUs most of the time is in a good condition, becaue it's hard to break a CPU. 

[Samfisher]

The Xeon is a really slow clockspeed CPU though, wouldn't be great for gaming.

[Moredeath]

i5 4440, xeons don't really mash well with what you're doing

[MrSuperb]

The Xeon is a really slow clockspeed CPU though, wouldn't be great for gaming.

 

you can oc it to over 4Ghz on Air ... lol

[Samfisher]

you can oc it to over 4Ghz on Air ... lol

 

You can't overclock a Xeon except through the FSB which gives you super-marginal clockspeed gains.  Considering the Xeon mentioned above starts at 2.9GHz...I HIGHLY doubt you ever get as close to that with just FSB.

[MrSuperb]

to clarify, the X5670 is a 6-core CPU with Hyperthreading i.e. 12 logical processors vs 4 logical processors on the i5.

 

with a little oc the X5670 will run circles around the i5 in tasks like 3D rendering and video editing.

[MrSuperb]

You can't overclock a Xeon except through the FSB which gives you super-marginal clockspeed gains.  Considering the Xeon mentioned above starts at 2.9GHz...I HIGHLY doubt you ever get as close to that with just FSB.

 

It is an LGA1366 CPU ... people oc them to over 4GHz all the time ... get your facts straight.

[Dabombinable]

If the motherboard is capable buy the Xeon and overclock (check these out: http://www.overclock.net/t/1540051/xeon-x5670-4-2ghz-on-air-cooling

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1820772

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An i5 4440 would get flogged in all tasks.

[Rubenis]

Xeon hands down. i5 is great, but 6 core cpu with HT will give much better multitasking.