i7 vs Xeon

[Solkia]

So I'm looking into a new processor, and I'm debating between an i7-4790K and a Xeon E3-1231v3

 

i7 is faster and can be overclocked, but I've heard Xeons can take a serious beating and is cheaper

 

My previous processor died from stress and my current one seems to be going slower than it was a while ago for the same reason. I don't want to drop $330 if it's going to start crying halfway through a stream/render.

[Kyuubixchidori]

I love my xeon. Same performance of a locked i7, and hardly hits 50*C.

[TheKDub]

The xeons cannot be OC'd, but can be used with ECC RAM, though outside of a server environment you typically won't get any benefits from ECC.

 

IMO go for the i7, it will do perfectly fine for streaming and rendering.

 

Hell, I even beat the shit out of my i5 4690K only using the stock cooler lol, I record videos with fraps on it, render and edit em in premiere pro, might get back into streaming some time down the road as well with xsplit, also tend to mess around on photoshop a bit too

[Fred Castellum]

Will you be overclocking at all? I haven't tweaked with overclocking ever since I got my CPU at a stable OC... I probably wouldn't even bother anymore and just get a Xeon next build to be honest.

[Solkia]

Will you be overclocking at all? I haven't tweaked with overclocking ever since I got my CPU at a stable OC... I probably wouldn't even bother anymore and just get a Xeon next build to be honest.

 

honestly I don't really care about overclocking, but I plan on gettign a custom water loop some day and would feel like a dipshit for dropping a bunch of money on cooling for stock clock

[Lolucoca]

Get the i7, it's unlocked, so you can overclock it.

[Fred Castellum]

honestly I don't really care about overclocking, but I plan on gettign a custom water loop some day and would feel like a dipshit for dropping a bunch of money on cooling for stock clock

Sounds like a plan then! Xeon time!

[Fictionvl]

get the i7, you can get most of it down the road with overclocking

[SteveGrabowski0]

If you're on a tight budget get the Xeon, if not the 4790k is a better CPU for gaming. Though they're both incredible gaming CPUs. My E3-1231v3 plays every AAA game other than GTA V at an almost constant 99% GPU load on my 970 at 1080p, and GTA V it plays mostly 95% GPU load.

[Shin-Gouki]

My E3-1231v3 is fine gaming. Certainly not that high of a load. 

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

My i7 5820k Over clocked really well, 4.5 GHz and counting, and does really well at gaming.

I have never used a xeon and do not know the performance but from my time with the 5820k, it is great.

 

P.s - have watercooling.

[Solkia]

I'm not nearly finacially stable enough for that kind of processor.