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Arwanell
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if everyone is saying that hyperthreaded Xeon is an i7 for the price of an i5

then why must I be lucky to see anyone around here with a Xeon?

is there something special about them? (apart from that they don't have iGPU)

This is a enthusiast site, so overclocking is a big thing. Xeon processors are also seen as server processors so that perception is another big part of it. Intel finally locked then out of mainstream chipsets starting with skylake, so they will become even rarer now.

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e-peen of an i7 is too strong. Xeons aren't overclockable as well. I have a Xeon sitting on my desk that I'm gonna install in like 20 mins, so I'm a rarity according to you :D

you can overclock some xeons with a bit of work, all you have to do is mod a lga771 xeon to work on a lga775 MoBo or get a skylake xeon and a msi/asrock MoBo

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you can overclock some xeons with a bit of work, all you have to do is mod a lga771 xeon to work on a lga775 MoBo or get a skylake xeon and a msi/asrock MoBo

or buy x79

LGA775 Overclocking Guide - LGA771 to LGA 775 mod - Rigs in spoiler - Subzero Overclocker - HWBOT - Sandybridge-E Frequency WR Holder

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They can't be overclocked and have lower clock speeds to begin with.

 

Also marketing and awareness.

 

Vast majority of consumers don't assemble their own PC.

 

Manufacturers don't market prebuits with Xeons, at the general consumer at least.

Some can :)

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@NeatSquidYT The 1230V5 is overclockable on Asrock Skylake boards

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

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Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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Oh yeah, but any CPU is overclockable on ASRock Skylake boards.

 

But this one is especially good value 

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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@NeatSquidYT The 1230V5 is overclockable on Asrock Skylake boards

They have a C232 with overclocking?

LGA775 Overclocking Guide - LGA771 to LGA 775 mod - Rigs in spoiler - Subzero Overclocker - HWBOT - Sandybridge-E Frequency WR Holder

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They have a C232 with overclocking?

 

They can be BCLK OC'd

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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Because LGA775 is so relevant these days /s

That's me ATM, going from my Core 2 Duo's to an i7 in the next few weeks  :D  :P .

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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There are a handful of overclockable Xeons on the new platforms, all the 1366 stuff is overclockable, 1600 series overclockable, some of the skylake with the right boards or bios are overclockable. Xeons are usually binned higher as well other than the top one or two enthusiast chips for each socket, they're usually binned pretty high as well. 

 

If someone has an old 1366 platform to me it makes no sense to upgrade to anything newer right now unless you want to go for say the 5960X... you lack a little single core performance but you can get excellent multi thread performance and even single thread isn't bad. You still won't bottleneck a 980Ti and that is with a chip that is 4 years old on a 7 year old platform. 

XeonWorx X5675 @ 50% overclock / 980 Ti G1

LogixWorx (LogiX) Dual X5690 Mac Pro 12-core

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/672567-guide-post-win10-install-software-and-driver-installation/

 

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