OPINIONS welcome! please share yours....

[grayblizzard]

So the new skylake xeons are better than ever and also still cheaper than $300 sooooo....

 

Should I buy this one:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117613&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Server-_-N82E16819117613&gclid=CPf1q7eapcoCFcQlgQodhmEGjw&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

keeping in mind there is only one quote consumer grade "gaming" mobo from Asus that i would buy with it in order to get a quad-core hyper-threaded cpu for more than $100 cheaper than an i7 6700k

 

I wont oc either chip and am not going for an sli setup 

 

and the build is used for gaming, anamation + video rendering and would like to stream at some point so this seems like a good budget option

 

What do you think?

 

is it more trouble than its worth????

[don_svetlio]

Nope, get this http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

[grayblizzard]

Nope, get this http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

do you think that the there is a better upgrade path if wanted in the new xeons

[don_svetlio]

do you think that the there is a better upgrade path if wanted in the new xeons

I think there is no upgrade path as a Xeon is a i7 with slightly lower clockspeed and no iGPU. This is as far as it goes. Going to a 4790K or 6700K with a H or B board would yield 5% performance AT BEST

[MageTank]

You understand it will not work on a Z170 board, right? Meaning you must buy a C23X  board. This also means you wont be using overclocked memory, as most of those C23X boards (not all, some do support OC'd memory) only allow stock 2133mhz memory to be used, which may have an impact on gaming performance in some titles. You also can't OC on these boards, even if you wanted to. 

 

Skylake Xeon's are not in the same category as Haswell Xeons, as with Haswell Xeons, you can at least swap it out to an unlocked i7 if you wanted to later on, where as Skylake Xeons, you are locked into a platform that goes nowhere. 

 

That's just my opinion anyways. 

[grayblizzard]

I think there is no upgrade path as a Xeon is a i7 with slightly lower clockspeed and no iGPU. This is as far as it goes. Going to a 4790K or 6700K with a H or B board would yield 5% performance AT BEST

thanks

[grayblizzard]

You understand it will not work on a Z170 board, right? Meaning you must buy a C23X  board. This also means you wont be using overclocked memory, as most of those C23X boards (not all, some do support OC'd memory) only allow stock 2133mhz memory to be used, which may have an impact on gaming performance in some titles. You also can't OC on these boards, even if you wanted to. 

 

Skylake Xeon's are not in the same category as Haswell Xeons, as with Haswell Xeons, you can at least swap it out to an unlocked i7 if you wanted to later on, where as Skylake Xeons, you are locked into a platform that goes nowhere. 

 

That's just my opinion anyways. 

ok so maybe the haswell xeon is better???

 

yes i do under stand the mobo thing

[harrynowl]

You need to use the server chipsets like C232.. I heard something about "gaming" boards belong released for it soon go have a google

 

e.g. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/E3-PRO-GAMING-V5/

[grayblizzard]

I think there is no upgrade path as a Xeon is a i7 with slightly lower clockspeed and no iGPU. This is as far as it goes. Going to a 4790K or 6700K with a H or B board would yield 5% performance AT BEST

okay

[grayblizzard]

You need to use the server chipsets like C232.. I heard something about "gaming" boards belong released for it soon go have a google

yes asus has mentioned one 

[App4that]

If you're near a MicroCenter get a 4790k for 250 and be set for years. Seriously, nothing is going to stress a 4790k for years as far as gaming is concerned.

[grayblizzard]

If you're near a MicroCenter get a 4790k for 250 and be set for years. Seriously, nothing is going to stress a 4790k for years as far as gaming is concerned.

ok thanks