Your opinion on Xeon E3 1230 V5 (Skylake) for consumer use (e.g gaming)?

[GarnetDevil]

So, as all of you have already known, starting from the 6th generation, Intel decided that the Xeon E3 lineup will not be compatible with consumer chipset (B170, H170, H110, Z170)

 

However, some manufacturers decided that Xeon is still more P/P than i7 6700 so they released consumer board that uses Xeon's C232 chipset (for example the E3 Pro Gaming V5 - dafuq is this naming scheme)

Some key features:

- Max 64GB non-ECC memory

- Supports up to 2-way CrossFireX and up-to 4 GPU CrossFireX (this if you have 2 295x2s)

- Supports Intel Celeron/ Pentinum/ i3/ Xeon, DOES NOT SUPPORT i5 AND i7 (Unconfirmed)

- Supports USB Type-C and 3.1

Other features can be seen here: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/E3-PRO-GAMING-V5/specifications/

 

With the current price of the Xeon E3 1230 V5 being cheaper than the i5 6600K ($248 compare to $257 - source: PCPP) and the price of consumer C232 unknown (I predict it will be cheaper than Z170 and a bit more expensive than H170), will the Xeon be a more viable choice for cheap rendering machines, gaming machines with AMD GPU? Will C323 support NVIDIA SLI in the future?

[SkywardKkalox]

If the mobo/CPU combo is cheaper than a standard i5 and a h170/z170 board then we are going to have a Xeon inflation.

[Guest Kloaked]

I think Z boards will only ever support SLI unless Nvidia works something out - doubtful.

 

But yes, I can see myself doing a Xeon build like this instead of a Z build whenever I upgrade my system. I wonder if there will be some hack to overclock the Xeon chips though, which will really change things up.

[kameshss]

Wait, It does support i5 and i7.

 

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

[kameshss]

I think Z boards will only ever support SLI unless Nvidia works something out - doubtful.

 

But yes, I can see myself doing a Xeon build like this instead of a Z build whenever I upgrade my system. I wonder if there will be some hack to overclock the Xeon chips though, which will really change things up.

You can OC it by adjusting Base Clock (BCLK).

 

But it's not as stable as Multiplier.

[mikat]

So, as all of you have already known, starting from the 6th generation, Intel decided that the Xeon E3 lineup will not be compatible with consumer chipset (B170, H170, H110, Z170)

 

However, some manufacturers (currently Asus and Gigabyte) decided that Xeon is still more P/P than i7 6700 so they released consumer board that uses Xeon's C232 chipset (for example the E3 Pro Gaming V5 - dafuq is this naming scheme)

Some key features:

- Max 64GB non-ECC memory

- Supports up to 2-way CrossFireX and up-to 4 GPU CrossFireX (this if you have 2 295x2s)

- Supports Intel Celeron/ Pentinum/ i3/ Xeon, DOES NOT SUPPORT i5 AND i7 (god bless Intel)

- Supports USB Type-C and 3.1

Other features can be seen here: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/E3-PRO-GAMING-V5/specifications/

 

With the current price of the Xeon E3 1230 V5 being cheaper than the i5 6600K ($248 compare to $257 - source: PCPP) and the price of consumer C232 unknown (I predict it will be cheaper than Z170 and a bit more expensive than H170), will the Xeon be a more viable choice for cheap rendering machines, gaming machines with AMD GPU? Will C323 support NVIDIA SLI in the future?

wait what

NO ECC ON A SERVER CHIPSET?

[DarkBlade2117]

Ohhhh any prices for this board yet? I was looking into a i3-6100 and if it supports it, May be my best option to save some money

[Guest Kloaked]

You can OC it by adjusting Base Clock (BCLK).

 

But it's not as stable as Multiplier.

 

As long as I can get about 4.0 or 4.2 at the most on all cores, stable, I'm good.

[NumLock21]

Can't remember if it's MSI or Gigabyte that went with the better chipset for those Skylake Xeons. This one from Asus, has the least amount of pcie lanes.

It only has 8 on the C232 vs 20 on the C236.

[GarnetDevil]

wait what

NO ECC ON A SERVER CHIPSET?

probably because they want to cut down the price, it's not like there will be any "gaming scheme" ECC memory around soon

[Sauron]

It's still hella expensive compared to haswell.

[GarnetDevil]

If the mobo/CPU combo is cheaper than a standard i5 and a h170/z170 board then we are going to have a Xeon inflation.

where I live we already had a Xeon inflation

 

Basically everyone always recommended the 1231v3 for a $1000 rig, whether it is gaming or content creation

[MageTank]

I still personally see i5's as a better Price:Performance CPU when it comes to gaming. Let's be realistic. Yes, more AAA titles are starting to show a 10% performance boost thanks to Hyperthreading, but there are still far more titles that do not. In games with high CPU overhead, you can get a 10% performance boost on minimum FPS just by using faster memory. These C23X boards do not support overclocked memory, so you are making a tradeoff of faster memory speed for Hyperthreading. 

 

As for these boards being cheaper: I personally don't see that happening. Out of the 3 boards on the market currently, the cheapest one is $171. http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#c=114,115

 

Then comes the next issue, of lack of SLI. You need a C236 board to get SLI, which might even cost more money. C232 supports crossfire, but not SLI. 

 

For me to consider this a better budget option, these boards are going to have to drop in price drastically, and i mean around the $100 mark for me to recommend them. Since you will not be overclocking the Xeons or ram, i see no need for these expensive boards anyways.