Upgrading Pentium G3258 to ______?

[ssk4212]

Good morning everyone,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my Pentium G3258 (OC to 4.4 GHz).  My current parts are listed below.  I was thinking of upgrading to either an Intel Xeon e3 1231v3 or Intel i7 4790k.  I understand that their is a decent price difference between the two. But I am stuck on determining whether the price difference is worth it...  Any suggestions/comments will be very much appreciated.

 

Current Use

- Data mining via MS SQL Server Express (large data sets, i.e. 23 million rows)

- Visual Studio C# Programming

* Both uses scenarios are currently for exploratory use

 

Goal

- Increase the responsiveness of queries to allow for more complex queries across multiple databases.

- Increase responsiveness of Visual Studio

 

Current Components

1. Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
2. Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
3. Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
4. Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
5. EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card
6. Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
7. Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
8. Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qfgH6h

 

Thank you for your time!

 

- Joe

 

[SirWendall]

I'd go with the 4790k

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, ssk4212 said:

Good morning everyone,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my Pentium G3258 (OC to 4.4 GHz).  My current parts are listed below.  I was thinking of upgrading to either an Intel Xeon e3 1231v3 or Intel i7 4790k.  I understand that their is a decent price difference between the two. But I am stuck on determining whether the price difference is worth it...  Any suggestions/comments will be very much appreciated.

 

Current Use

- Data mining via MS SQL Server Express (large data sets, i.e. 23 million rows)

- Visual Studio C# Programming

* Both uses scenarios are currently for exploratory use

 

Goal

- Increase the responsiveness of queries to allow for more complex queries across multiple databases.

- Increase responsiveness of Visual Studio

 

Current Components

1. Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
2. Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
3. Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
4. Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
5. EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card
6. Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
7. Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
8. Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qfgH6h

 

Thank you for your time!

 

- Joe

 

Do you oc? Yes? Then 4790k. No? 1231v3. 

[ImBleu]

I'd probably go for a 4690k or 4790k over the Xeon E3. That particular Xeon is pretty similar to the 4790k, but the gain you get from Overclocking definitely makes it worthwhile. It's pretty much a 4790.

[daniellearmouth]

I would personally go with the 4790K.

 

After all, if you OCed your G3258 then it's also likely you'll be OCing your 4790K.

[Imakuni]

Well, you have a z87 mobo, so...... go for an unlocked SKU if possible.

[Guest]

Xeon seems like amazing price/performance. 

 

I hadn't really considered that as an option before, but it will likely be what I do in the future in Zen ends up blowing chunks. 

 

I mean, it's i7 performance at i5 prices. 

[H4X3R]

Xeon for sure.

[NumLock21]

Intel has made Devil's Canyon, 4690K and 4790K to run exclusively on Z97 and H97 boards, but some board makers claim to make it work on older chipsets like the Z87, with a bios update. But for some users, even with a bios update, seem to have some issues getting it to work, while others have no problems.

[Jumper118]

3 hours ago, Alexokan said:

Xeon seems like amazing price/performance. 

 

I hadn't really considered that as an option before, but it will likely be what I do in the future in Zen ends up blowing chunks. 

 

I mean, it's i7 performance at i5 prices. 

not once they are overclocked though. the i5 overclocked can easily keep up with a stock i7

[Nena Trinity]

i5-4690K or i7-4790K!