Xeon vs. Core i7

[Victor.5]

I'm coming close to finally building another pc for myself (Last one I built was in 2007,lol) and I've come across something fairly interesting. (Maybe interesting enough for a video? :D) So, I've been looking at a Xeon processor, in particular a Xeon E3-1240 v5, instead of a core i7. It looks to have similar specs to a core i7 except no onboard graphics. (which I don't want, and won't use, anyway) it's also cheaper than a i7 6700. What do you guys think? 

[Coaxialgamer]

2 minutes ago, Victor.5 said:

I'm coming close to finally building another pc for myself (Last one I built was in 2007,lol) and I've come across something fairly interesting. (Maybe interesting enough for a video? :D) So, I've been looking at a Xeon processor, in particular a Xeon E3-1240 v5, instead of a core i7. It looks to have similar specs to a core i7 except no onboard graphics. (which I don't want, and won't use, anyway) it's also cheaper than a i7 6700. What do you guys think? 

The thing is,  while it is a totally capable cpu,  its based on haswell ( lga 1150),  compared to skylake (lga 1151)

 

Edit : thought you meant e3 1240v3.

 

For that skylake xeon you will need a different chipset. 

But it is a very capable chip. 

[don_svetlio]

Xeon E3 1231v3

[sushisharkjl]

Newest architecture, should be decent.

[Victor.5]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

The thing is,  while it is a totally capable cpu,  its based on haswell ( lga 1150),  compared to skylake (lga 1151)

Are you sure? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-117-614

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, Victor.5 said:

Are you sure? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-117-614

Read my post again. 

[Victor.5]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Read my post again. 

Ok now I saw it. Sorry, I'm on mobile so it takes a bit

[Victor.5]

Also, what motherboard would you guys recommend for this CPU? I'm currently looking at a Gigabyte X150M-PLUS.

[don_svetlio]

13 minutes ago, Victor.5 said:

Also, what motherboard would you guys recommend for this CPU? I'm currently looking at a Gigabyte X150M-PLUS.

Skylake Xeons don't worth with consumer boards. Go for Xeon E3 1231v3 + H97

[Victor.5]

18 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Skylake Xeons don't worth with consumer boards. Go for Xeon E3 1231v3 + H97

You sure it wont work with that board? Even newegg made a combo deal with those parts. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2728566

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, Victor.5 said:

You sure it wont work with that board? Even newegg made a combo deal with those parts. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2728566

Skylake Xeons got locked down to server boards. If that's a server board it will work but you lose other featues. My advice is to go for the much cheaper E3 1231v3 + H97

[typographie]

17 minutes ago, Victor.5 said:

You sure it wont work with that board? Even newegg made a combo deal with those parts. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2728566

It's a C232 board, so it's compatible, and I don't really see where you're missing out on any important features from Z170 (setting overclocking aside, as Xeons are locked anyway).

 

But you're paying about $40 more for the CPU, and probably $50–70 more for the motherboard than you actually have to. There are some features that Skylake has over Haswell, but they're not necessarily worth that much more.

[Victor.5]

Ok, thanks guys. You guys are awesome! I'll be taking a look into the Haswell setup. @don_svetlio @typographie

[gt403cyl]

3 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Skylake Xeons got locked down to server boards. If that's a server board it will work but you lose other featues. My advice is to go for the much cheaper E3 1231v3 + H97

 

3 hours ago, Victor.5 said:

Ok, thanks guys. You guys are awesome! I'll be taking a look into the Haswell setup. @don_svetlio @typographie

If your thinking Skylake Xeon based build have a look at this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($268.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($151.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $485.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-08 13:19 EST-0500

[SteveGrabowski0]

4 hours ago, Victor.5 said:

Ok, thanks guys. You guys are awesome! I'll be taking a look into the Haswell setup. @don_svetlio @typographie

The Skylake i7-6700 is better than a Haswell Xeon E3-1231v3. Better RAM too on Skylake since you can use DDR4.

[MblaZe7run]

I'd recommend the i7 simply because it has on-board graphics. In the case that your video card fails and you don't have a backup, or your PCIe x16 slot/s fail, and you don't have a backup motherboard, you're going to want to have onboard graphics. I've run into this issue once before and it was horrible, considering my motherboard has no on-board video. 

 

So, i7 for troubleshooting purposes. As well as everything everyone else has said.

[NumLock21]

Get the Skylake Xeon setup, you'll be glad you did later on.

[typographie]

Skylake has a few advantages, I can't really argue against it. I own a 6600K myself. If the OP wants spend a bit more to get slightly better performance and more forward-looking memory, I don't necessarily think it's the worst idea ever.

 

I don't think you'd be lacking anything important with a Haswell-based Xeon, though.