CPU Upgrade

[Guest]

I'm plainning to upgrade my CPU soon. Budget is around $350 but if is spent all of it I wounldn't have enough for an SSD. I was looking at the Xeon E3 1231 V3 but the price is around $320 CAD. The i5 4460 is only $250 Canadian. Would the performance gains of the Xeon be worth it. I use my PC mainly for gaming. Also my current CPU is an i3 4170. Would an i5 4460 be much of an upgrade?

[DioOmicida]

I think the performance increase from a better CPU is substantially more important than getting an SSD.
Max out your CPU and worry about the SSD later.

[Fulgrim]

Unless you plan on doing rendering/livestreaming, grab the i5.

[Moonzy]

xeon now ssd later

instead of i5 and ssd together

 

you'll see the benefit of the xeon when DX12 becomes mainstream soon

[ChrisCross]

the i5 is 4cores 4threads and 3,40ghz boost

the xeon is 4cores 8threads and 3,80ghz boost

 

i would really go for the xeon. its better for gaming and rendering and just way better value. after that you can worry about the ssd

[Kickflapper]

xeon is a better choice, but SSD is so nice for everyday stuff. If you don't have one and can afford it try to at lease get a 128gb SSD for you OS and key apps

[DunePilot]

Xeon and a SSD... Xeon now, SSD later because prices continually keep dropping on the SSDs. I'd recommend a nice Samsung 850 Evo or a Hyper X Predator if the prices drop on the predator (they should drop some since the Samsung 950 Pro kind of took its spot as one of the nicer m.2/pci-e cards out there), If the Hyper X Predator isn't a lot cheaper than the 950 Pro then go ahead and spend the money for the 950 Pro whenever you have those funds as it is hard to beat right now.