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2 minutes ago, XdoniasRadeon said:

Would a Core i5 6600 be smooth enough for Music production and some photo and video editing and of course some Gaming or would it be better just to get a Xeon E3 1231 V3

xeon would be a bit faster for video editing 

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The Xeon can't be overclocked, and you must use a discrete GPU with it. If you're comfortable with those two caveats, it's imo a better value than a locked 6600. I'd get the Xeon.

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Take the Xeon. Cuts into encoding times.

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There isn't really a fair comparison between these two in multi threaded tasks, the i5 is a quad core whereas that Xeon is a quad core with hyperthreading. Also, they will need different motherboard as they are on different sockets (1150 for that Xeon and 1151 for that i5). I would pick the Xeon because it would last longer in terms of programs using it (because of the hyperthreading) and it would still be fine in gaming.

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Keep in mind that not all workloads benefit from hyperthreading, such as 3D rendering and some video rending tasks (see Linus's investigation into video editing rig guidelines). I am writing this response to you on a E3 1231v3, and it has worked well for me. Its fast enough for most of what I do every day. 3D rendering could be faster, but that's very well and more cores would help me the most from that perspective (I wouldn't be satisfied until I had 2 2699v4's TBH). I was deciding between a 1231v3 and another i5, and I chose the 1231v3, and I am very satisfied.

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